Person:Alfred Nickerson (3)

1900 - With parents at Lewiston, Niagara, New York. Alferd [sic] NICKERSON, aged 9, born May 1891 in Ohio, parents both born in England.

1910 - With parents at Ridge Rd, Lewiston, Niagara, New York. Alfred W. NICKERSON, white, aged 18, born in Ohio, both parents born in England (English), no occupation.

1915 - With parents at Walker Road, Lewiston, Niagara, New York. Alfred W. C. NICKERSON, white, aged 24, born in U.S., 24 years in the United States, farm labor.

1918 - Alfie, as he was called, enlisted as a private in Company B, 307th Infantry of the 77th Division and served in WWI. He was killed in Action in France, in the battle at Argonne Forest. His body was at first buried in La Chalade cemetery # 794 grave #42 on Oct. 9, 1918. When France released the fallen soldiers to the USA, he was sent back home and buried in Riverdale Cemetery. There is a memorial in Central Park, New York, that honors the men from Company B, 307th Infantry 77th Division who were killed in France during WWI and Alfie's name is on this plaque. His mother became a 'Gold Star Mother' because of this. He had never married and had no children. (Find a Grave)

1918 - Newspaper Clipping: War Hero Brought Home. The remains of Pvt. Alfred W. Nickerson, killed in action, in the World War, arrived here last Friday and the funeral service was conducted last Sunday afternoon, at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Alfred Nickerson, in Centre street, by the Rev Smith Ordway of the local Presbyterian church. Burial was in Riverdale Cemetery, Niagara Falls. Shortly following receipt of the news of Pvt. Nickerson's death, his parents received a letter tom his captain sating he was fatally wounded while heroically operating a machine gun, almost on the edge of a German outpost, during the battle of the Argonne. He died three days afterward, in a field hospital, the base hospitals already being filled to overflowing, with wounded soldiers. Had he lived he would have been cited for bravery, the captain wrote. Pvt. Nickerson was 27 years old, and is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs Alfred Nickerson, three brothers, Thomas and Ernest of this village, and Herbert of Niagara Falls; and eight sisters, Mrs Frank Johnson, Mrs La Verne Calkins, Mrs Christopher Sattleburg, Mrs Frank Buttery, Mrs Raymond Confer and the Misses Cornelia and Bertha of this village, and Mrs Andrew Jorjosan [sic] of Racine.