From History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Volume II, Publ. by The Western Historical Company 1881, Page 836-837

REV. G. PARSONS NICHOLS, Pastor of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, was born in July, 1837, in Windsor, Berkshire County, Mass.  His academic education was at Geneseo, N.Y.  He entered Union College, New York, in 1856, from which he graduated, in full classical course, in 1860.  He then taught two years in Warnerville, N.Y.; afterwards spent three years at Princeton Theological Seminary, in New Jersey, graduating in 1865.  After temporarily, supplying churches in Victor, N.Y., and Chicago, Ill., in March, 1871, he settled in Milwaukee, in his present pastorate.  He was married in June, 1871, to Miss Delia B. NICHOLS, daughter of Rev. James NICHOLS, a Professor in Union College, afterward Principal of Geneseo Academy and Rochester Female Seminary.  They have four children - Robert H., Margaret P., Henry J. and Content S.  When he assumed the pastorate of Immanuel Church, which was a union of two societies, it worshipped in a frame building, corner of Milwaukee and Mason streets, and from its form was known as the "Steamboat Church."  The present edifice was erected in 1875, at a cost, when finished, of $200,000.  The membership, during his labors, has been doubled, and now numbers fully six hundred. Two missions, Bethany and Immanuel, having been erected during his pastorate, the former located in the north part of the city, and the latter in the south.  He is Trustee of the Lake First Seminary, Illinois, and is connected, officially, with several education and charitable institutions.  Mrs. NICHOLS is an official in both the Home and Foreign missionary societies, and is an appreciated worker in social and religions circles.  Dr. NICHOLS is universally respected by citizens, and beloved by his people.  Residence, No. 693 Cass street.

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