William Nichol (mayor)

William Nichol (1800–1878) was an American banker, Whig politician and planter.

[1] His father-in-law, William Lytle, was a wealthy landowner who had served as captain in the American Revolutionary War.

[2] They had four sons, Josiah II, William Lytle, Charles Alexander James Edgar and Harry D., and six daughters, Eleanor Ryburn, Margaret, Ann Lytle, Julia, Jane F. and Lizzie B.

[1] They resided at Belair, a historic mansion in Nashville from 1835 to his death.

[1][3] He died on November 23, 1878, and he is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.