... Col. Nicholas was married to Mary Smith, of Baltimore, Maryland, sister of General Samuel Smith, Brigadier-General in the Revolutionary War, originally a merchant of Baltimore, once mayor of that city, and many times elected to both branches of Congress; also sister of Hon. Robert Smith, Secretary of Navy under President Jefferson, and Secretary of State under President Madison. Their youngest daughter is now living, and is the widow of Judge Richard Hawes, late the most noted citizen of Bourbon County. The late Judge Samuel Smith Nicholas, of Louisville, was their son. ...
