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A native of Maryland, Nicholson was the son of naval officer John Nicholson.
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William Nicholson
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He entered as a midshipman in 1812 and served on the United States Ship President under Stephen Decatur during the War of 1812. Commissioned captain in 1855, he commanded steam frigate United States Ship Roanoke from May 1861. Appointed Commodore on the retired list in July 1862, he served a year on the Retiring Board.
He died at the Philadelphia Naval Asylum at the age of approximately eighty.
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July 25, 1872 (aged 82) -
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