William H. Nicholson

William H. Nicholson was born in 1869 in Virginia. He migrated to New York City and worked as a cement tester.^[3] He joined the New York City Fire Department in Brooklyn in 1898 and was detailed to the veterinary unit to feed the horses and shovel manure.^[1]

Nicholson retired because of his bad health in 1911 and died a few weeks later.^[4]

• Wesley Augustus Williams —Third African American fireman in the New York City Fire Department

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