“ALLEN NICKERSON,

a farmer and stock-raiser, six miles north of Bucklin, was born in Madison county, Kentucky, 1824.  He is the son of John and Ruth Nickerson, both natives of Kentucky, who came to Missouri in 1835, and settled in Howard county, where the subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and was educated in the common schools of the country.  His mother died in Howard county in 1832.  In 1842 Mr. Nickerson came to this county and settled in Bucklin township, where he has since resided.  His father moved to this county in the spring of 1847, and died in the fall of the same year.

   Mr. Nickerson was married in 1844, to Miss Emma Long, of this county, but a native of Howard.  By this union they have six children living.  His wife died in 1866.  He was again married in 1868 to Mrs. Frances R. Speece, a native of Virginia, by whom he has one child.  He and wife and most of his family are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  His paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

   He had three brothers in the Mexican War, one of whom died, and one was killed.

   Mr. Nickerson is an industrious, energetic farmer, as his premises indi-cate.  He is a man highly respected in his community, and one which the community may well be proud of.  He has raised a family of children who are an honor to their parents.”

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