HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
father was a sea captain, and an early settler in 
Bennington. Samuel was educated in the com- 
mon schools, and at the age of seventeen years 
he engaged in teaching, thus obtaining money 
with which to advance his education, and en- 
tered Castleton Seminary, from whence he grad- 
uated. He then turned his attention to the 
study of medicine, and graduated from the 
Castleton Medical7Institute. He then went to 
Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y., and commenced 
practice. He was there married in 1826 to 
Julia Bartle, born in Newark, in 1811. He con- 
tinued to reside in Newark until 1845, then 
came to Wisconsin and engaged in the practice 
of his profession at Janesville, one year. He 
then came to Green county and settled on the 
site of the present village of Albany. Soon 
after coming here, he was obliged, on account 
of failing health, to discontinue his practice, 
and he engaged as mail contractor, and did an 
extensive business in that line, his routes ex- 
tending to four different States and Territories, 
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. He 
employed hundreds of men and horses. Tbis 
business he continued until 1868., In 1866 he 
purchased a fruit fhrm in New Jersey, and spent 
the fall and winter seasons there. In Septem- 
ber, 1874, he visited Colorado Springs, in the 
hope of finding relief from asthma, from which 
he was suffering, but he grew steadily worse and 
died there on the 14th of November following. 
His remains were brought back to Albany, and 
placed in the family vault. Mr. and Mrs. Nich- 
ols had seven children-Chloe J., Martin V., 
Louisa A., Bartle W., Philander K., Louis A. 
and Maggie. Dr. Nichols was one of the Pres- 
idential electors of district No. 2, in-1848, in 
the State of Wisconsin, and was chosen to trans- 
mit the result to the seat of government. 
Louis A. Nichols, their youngest sot, was 
born at the Nichols House, Albany, Feb. 3, 
1849. His early education was obtained in the 
common schools of his native town, after-which 
he spent five terms at Evansville Semin'ry. In 
1870 hoe went to Philadelphia and   enitered 
 
Philadelphia College, and studied one year. 
He then went to Madelia, Minn., where he re- 
mained one year, and from thence to Chicago, 
and was clerk in a real estate office until 1874, 
when he went again to Philadelphia and grad- 
uated from the Pliladelphia Dental College. 
He went to St. Louis and commenced practice; 
but, his health failing, he remained but a short 
time. He went from there to Colorado and 
spent nearly a year, then returned to Albany, 
where he was married, in 1875, to Ella Warren, 
daughter of Zebina and Maria (Pond) Warren. 
He has erected a fine residence on the west 
bank of the river, dnd has his office in his house. 
L WYERS. 
The first attorney in the vicinity of Albany 
was Hiram Brown. The second was J. B. Per- 
ry, who is still in practice; the third, E. L. 
Warner; and the fourth, H. Medbery. 
HOTELS. 
During the first few years of the settlement, 
of course every one who had a home was will- 
ing to entertain strangers without money or 
price. But as people came flocki)g in faster 
and faster, it became necessary to establish 
some public stopping place.  In 1847 John B. 
Sawyer and A. K. Stearns erected a building on 
what is now lot 2, block 18, corner of Mill and 
Main streets, it now forming the upright part 
of the Nichols House.  In 1848 Dr. Samuel 
Nichols purchased the property, completed the 
building and opened it to the public for hotel 
purposes, and it is still used as such.  In 1881 
the building was enlarged by a brick addition, 
and it now presents quite anm attractive appear- 
ance.  Ihe property is now owned by M. V. 
Nichols and Mrs. J. H. Warren.  It is leased 
by S. S. Hills, a gentleman well qualified for 
the place, and under whose'management the 
Nichols House has become a favQrite of the 
traveling public and the pride of the citizens of 
the village. 
Sylvester Hills was a, native of Connecticut, 
born March 7, 1790. Whenm a young man lie 
Went to Onomidaga Co,, N: Y.i where h~e ¢ 
 
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