Nicholas Sailors

After marrying Nancy in November of 1846 (a few days after John Calvin was born), we find the family living in Titus County, Texas in the 1850 Census.

They had another son, William A in 1851 in Arkansas .

Nicholas drops out of the picture somewhere between 1851 and 1854 when Nancy and George Hopkins were married.

By the 1860 Census we find Nancy Ann married to George W. Hopkins in Tipah County, Mississippi.

(Nancy age 31, John Calvin age 12 and William A age 9).

The spelling of the last name also undergoes changes during this period, from Nicholas Sailors, to John Calvin and William A Sailers (when the boys are living with George Hopkins).

It remains as Sailers during the 1870 Census (Nancy age 41, John age 22 and William age 19)

By the 1880 Census, both John Calvin and William A (along with their families) are spelling their name as Salars.