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• Name	Daniel Nickens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	1828 Virginia, USA [6]
  Born	29 Nov 1835 Clarke, Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Memorial Part of the African American Civil War Memorial Plaque Number C-58 [1, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17]
  Birth	29 Nov 1835 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA [10, 15]
  Birth	Abt 1847 Clarke, Virginia, USA [12]
  Physical Description	1863 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [5]  –  Complexion: Yellow; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown/Dark; Height: 5'5."
  Military Enlistment	1 Jul 1863 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 6, 15]  –  Age: 29; MilitaryServiceBranch: Infantry; MilitaryUnit: 45th U.S. Colored Infantry
  Military	9 Aug 1864 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5, 15]  –  Age: 29; MilitaryServiceBranch: Infantry; MilitaryUnit: 45th U.S. Colored Infantry
  Military	20 May 1865 Fort Monroe, Hampton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA [1]  –  Muster Out: USCT Co. H; Discharge Disability
  Residence	1870 Ward 6, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]  –  Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
  Military	1877 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [12]  –  Pennsylvania National Guard
  Physical Description	Height: 5'7"; Complexion: Yellow; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark. [15]
  Ethnicity	American [14]
  Last Known Residence	​ Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  Residence	Jun 1890 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [18]
  Residence	1910 Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [14]  –  StreetAddress: Almshouse; 74 Age: 74; CanRead: No; CanWrite: No; EnumerationDistrict: 0127; NativeLanguageCode: English; Veteran: UA; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Inmate RelationToHead: Inmate
  Newspaper Clipping	19 Oct 1914 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [19]  –  Daniel Nickens Charges Malicious Mischief_19 Oct 1914
  Race	Black [6]
  Race	Colored [7]
  Race	Mulatto [14]
  Race	White [14]
  Veteran	Civil War: Co. H 45th Reg. USCT [1, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20]
  Name	Damiel Nickens [18]
  Name	Daniel Nickens [14]
  Name	Daniel Nickerson [1]
  Name	Daniel Nickon [15]
  Name	David Nichens [14]
  Residence	​ Pennsylvania, USA [16]
  Died	16 Dec 1914 519 Myers street, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 7, 11]
  	Age: 79; "Old Soldier."
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [11, 20, 21]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	Daniel Nickens was born on November 29, 1835, in Clarke, Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Colored Troops August 1863, and was described as being 5'5," yellow complexion, with hazel eyes and dark hair. He served in Co. H 45th Reg. USCT. When he returned to Harrisburg he married Jane Molson. They had three sons and two daughters. He died on December 16, 1914, in Steelton, Pennsylvania, having lived a long life of 79 years, and was buried in Lincoln Cemetery. "A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Harrisburg August 9, 1864, and mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. H, 45th U.S. Colored Troops. On May 11, 1865, he was hospitalized at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and never returned to active duty. He discharged by surgeon's certificate to date September 8, 1865, at which time the army deducted $33.67 - two months' pay - for overdrawn clothing. He married Jane Molson in Virginia and fathered Rowllion [?] H. (b. 02/02/63 - not in the 1870 census but has a death certificate and mentioned in his father's obituary), Florence G. "Flora" (b. 06/20/67 - married a Blount), Marguriette or Margaret (b. @1868 - married Edward Demus), and John (b. @1869). In 1880, he was living without his family in Harrisburg, in 1910 in the almshouse in Swatara Township, but died at his home in Steelton from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor. Daniel was almost certainly not living in Pennsylvania prior to the Civil War. The 1860 census shows a free mulatto laborer named Daniel Nickens of the same age living with the black Martha Coleman family in District 8, Frederick County, Virginia, and there is no entry for a man by that name in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Corroborating that is the death certificate for his first child that lists Frederick County, Virginia, as the boy's birthplace. It appears likely that Daniel fled Virginia, with his family sometime prior to August 1864, possibly in the aftermath of the second battle of Winchester June 13 - 15, 1863." Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
  Person ID	I1195 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Father Unknown Nickens b. 1810, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mother Unknown Nickens b. 1810, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F410 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Mary Molson b. Abt 1841, Pennsylvania, USA
  Married	18 Sep 1864 Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA [22, 23]
  Children	1. Margaret Nickens (Age 65 years) b. 1865, Ward 6, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 Apr 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)  [natural]   2. John Nickens b. 1869, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   3. Rollin H. Nickens (Age 61 years) b. 2 Feb 1863, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. 6 May 1924, Bressler, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)  [natural]   4. Elizabeth Nickens b. Abt 1884  [natural]   5. Florence Nickens (Age 47 years) b. 20 Jun 1864, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Aug 1911, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 47 years)  [natural]   6. B. H. Nickens  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F109 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Rollin H. Nickens (Age 61 years) b. 2 Feb 1863, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. 6 May 1924, Bressler, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)  [natural]   2. B. H. Nickens  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F145 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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