Descendants
of W. Cord Nickens and Manerva Murry
compiled by Jan N. Valdez
Note: the following chart has been
compiled to a large extent from census records and a few other sources and is
therefore far from complete. It is offered as a working chart and one
that should not be taken as a final product. As more people come online
hopefully we can better complete parts of these family charts. People born
after 1920 have been omitted for privacy reasons. Please send additions and
corrections.
W. Cord Nickens was son of William
and Francis Nickens. He was probably born in Wilson County, Tennessee. After
marrying Manerva Murry in
Wilson County he moved to Davidson County. Cord and his family were enumerated
in District 2 of Davidson County from 1840 to 1870. Cord died sometime before
1880. His family was still in District 2 in 1880, but then moved to Nashville
where several of the family worked in the cotton mills.
Generation No. 1
1. W. CORD1 NICKENS (WILLIAMA) was born 1814
in TN, and died Bef. 1880 in Davidson Co., TN.
He married MANERVA MURRY 15 May 1834 in
Wilson Co., TN, daughter of JOHN MURRY. She was born 1819 in TN.
Children
of W. NICKENS and MANERVA MURRY are:
2. i. FRANCIS2 NICKENS, b. 1835, TN.
3. ii. EASTER K. NICKENS, b. 1837, TN.
4. iii. HARRIET E. NICKENS, b. 1839, TN.
iv. MARY B. NICKENS, b. 1844,
Davidson Co., TN; m. MARTIN KING, 27 Apr 1864,
Davidson Co., TN.
v. TENNESSEE F. NICKENS, b. 1847,
Davidson Co., TN.
5. vi. ALEXANDER NICKENS, b. 1850,
Davidson Co., TN; d. 1894.
6. vii. EPHRAM C. NICKENS, b. 1853, Davidson Co., TN; d. 1882,
Nashville, TN.
7. viii. CALEDONIA NICKENS, b. 1854,
Davidson Co., TN; d. Aft. 1920.
ix. ENDOLPHIS NICKENS, b. 1857,
Davidson Co., TN.
Generation No. 2
2. FRANCIS2 NICKENS (W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1835
in TN. She married BERRY MURRY 08 Oct 1849 in
Davidson, son of ABRAM MURRY and POLLY. He was born 1825 in TN, and died Aft. 1900.
Children
of FRANCIS NICKENS and BERRY MURRY are:
i. TURNER3 MURRY, b. 1852, TN.
ii. FRANK MURRY, b. 1854, TN.
8. iii. RUFUS MURRY, b. 1856, TN.
iv. MISSOURI MURRY, b. 1858, TN.
v. ALBERT MURRY, b. 1860, TN.
vi. WILLIAM MURRY, b. 1862.
vii. FLORIDA MURRY, b. 1865, TN.
9. viii. LAURENCE MURRY, b. 1868, TN.
ix. BERRY
MURRY JR., b. 1870, TN.
x. DENIA MURRY, b. 1874, TN.
3. EASTER K.2 NICKENS (W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1837
in TN. She married HARRISON MURRAY? 24 Aug 1857 in Davidson Co., TN, son of ABRAM MURRY and POLLY.
He was born Abt. 1834.
Children of EASTER NICKENS and HARRISON MURRAY? are:
i. HOWARD C.3 MURRAY?, b. 1861, TN.
ii. IDA MURRAY?, b. 1865, Davidson County, TN.
iii. TENNESSEE
MURRAY?, b. 1868,
Davidson Co., TN.
iv. MARY MURRAY?, b. 1868.
v. CLINTON MURRAY?, b. 1875,
Davidson Co., TN.
vi. CAROLINE MURRAY?, b. 1877,
Davidson Co., TN.
4. HARRIET E.2 NICKENS (W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1839
in TN. She married JACKSON MURRAY, son of ABRAM MURRY and POLLY. He was born 1834 in TN.
Children
of HARRIET NICKENS and JACKSON MURRAY are:
i. ADELBERT3 MURRAY, b. 1860.
ii. MARIA MURRAY, b. 1862, Davidson Co., TN.
iii. FRANCIS MURRAY, b. 1864,
Davidson Co., TN.
iv. LONZAS MURRAY, b. 1865, Davidson Co., TN.
v. EDMUND MURRAY, b. 1867, Davidson Co., TN.
vi. UNKNOWN
MURRAY, b. 1870,
Davidson Co., TN.
5. ALEXANDER2 NICKENS (W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1850
in Davidson Co., TN, and died 1894. He
married BRIDGETT ABBETT 13 Apr 1873 in
Davidson Co., TN. She was born 1858 in
TN.
Children
of ALEXANDER NICKENS and BRIDGETT ABBETT are:
i. ALLIE A.3 NICKENS, b. 1873,
Davidson Co., TN; m. HENRY GOODMAN, 28 Jan 1894,
Davidson County, TN.
ii. ANDREW NICKENS, b. 1875, Davidson Co., TN.
10. iii. CHARLEY NICKENS, b. 1878,
Davidson Co., TN.
iv. MANERVA NICKENS, b. 1880,
Davidson Co., TN.
