Wesley Nicholson was born in Ontario on April 14, 1868. The Nicholson family came to the Barlow area in 1884, one of the first to settle in Birtsell Township. Wesley later became owner of the farm, and stayed on while the other family members returned to Ontario. Wesley was active in township and school affairs. He married Caroline Smith in Ontario. They had one daughter, Margaret. Mrs. Nicholson died in 1916.
In April 1922, Mr. Nicholson married Mrs. Celesta Pettit at Carrington. She was born at Vernon, Indiana, on April 23, 1879. She had five children by a previous marriage, Ellen, Penny, Marie, Kenneth, and Russell Murphy. Wesley Nicholson died in May 1928 and Celesta Nicholson on June 26, 1954.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 3B