Nichols Family

Benjamin Thomas Nichols (1875-1934) married Olive Lovenia Booth (1877-1924) in 1895 in Coalville, Utah. They had eleven children-between 1896 and 1924 (most of whom are shown above). Benjamin worked most of his adult life as a coal miner and carpenter in Utah and Wyoming. Olive died from childbirth complications in January 1924 in Standardville, Utah. Between 1924 and 1933 Benjamin and several of his children lived in Samaria, Idaho. Benjamin died in December 1934 in Mesa, Arizona. The oldest child of Benjamin and Olive Nichols was William (Bill) Nichols (1896-1970), shown below.

The parents of Benjamin Thomas Nichols (1875-1934) were William Nichols (1821-1885) and Ellen White (1832-1901), who were married in 1854 in Kelloe, Durham, England. The couple and their growing young family emigrated to Utah in 1868.