_Josephus Love NICHOLSON __
                                                     | (1846 - 1930)             
                         _William Francis NICHOLSON _|
                        | (1882 - 1963)              |
                        |                            |_Martha Francis ROSS ______
                        |                              (1850 - 1885)             
 _John Loran NICHOLSON _|
| (1908 - 1987) m 1933  |
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|                       |_Elizabeth CATES ___________|
|                         (1887 - 1968)              |
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|--John Robert NICHOLSON 
|  (1944 - ....)
|                                                     _Carlisle Babylon BALL ____+
|                                                    | (1831 - 1917) m 1857      
|                        _Robert Walter BALL ________|
|                       | (1878 - 1966) m 1897       |
|                       |                            |_Margaret McVicker SHREVE _+
|                       |                              (1840 - 1927) m 1857      
|_Erma Lloyd BALL ______|
  (1910 - 1993) m 1933  |
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                        |_Louretta Hanna ANDREW _____|
                          (1881 - 1965) m 1897       |
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