File information:

File name: Lucy (Phillips) Nickerson.jpg
File format: JPEG, 72 ppi
File size: 2304 x 3072 pixels

Item information

Black and White Photograph
Date: ca. 1855
Size: unknown

This photograph is in the private collection of Lois C. Jenkins, a descendant of the Nickerson Family of Madison, NH. Ms. Jenkins scanned and provided this image, which we have permission to share here.

Here is her description of the photo: “This [photo] is of Mark Nickerson’s mother, Lucy (Phillips) Nickerson, b. 1783 Bridgewater, MA.  She m(1) 1807, in Bridgewater, Smardus Snell; they moved to Madison (then Eaton) shortly after that, & had two sons, including Nathan Snell, who married Julia Blaisdell and raised a large family in the Madison area.  Smardus died in 1813, then Lucy married my ggg-grandfather, Joshua Nickerson, in 1814.  She died 1866 in Madison, is buried in the Eaton Center Cemetery.  I would guess the photo to be ca. 1855.

If you look closely, you’ll notice Lucy is wearing a set of [rose gold] beads around her neck.  Joshua gave them to her when they were married; they were passed down through the generations, and I now have them.”