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Stephen Westcott Nickerson (1857-1917) — also known as Stephen W. Nickerson — of Providence, Providence County, R.I.; Winthrop, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 12, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; Honorary Vice-Consul for China in Boston, Mass., 1903; Honorary Consul for China in Boston, Mass., 1905-08. Died in Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass., October 4, 1917 (age 60 years, 265 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

		Relatives: Son of Rev. Thomas White Nickerson and Martha Tillinghast (Westcott) Nickerson; uncle of Hoffman Nickerson; granduncle of Eugene Hoffman Nickerson.
		Political family: Nickerson family.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Hoffman Nickerson (1888-1965) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., December 6, 1888. Republican. Real estate business; member of New York state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., March 24, 1965 (age 76 years, 108 days). Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of Mary Louisa (Hoffman) Nickerson and Thomas White Nickerson, Jr.; married to Ruth Constance Comstock; father of Eugene Hoffman Nickerson; nephew of Stephen Westcott Nickerson.
		Political family: Nickerson family.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) — also known as Eugene H. Nickerson — of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 2, 1918. Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Circuit Judge Augustus N. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone, 1944-46; Nassau County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964, 1972; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94; took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002. His right arm was paralyzed by polio in his youth. Died, from complications of ulcer surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152 days). Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of Hoffman Nickerson and Ruth Constance (Comstock) Nickerson; married to Marie-Louise Steiner; grandnephew of Stephen Westcott Nickerson.
		Political family: Nickerson family.
		Nickerson Beach Park, in Lido Beach, New York, is named for him.
		See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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