Rosalie Yoakam ~ The Life Jane Finley Wales Nicholson

Today Rosalie Yoakam comes for another visit and tells the remarkable story of Quaker Jane Finley Wales Nicholson (b. February 1st, 1806 in Iredale Co., North Carolina - d. September 9th, 1906 in Indiana), an early pioneer of the Waynesville-Harveysburg area.  Jane and her husband, Valentine, were conductors on the Underground Railroad and were involved in other liberal reform movements of the time. Both Jane  and Valentine Nicholson left memoirs of their lives.

For more information see:

Valentine and Jane F. Wales Nicholson  

There is a twelve page article about Valentine and Jane F. Wales Nicholson in the 2007 Report of the Research Committee for the Third Annual Quaker Genealogy & History Conference: Anti-Slavery & the Underground Railroad ~ Taking a Risk for Freedom.  The report is available for $15.00 + 2.00 postage.  The money goes into the Ohioana Room Fund which supports the conference and other Ohioana Room activities. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the "Report", contact Karen at [e-mail].

 Our intro music is Mozart's Violin Concerto in G, Third Movement Rondeau, K 216, performed by David Oistrakh.  Used with permission, see Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/index.php. 

 
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