Ethan Nichols was a native of Essex county, Vermont, and came to Prophetstown in 1838. He died of fever in August, 1839. Mr. Nichols married Miss Portia Hopkinson, in 1825. The children of this marriage were David H., living in Colorado; Alpheus, in Montana; Guy, in Wyoming; Ezra who was killed in the Mexican war; and Rufus M., now dead.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
