Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. 

MORGAN COUNTY
ADAMS TOWNSHIP
PAGE 309

CYRUS E. NICHOLAS (deceased), was born in Hendricks County, Ind.,
March 5, 1836, and was the third child in a family of eight children born to
John and Parmelia (Huff) Nicholas, the former of whom was a native of
Kentucky, and the latter of New York.  They were of Scotch-Irish and
French descent respectively.  When a lad of some seven or eight summers,
the parents of John Nicholas removed to Owen County, Ind.  Here his
father's death soon afterward occurred, in about 1815.  His early educa-
tion was extremely limited.  Afterward, however, by his own exertions
and the assistance of his wife, he acquired a fair practical education.  From
Owen County, while yet a single man, he came to Monroe Township,
Morgan County, Ind., where he entered land and improved a farm.  From
thence he removed to Hendricks County, and afterward to Pulaski County,
Ind.  In the spring of 1868, he returned to Morgan County, Ind., settling
at Eminence, where he was engaged in the general mercantile trade until
his death, which occurred in March, 1870, in his sixty-third year.  Himself
and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which
church he was for some forty years a local preacher.  Mrs. Parmelia is
yet living, and resides at Eminence, being now in her eighty-first year.
Our subject, Cyrus E. Nicholas, received a fair common school education,
and was employed on the home farm until he was twenty-one years old.
He then learned the brick-mason's trade, which he followed for a number
of years.  In 1866, he engaged in the general mercantile trade at Eminence, 
Ind., and continued the same until his death, which occurred June 7, 1882.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the I. O. O.
F.  February 6, 1859, he was united in marriage with Hester H. Rhea,
a native of Washington County, Va., and a daughter of George G. and 
Dorcas (Lowrey) Rhea (a sketch of whom will be found in this volume).
Hester H. received a good common school education.  She is and has
been through life an extensive and careful reader, being well informed on
all the current topics of the time, the current literature of theday as well as
ancient and modern history.  Since her husband's death, she has con-
tinued his business, that of general merchandising, at Eminence, being
now in partnership with her son-in-law, Mr. John R. Mannan.  She is
a consistent member of the Methodist Episcoapl Church, and has been
blessed with a family of three children, two of whom, both daughters,
are yet living.

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