Biography

10/16/1852 - 02/19/1917

NICKELL, William, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 16, 1852 in Gordonville, Lancaster County, Pa.; traveling salesman, president, Salesmen’s Association of Philadelphia; president, Pennsylvania Division of the Traveler’s Protective Association; member, Republican State Committee; member, 29th Ward Executive Committee; employed, Bureau of Building and Elevator Inspection, Philadelphia; elected, delegate, State Republican Convention; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1893 and 1895 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1897 term; died, February 19, 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.