Biography

03/28/1845 - 10/19/1923

NICHOLS, Forrest Ralph, a Representative from Crawford County; born, March 28, 1845 in Cambridge, Crawford County, Pa.; clerk, United States Postal Service (6 years); merchant (6 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1885 and 1887 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1889 term; private secretary, Congressional delegate, William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory; mine owner, New Mexico; October 19, 1923 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; interred, Cambridge Upper Cemetery, Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.