Individual Details

GEORGE NICKSON.
George Nickson, who is making a creditable record as a fearless and faithful officer in the position of sheriff of Douglas county, was born and reared in the county which is still his home and with its development and upbuilding has been Identified through forty-four years. His natal day was February 2, 1874, his parents being George and Sarah (Paddison) Nickson, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Wales. The father, on coming to Colorado in the early '60s, settled at Plum creek in Douglas county, where he homesteaded and also purchased land, thereon residing to the time of his death. His widow survives and is still occupying the old home place.
George Nickson acquired a common school education and early in life took up blacksmithing at Castle Rock, where he now owns a blacksmithing and horseshoeing shop. He continued active in,the line of his trade until 1901, when he was appointed under sheriff of Douglas county by Sheriff Anderson, who is now filling the position of county judge and who is mentioned elsewhere In this work. Mr. Nickson continued to act in that capacity for four years and in 1912 was elected sheriff of Douglas county on the democratic ticket for a term of two years. Three times since then he has been reelected to the office. Four years' service as deputy and eight years' service as sheriff certainly indicates a most creditable record of faithfulness and capability. While he has retired from activity along the line of his trade, owing to the demands of his office, he is still known in the business circles of Castle Rock as one of the stockholders in the Castle Rock State Bank.
On the 26th of November, 1911, Mr. Nickson was married to Miss Bertha Howell, of pueblo, a graduate of the Pueblo high school, who prior to her marriage engaged in teaching for several terms. Three children have been born of this union: Gweny, Betty and George Andrew. The family attend the Episcopal church and Mr. Nickson has membership in the Odd Fellows lodge of Castle Rock and also in the Improved Order of Red Men. His time and attention at present, however, are largely given outside of the duties of his office to his work as chairman of the county exemption board .•mil he is standing loyally behind the president in all of the efforts of the nation to uphold on European soil the principles for which this country stands, based upon the belief that "all men are created free and equal."

Birth	2 Feb 1875	Perry Park, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Census	1885	Douglas, Colorado, United States
Census	23 Jun 1900	Glen Grove, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Marriage	26 Nov 1911	Bertha Elizabeth HOWELL
Residence	22 Jan 1932	Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Death	19 May 1956
Death	20 May 1956	Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Burial	24 May 1956	Bear Cañon Cemetery, Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Biofile		Bassell, Clifton R and Annie C (Nickson)
Biofile		Legg, Luther and Gwendolyn Arlene (Nickson)
Biofile		Nickson, George Andrew (II) and Bertha E. Howell

Spouse	Bertha Elizabeth HOWELL (1889 - 1963)
Child	Gwendolyn Arlene NICKSON (1914 - 1994)
Child	Bertha Elizabeth "Betty" NICKSON (1915 - 1991)
Child	George Andrew NICKSON III (1917 - 1998)

Father	George NICKSON Sr (1830 - 1901)
Mother	Sarah A. PADDISON (1849 - 1932)
Sibling	Andrew NICKSON (1873 - 1950)
Sibling	Mary NICKSON (1876 - 1963)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Lizzie" NICKSON (1879 - 1941)
Sibling	Joseph B. NICKSON (1881 - 1958)
Sibling	Annie C. NICKSON (1884 - 1962)
Sibling	Sarah NICKSON (1888 - 1983)
Sibling	Charles Arthur NICKSON Sr. (1892 - 1964)