6. | BICKLEY, Nelson was born in Aug 1846 in Clinch County, Virginia; died on 17 Feb 1919 in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Notes:
Nelson Bickley one of Ironton's best known and highly esteemed colored residents died suddenly in the Goldcamp Hardware store, at Fourth and Center.. The dec'd was 78 years of age and was born in Clinch county, Va. He served throughout the Civil War as a member of the Union Army... resident of Ironton for fifty years... was in the grocery business at Eighth and Adams. The dec'd is survived by seven children and 17 grandchildren. Of the children, five are sons and two are daughters, as follows: Howard, Frank, Ernest and Henry of Ironton, and Charles of Cleveland; the daughters are, Mrs. Gertrude FLETCHER who lives on a farm back of the city and Mrs. Florence BRASSFIELD, of Youngstown, Ohio. One of the grandsons is first lieutenant Frank R. Arnold of Camp Sherman. One sister, Mrs. Amy ROYE, of Ironton also survives.
Nelson married UNKNOWN, Virginia T. about 1869. Virginia was born about Sep 1852 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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