Background
Nickerson was born in South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
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Freeman Nickerson
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He moved to Vermont in 1800 and shortly after that married Huldah Chapman. During the War of 1812 he served as a lieutenant in the United States military. After the war, Nickerson moved to Springville, Pennsylvania.
In 1824, Nickerson moved to Perrysburg, New New York
He later worked on the construction of the Erie Canal. That fall, he served a mission in western New York and Upper Canada with Joseph Smith, Junior. and Sidney Rigdon.
On 12 October 1833, Smith received a revelation at Nickerson"s home in Perrysburgh, New New York In 1835, he served as branch president in Perrysburg, New New York
In the winter of 1835–1836 Nickerson served as a missionary on Cape Cod.
In 1839 he and his family moved west: they spent the winter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he baptized about 40 people and established the first branch of the church in that city. In 1840 he settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1841, he served a mission to Peoria, Illinois.
In 1842 he served a mission in Boston.
Nickerson died in 1847 along the banks of the Chariton River in Iowa as the Latter-day Saints were moving west.
Membership
Nickerson was baptized a member of the Latter Day Saint church in April 1833 by Zerubbabel Snow. In 1834, Nickerson was a member of Zion"s Camp.
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Religion
Church of Christ