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MARGARET CELESTIA (TULLIE) NICHOLS 1865 - 1928

Margaret Celestia Nichols, known as "Tullie," was the first daughter and sixth child of Joel Lafayette Nichols and Susan Elizabeth Wellmaker. She was born in the Mt. Ida Community of Crenshaw County, Alabama, on July 25, 1865. At the time of her birth the Mt. Ida Community was located in Pike County. It became a part of Crenshaw when it was formed in 1866.
Margaret was the first in her family to make contact with her Grandparent Wellmakers in Georgia, after Joel and Susan left Georgia in 1857. She wrote them a letter when she was thirteen. (See Number 10, Joel Lafayette Nichols) On January 01, 1893, Margaret married in Crenshaw County, Alabama, to William S. Saunders. The identity of his parents is unknown but he was born in Crenshaw County, Alabama, April 17, 1880. It is believed that William worked as a farmer in or near the Mt. Ida Community. Margaret carried on her daily life as a housewife and mother to one child.
Margaret died in Crenshaw County on February 07, 1928. William died not long after in Crenshaw County and during the same year on November 28. This couple is buried at the Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery about a third of a mile North of the present day Spring Hill Church. It is located on a Crenshaw County Highway between Luverne and Brantley, Alabama.

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