Orlean B. Nichols

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c1838

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1863-12-25

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"Orlean B. Nichols" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00017204, (accessed August 18, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Farmhand for L. Perry in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from October 26, 1863, to December 25, 1863. Died of disease while in military service at Princeton on December 25, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 59.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0446.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administrators Bonds, 1863-1878, p. 29.

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