11. v. WALTER K. NICKENS, b. Jan 1882,
TN; d. Nov 1937, Etowah, AL.
vi. ELLA NICKENS, b. Apr 1884, TN; m. JOHN TAYLOR, Abt. 1901.
12. vii. BESSIE NICKENS, b. Apr 1887,
TN.
viii. MARTHA? NICKENS, b. Mar 1889.
6. EPHRAM C.2 NICKENS (W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1853
in Davidson Co., TN, and died 1882 in Nashville, TN. He married (1) SARAH JANE THAXTON 26 Nov 1871 in
Montgomery Co., TN, daughter of T. THAXTON and REBECCA. She was born 1854 in TN, and died in TN. He married (2) ELIZA SANDERS 20 Aug 1876 in
Montgomery Co., TN. She was born 1860 in
TN.
Child
of EPHRAM NICKENS and SARAH THAXTON is:
13. i. FRANK E.3 NICKENS, b. 1874, TN.
7. CALEDONIA2 NICKENS (W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1854
in Davidson Co., TN, and died Aft. 1920. She married LEONARD THAXTON 14 Jan 1872 in
Davidson Co., TN, son of T. THAXTON and REBECCA. He was born 1849 in TN, and died 1926 in Todd
County, KY.
Children
of CALEDONIA NICKENS and LEONARD THAXTON are:
i. MARTIN A.3 THAXTON, b. 1873.
ii. JAMES THAXTON, b. 1876.
iii. ROBERT
CRAIG THAXTON, b. 1880.
iv. DEMPSEY THAXTON, b. Abt. 1879.
v. MARY THAXTON, b. 10 Jan 1881.
Generation No. 3
8. RUFUS3 MURRY (FRANCIS2 NICKENS, W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1856
in TN. He married NANNIE.
Children
of RUFUS MURRY and NANNIE are:
i. FANNIE4 MURRY, b. Feb 1896.
ii. BERRY
N. MURRY, b. Sep 1897.
iii. MAGGIE
L. MURRY, b. Jul 1890.
9. LAURENCE3 MURRY (FRANCIS2 NICKENS, W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1868
in TN. He married LIZZIE.
Children
of LAURENCE MURRY and LIZZIE are:
i. IDA4 MURRY, b. Dec 1894.
ii. FANNIE MURRY, b. May 1897.
iii. JESSE MURRY, b. Apr 1900.
10. CHARLEY3 NICKENS (ALEXANDER2, W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1878
in Davidson Co., TN. He married MARY TAYLOR 20 Mar
1901. She was born 1885 in AL.
Children
of CHARLEY NICKENS and MARY TAYLOR are:
i. HATTIE4 NICKENS, b. 1903, Ala.
or GA.
ii. LILLIE NICKENS, b. 1904, AL.
iii. RUTH NICKENS, b. 1906, AL.
iv. CHARLIE NICKENS, b. 1908, AL.
v. CLAUD NICKENS, b. 1912, GA.
vi. MILDRED NICKENS, b. 1916, GA.
vii. LOUIS NICKENS, b. 1918, GA.
viii. RALPH NICKENS, b. 1920, TX.
11. WALTER K.3 NICKENS (ALEXANDER2, W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born Jan
1882 in TN, and died Nov 1937 in Etowah, AL.
He married ELLA. She was born 1890 in AL.
Children
of WALTER NICKENS and ELLA are:
i. ANDREW4 NICKENS, b. 1906.
ii. HORACE NICKENS, b. 1908.
iii. DAISY
NICKENS, b. 1909.
12. BESSIE3 NICKENS (ALEXANDER2, W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born Apr
1887 in TN. She married JOHN DOZIER. He was born 1883.
Child
of BESSIE NICKENS and JOHN DOZIER is:
i. THURSTON4 DOZIER.
13. FRANK E.3 NICKENS (EPHRAM C.2, W. CORD1, WILLIAMA) was born 1874
in TN. He married ELIZA ELLA MCCORMACK 19 Oct 1890 in
Todd Co., KY, daughter of ESQUIRE MCCORMACK and CHARITY CRAIGHEAD. She was born 19 May 1871 in TN, and died 21
Jan 1941.
Children
of FRANK NICKENS and ELIZA MCCORMACK are:
i. RICHARD4 NICKENS, b. 1892, KY; m.
MAYBELLE FRENCH.
ii. JOE NICKENS, b. 1893, KY; m. IDA; b. 1890, KY.
iii. STANTON/STANFORD NICKENS, b. 1897, KY; m.
SUSIE; b. 1902, KY.
iv. DODGER
NICKENS, b. 1899, KY; m.
LULA; b. 1894, KY.
v. BEULAH NICKENS, b. 1901, KY; m.
NORWOOD FOX; b. 1903, MI.
vi. RALPH NICKENS, b. 1907, KY.
vii. FLOSSIE NICKENS, b. 1908, KY.
viii. BETTIE NICKENS, b. 1910.
This
page is part of the Nickens Family Resource Page and is maintained by Jan
Valdez jnvaldez@lamar.colostate.edu