Robert Nichol's Brilliant Career And Untimely Demise

Robert Nichol (c. 1774 - 1824) plaque for "The Man Who Would Be Quartermaster."

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"His death was caused by falling over the precipitous bank of the Niagara river between Niagara Falls and Queenston one stormy night at at the beginning of May, 1824, his funeral to Stamford cemetery taking place on the 6th.  He was married to [Mrs.] Theresa Wright on December 21, 1811."