... Jane Simpson, eldest child of Col. John and Mary Wells Simpson, son of William Simpson (1st), was bron in Laurens County, S. C., on June 18th, 1787, and married Dr. John Nickels June 8th, 1814. They resided about five miles south of Laurens C.H., at which place, in the family grave yard, their remains are buried. Dr. Nickels died Oct. 16th, 1850, and his wife, Jane, died July 27th, 1860. Mrs. Nickels was always called "Jinny". Dr. Nickels, before his marriage located in Georgia, Wilkes County, where he enjoyed a large practice of fourteen years, but lost his six oldest children by death, and his own health, having become impaired, he abandoned practice of medicine and returned with the remainder of his family to South Carolina and settled at the place above stated. During his life he erected one of the then finest houses in the upper part of the State, and accumulated a large fortune.The above place now known as Lisbon Church Sections ...
... James Nickels, the father of Dr. John Nickels, married in Ireland, Elizabeth Reid, and soon after emigrated to America ...
