Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Jerry P. Nicholson Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Jerry P. Nicholson Photograph of Jerry P. Nicholson; (died Feb 25, 1917). He was first elected Macon County Sheriff in 1894. From 1906 to 1910 he served as a deputy. In 1910 he was again elected sheriff. After his first term as sheriff expires he was street… Tags: biography, Civil War veteran, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL., Dunham Post 141 G.A.R., insurance business, Jerry P. Nicholson, Livery Business, Macon County Sheriff, Photo File: Biography, Street Superintendent, Van Deventer Studio, Vandeventer Studio