A Salem shipmaster and merchant; the autobiography of George Nichols . s and a third son1 were born. In 1816 he moved into the house on ChestnutStreet with his wife and seven children. OnChristmas Eve, 1819, his fourth son and youngestchild was Ten happy years followed, with a devoted wifeand eight children. Even the domestic machin-ery ran smoothly, as my grandfather paid thehighest prices for service, a dollar and a half a 1853. A prominent lawyer in Salem, afterwards appointedJudge of the Supreme Judicial Court of married Sarah, daughter of John and Lois PickeringGoo
A Salem shipmaster and merchant; the autobiography of George Nichols . s and a third son1 were born. In 1816 he moved into the house on ChestnutStreet with his wife and seven children. OnChristmas Eve, 1819, his fourth son and youngestchild was Ten happy years followed, with a devoted wifeand eight children. Even the domestic machin-ery ran smoothly, as my grandfather paid thehighest prices for service, a dollar and a half a 1853. A prominent lawyer in Salem, afterwards appointedJudge of the Supreme Judicial Court of married Sarah, daughter of John and Lois PickeringGool, a niece of Col. Timothy Pickering. He lived in theold Assembly house on Federal Street. In 1833 he re-moved to Boston.—E. I. Hist. Col., Vol. XV, p. 291. i Henry Peirce Nichols, the third son, was born in SalemSept. 2nd, 1816, died in Boston Dec. 21st, 1889. He was apublisher of the firm of Crosby & Nichols. 2 Charles Sanders Nichols was born Dec. 24th, 1819, diedMarch 5th, 1900. He was associated in business with hisfather and his brother, John H. GLIMPSES INTO HIS HOME LIFE 101 week to the cook and seventy-five cents to thesecond maid, to women who stayed for yearsbecause they were happy in their home and sat-isfied with their wages. In 1824 my grandfather withdrew from theNorth Church, and with others from that Societyand the First Church, founded the FourthUnitarian Church in Salem, which took the nameof the Independent Congregational Society inBarton Square. The cause for the separationwas the desire to have Rev. Henry Colman1 fortheir pastor. During this period the oldest daughter, SarahPeirce, was very delicate, suffering from whatwould now be called a nervous breakdown. Shewas sent to Cambridge to a noted specialist, whopursued heroic methods, with happy riding was at once prescribed, whichwas a mild form of exercise compared to longdrives in a wagon without springs, and walks oftwenty miles a day. The practice of walking waskept up by
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