ERNEST M. C. NICOL.  An enterprising young farmer of Union township, Union county, Ohio, is Ernest M. C. Nicol, who has spent all of his life in this same township.  He is of German ancestry and is now managing the large farm which his father had at the time of his death.  Mr. Nicol is an energetic and wide-awake young man who keeps thoroughly up-to-date in everything pertaining to farming, and has already forged to the front in a way which indicates that he will one  day take his place among the leading agriculturists of the county.
     Ernest M. C. Nicol, the son of George and Lena (Rausch) Nicol, was born in Union township, Union county, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1891.  His parents were also natives of this county, his grandparents being natives of Germany and early settlers in Union county.  George Nicol and wife were married Feb. 1, 1883, and to them were born six children, all of whom are still living:  Casper, whose history is presented elsewhere in this volume; Edward, who lives in Madison county, Ohio; Ernest M. C., whose history is here related; Henry, who is living with Ernest; Martha, who is residing with her mother; Lawrence, who is attending business college at Lima, Ohio.  George Nicol died July 5, 1911, and his widow was married June 11, 1914, to John Thiergartner, and now lives in Madison county, this state.
     Ernest M. C. Nicol was reared and educated in Union township, and has always made his home here.  Since the death of his father in 1911, he has been managing the home farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres.  He was married Feb. 14, 1914, to Catherine Weinlein, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Brodcorb) Weinlein, of Darby township.
     Politically, Mr. Nicol is a Democrat, but as yet has not taken an active part in political matters.  As a matter of fact he will not be old enough to cast his first vote for president until 1916.  Mr. Nicol and his wife are members of the St. Paul Lutheran church and are deeply interested in its welfare.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 795