Generation 2

1. THEODORE WILEY² NICHOLAS (JAMES B.¹) was born about Abt. 1823 in Tennessee. He died about Abt. 1880. He married RHODA A. "RODIE" SMITH, daughter of Phelps Smith and Elizabeth Unknown. She was born about Abt. 1824 in Tennessee. She died about Abt. 1900 in Rusk Co., Texas.

THEODORE WILEY NICHOLAS and RHODA A. "RODIE" SMITH had the following children:

i.       NANCY C.³ NICHOLAS was born about Abt. 1845.

2.         ii.      WILLIAM PHELPS NICHOLAS was born on February 05, 1847 in Giles Co., Tennessee. He died on March 14, 1932 in Mullin, Mills Co., Texas. He married (1) FRANCES BUENAVISTA CURBO, daughter of Nathaniel Curbo and Lucinda Story, on June 05, 1879 in Rusk Co., Texas. She was born on October 30, 1857 in Rusk Co., Texas. She died on July 25, 1928 in Mullin, Mills Co., Texas. He married (2) UNKNOWN in 1873.

3.          iii.    MARY NICHOLAS was born on October 09, 1849 in Tennessee. She died on July 16, 1935 in Durant, Bryan Co., Oklahoma. She married (1) MILTON CALIWAY WAITS on May 07, 1874 in Phelps Co., Missouri. He was born on May 22, 1847 in Tennessee. He died on September 27, 1919 in Silo, Bryan Co., Oklahoma. She married (2) WILLIAM HARRY AUSTIN on October 24, 1867 in Pulaski Co., Tennessee.

4.          iv.     JAMES THOMAS NICHOLAS was born about Abt. 1853 in Giles Co., Tennessee. He died in May 1921 in Tishomingo, Johnston Co., Oklahoma. He married MARY ANGELINE WATSON. She was born in May 1853. She died on May 25, 1929.

5.          v.     HESTER ANN NICHOLAS was born on November 13, 1856 in Tennessee. She died on March 24, 1940 in Lufkin, Angelina Co., Texas. She married CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NICHOLAS, son of Thomas Jefferson Nicholas and Minerva G. Brookshire, on November 29, 1874 in Rusk Co., Texas. He was born on March 11, 1853 in Tennessee. He died on September 12, 1916.

6.          vi.    ROMA CATHERINE NICHOLAS was born on August 08, 1859 in Alabama. She died on May 10, 1938. She married (1) NEWTON CURBO, son of James L. Curbo and Minerva Elizabeth Nicholas, on March 08, 1877 in Rusk Co., Texas. He was born in 1859 in Rusk Co., Texas. She married (2) JAMES M. WATSON. He was born on November 19, 1849. He died on March 20, 1932.

7.          vii.   JOHN TATE NICHOLAS was born on March 05, 1862 in Tennessee. He died in 1950. He married JOSEPHINE LYNCH. She was born on November 18, 1868 in Texas. She died on February 07, 1967 in Rusk Co., Texas.