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CATNUM: 1707
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NameFirst: Nicholson ~Thomas Brown
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BirthDay: 12
BirthYear: 1866
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OriginalBirthCity: Franklin
OriginalBirthState: IN
OriginalBirthCounty: Johnson
OriginalBirthNation: USA
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DeathDay: 18
DeathYear: 1949
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Parents: John Nicholson
Children: John Kenyon Nicholson, Thomas Lawrence Nicholson
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FamilyInPhotography: father John, brother John, father-in-law
OriginalNotes: PARENTS: John and Mary L. (Davidson) Nicholson; his father-in-law, Wylie Kenyon was also a photographer.
CHILDREN: Conversation with Joanna Herring, Wabash College Archivist:  Kenyon Nicholson, who was probably Tom Nicholson's son, became a playwright in NYC; 2 children: Thomas Lawrence and John Kenyon; unidentified source: (John) Kenyon Nicholson b. Crawfordsville 1894 son of Thomas Brown Nicholson & Anne Kenyon; 1905 Crawfordsville CD lists Kenyon and Laurance, students living with family at 400 Seminary.
EDUCATION: attended Crawfordsville high school then learned the art of photography under his father, who was a photographer
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/AWARDS:
The Revised Montgomery Co. Atlas, 1898: 1st prize, Class A, 1st Prize, Class B, State Convention, 1895; same prizes 1896; 1st prize, Class A, State Convention, 1897; Every 1st premium at County Fair 1880-1897. (Nicholson's Sons)
ST. LOUIS AND CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, Apr. 1900, p. 164:
see his photo, officer of Indiana Association of Photographers, 1900, T. B. Nicholson, 2nd VP, Crawfordsville, IN
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Studies From Leading Studios, arranged by C. Hetherington [copy in possession of Bill Rodgers, Frankfort, KY, Oct. 1993.  Paper bound book, ca. 1900]: p. 34, photos by Nicholson, portrait of Tom Nicholson; p. 126, Tom Nicholson, Crawfordsville, This is one of our clever workmen from Indiana, who carries away ea. yr. his share of the prizes from the State convention.
Bowen's History of Montgomery Co., 1913, p. 1231-32, biography of Thomas B. Nicholson

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~joneall/secondsite/son_william-p/index.htm
Descendants of William and Mary Frost O'Neall  [viewed August 2003]
Thomas Brown Nicholson
b. 12 Feb 1866, d. 18 Feb 1949, #2907 
      Thomas Brown Nicholson also went by the name of Uncle Tom. He was born on 12 February 1866. He was a photographer. He married Anne Kenyon, daughter of Wiley Kenyon and Mary Elizabeth O'Neall, on 5 April 1893 at Center Presbyterian Church. Thomas Brown Nicholson died on 18 February 1949 at age 83. He was buried on 21 February 1949 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville.  
 Children of Thomas Brown Nicholson and Anne Kenyon: 
John Kenyon Nicholson   (12 May 1894 - in the 1970s) 
Thomas Lawrence Nicholson+   (01 May 1896 - 1930)

Crawfordsville Journal Review, 18 Feb 1949, p. 1 Obit. For Thomas B. Nicholson
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NameFirst: Nicholson ~Thomas Brown
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City: Greencastle
State: IN
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Name: T. B. Nicholson
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Nov. 1897, Special Notices:
For sale or rent-1st class gallery in Greencastle, Ind; college town of 800 students; one other gallery. Address Nicholson & Sons, Crawfordsville.

The Revised Montgomery Co. Atlas, Indiana Printing Co., Crawfordsville, 1898, p. 28: ad for Nicholson's Sons, leading fotografers, 118 1/2 E. Main St. Crawfordsville, and Post Office Gallery, Greencastle. Includes list of prizes.
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OriginalSource: Indianapolis Star, Nov. 25, 1936, obit of John, Jr., After working in Franklin, the father then went to Crawfordsville where he opened a studio with his sons.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Apr. 1900, p. 164:
2nd VP of IAP

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Dec. 1900, p. 549:
John and Tom Nicholson, of Crawfordsville have purchased the famous Kitchell gallery at Indianapolis, and will run it in connection with the Crawfordsville studio.
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PersonID: 1588
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NameFirst: Nicholson ~Thomas Brown
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Address1: 118 1/2 E. Main St.
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City: Crawfordsville
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Name: Nicholson's Sons
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KnownDates: 1902, 1905, 1907
OriginalLocationNotes: 1892 Crawfordsville Sanborn Map, sheet 2 shows 118 E. Main as a brick, 3-story building. A bank is on the 1st floor. It is on the alley just east of the courthouse. Offices on the 2nd floor. Does not mention photo or show a skylight.
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OriginalSource: The Revised Montgomery Co. Atlas, Indiana Printing Co., Crawfordsville, 1898, p. 28: ad for Nicholson's Sons, leading fotografers, 118 1/2 E. Main St. Crawfordsville, and Post Office Gallery, Greencastle. Includes list of prizes.

1902 Business and Professional Directory of Central Indiana, 1902 (Union Directory Company, Indianapolis), p. 230, Nicholson & Sons, Prize winning and artistic photogrpahers, 118 1/2 E Main st. Tel New 524. [does not mention proprietors]

1905-06 Crawfordsville Directory, Nicholson & Sons, 118 1/2 E. Main, Thomas Nicholson (Anna) photographer, 400 Seminary [no John listed]

1907-08 Crawfordsville Directory, Nicholson Sons Art Studio, 118 1/2 E. Main, Thos. B. Nicholson (Anne) h. 400 Seminary [no John listed]
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