Malcolm Nicholson, son of Samuel and Kathryn Nicholson was born May 29, 1871 in Ontario, Canada. He came to Carrington to farm in 1889. He married on June 1, 1898 Lena Kerlin, who was born at Port Royal, Pennsylvania on January 25, 1883. She came to North Dakota with. her parents coming to the Bordulac area in 1895, who had lived in Kidder and Logan counties before coming to Foster County.
The Nicholsons moved to their homestead in Rose Hill Township where they lived until 1923 when they moved into Carrington. Mrs. Nicholson operated a nursing home for several years.
Mr. Nicholson died in September 1964. Mr. Nicholson died in 1945. They are buried in the Carrington cemetery.
They had six children: Turrell, Clytes, Laura, Ervin, Havery and Leland.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 101B