{"id":136,"date":"2016-01-07T22:13:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T22:13:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-10-24T13:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:10:38","slug":"alvin-nichols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/people\/alvin-nichols\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Nichols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><th>office<\/th><td>Brigham City Council Member<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>term_start<\/th><td>Mar 1867<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>term_end<\/th><td>Mar 20 1882<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>birth_date<\/th><td>Aug 19 1819<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>birth_place<\/th><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>death_date<\/th><td>Interwiki: Death date and age1899091818190819++<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>death_place<\/th><td>Brigham City<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>spouse<\/th><td>Mary Ann Johnsen, Virginia Ann Charlotte Wright<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvin Nichols was born on August 19, 1819, in Bastard, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, to Sheldon and Susannah Chipman Nichols. He was baptized by Mormon missionaries in 1834, and three years later left Canada for DeWitt, Missouri, with the Thomas E. Page Company. He moved from DeWitt to Far West, then to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he became acquainted with the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in Nauvoo, Alvin was stopped by a mob inquiring about where the Prophet was hiding. When Alvin said he didn\u2019t know, the men beat him with their guns and broke three of his ribs. He relocated to Council Bluffs (Kanesville) in Iowa, then to Alpine, Kaysville, Willard, and Brigham City, all in Utah. Alvin arrived in Brigham City in March 1856.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvin was active in his church as well as in politics, serving as bishop for the Brigham City Ward and then the Second Ward, a director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/index.php?title=Brigham_City_Mercantile_and_Manufacturing_Association\">Co-op<\/a>, a selectman for Box Elder County, councilman for Brigham City and Indian agent for the U.S. Government. The Indians often came to Alvin\u2019s home for food and for advice. When some peaceful Shoshone Indians were mistakenly accused of an uprising and then attacked by U.S. soldiers, hundreds of them escaped by night and journeyed to Alvin\u2019s home where he helped them hide near Mantua until the trouble was over.<br>In 1857, Alvin embraced polygamy and married two 15-year-old girls, Mary Ann Johnson and Charlotte Wright. He also married a third time and had a total of 28 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvin died September 18, 1899<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nichols, Mary. <em>Alvin Nichols: Utah Pioneer 1819-1899<\/em>. Brigham City, Utah, 1958. https:\/\/dcms.lds.org\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE111156.<br>Homes of Alvin Nichols http:\/\/morrellfamilyhistory.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/alvin-and-mary-ann-nichols-homes.html<br><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.boxeldermuseum.org\/index.php\/Search\/Index?search=Interwiki: #replace:Interwiki: PAGENAMEE++ \u00bb _%20\">Search Brigham City Museum Collections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>office Brigham City Council Member term_start Mar 1867 term_end Mar 20 1882 birth_date Aug 19 1819 birth_place Canada death_date Interwiki: Death date and age1899091818190819++ death_place Brigham City spouse Mary Ann Johnsen, Virginia Ann Charlotte Wright Alvin Nichols was born on August 19, 1819, in Bastard, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, to Sheldon and Susannah Chipman Nichols. 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