Notes:

All below notes are from Kathy McDowell's site:
http://kathymcdowell.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I94&tree=T1

1880 IA Boone Co, Yell Twp
NICHOLS, Edward 46 farmer PRUS PRUS PRUS, Minerva 40 MA NY NY, Ernest 12 IL, Edward 8 IL, Adelaide 6 IL, Carl 3 IA, John 1, Francis McCune other 19 IL Servant [Francis is Minerva's dau.]

1885 IA Greene Co Edwd E ca 1839, Minerva ca 1840, Thomas L M ca 1865 [This is probably Thomas L MORRIS, son of Minerva], Ernest W ca 1869, Edwd H ca 1871, Ada ca 1873, Carl ca 1876, Jno R ca 1878, Abijah ca 1882, King Fritz ca 1883

1910 OR Lane Co, Cottage Grove, Ward 3 NICHOLAS, Carl A ca 1876 IL, Addie ca 1883 OR IL OR, Ralph K ca 1903 OR, Claud K CLEMENT sson ca 1903 OR.

1915 IA Greene Co NICHOLAS, Adolph ca 1876, Ralph C ca 1902, Hazel H ca 1904. Also listed an Addie ca 1883. [Index not in order.] CLEMENT, Claud C ca 1902 OR OR OR

1920 IA Winnebago Co, Lincoln NICHOLAS, Karl A ca 1871 IA, Addie M ca 1885 OR IL OR, Houd [sic] H daughter ca 1905 OR, Claude P CLEMENT son ca 1903 OR.

1930 After much searching, not found as yet.

"I found this 1930 census and it might be them.
1930 United States Federal Census
Miami, Miami, Kansas

Adolph G Nicholas 62
Ada Nicholas 42 "
Lisadavis70 15 Mar 2007
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lane/3691/mb.ashx

Oregon Historical Records Index Search Results
Name
Year Record Type County Source
Nicholas, Karl A
1900 Enlistment Lane Military

Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916?1950
Last Name First Name Middle Name
NICHOLAS ADOLPH KARL
Sex/Race Age Cert # Death Date
M/W UNK 2580433 1932-07-28
County City Date Filed
MACON DECATUR 32-07-29

From The Globe Free Press, August 4, 1932
-Adolph Carl Nicholas
-Obituary (spelling not changed)
-Adolph Carl Nicholas, son of Earnest and Minerva Nicholas, was born in Nevada Co., Iowa, June 4th, 1976, and died at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Ill., on Thursday morning, July 28, 1932 at the age of 56 years, 1 month and 24 days.
-When he was about 24 years old, Mr. Nicholas went to Oregon, where on *April 22, 1908, he married Mrs. Addie Clement of Cottage Grove, Ore.
-In 1912 the Nicholas family came back to Iowa, and after trying different locations they moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1920, and later to Independence, Mo.
-The life of Mr. Nicholas was devoted to farming until ill health forced his retirement in 1930. He suffered from a complication of diseases being practically helpless since February 1932.
-In order that he might receive better care, he was recently taken to Decatur, Ill., but he soon passed beyond the need of human help and care.
-Mr. Nicholas was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Independence, Mo., and of Cottage Grove Lodge No. 68, I. O. O. F., Cottage Grove, Ore.
-Mr. Nicholas was preceded in death by a son Ralph,* May 1918 and by a daughter, *Mrs. Hazel Bates in Feb. 1932.
-He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Addie Nicholas, a stepson, Claude Clement of Decatur, three brothers, Fred Nicholas of Kansas City, Mo., Byde Nicholas of Rippey, and Ralph Nicholas of Denver, Colo., a sister, Mrs. Addie Mullin of Kansas City, and a half brother, Henry Michaels of Decatur, Ill.
-*the "8" could be a "3" - it was hard to read.
per Jean BORGESON 25 Feb 2010
[There is no Nevada Co in IA that I know of. There is a Nevada, which is in Story Co. Independence, MO is in Jackson Co.]

Rippey Cemetery Records:
Block 1, Lot 5
Space 3 Ralph K. Nicholas b. 14 Aug 1902- d. 7 May 1919
Space 5 Karl Nicholas
Space 6 Hazel H. Bates Nicholas b. 25 Jul 1905 - 14 Feb 1932
per Jean BORGESON 25 Feb 2010

(Jefferson Herald 25 Feb 1932--"Grace" Nicholas-Bates died at Independence
per Jean BORGESON 25 Feb 2010


Carl and Fred Nicholas of Kansas City are visiting here having been called
here by the death of their father, who passed away at the home of his son,
Byjo Nicholas last Thursday.
Pg 8 16 October 1924. Paper unknown. per ah

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176841894/adolph-karl-nicholas

Karl Adolph Nicholas was a son of Ernest Nicholas and Minerva Hastings. Although the name of his first wife is unknown at this time, he was married about 1902, and they had two children: Ralph K. and Hazel H. It is not known whether his first wife died, or if they divorced.

On 22 Apr 1908, he married Addie M. Stevenson Clement in Vancouver, Clarke County, Washington. They were married for 24 years. Mr. Nicholas died in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, and his death certificate states that he was buried in Rippey, Greene County, Iowa.

Family/Spouse: ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ? Bates. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]