Looking For Lydia

Searching for my 2nd great grandmother Lydia Null (Nichols) today. I knew where she was born, I knew who her parents were and where they are laid to rest. I assumed she died at an early age but I didn't know where she was, or what year she died. The last record I found of her and her husband James Thomas Nichols was in Greenbush, Warren, Illinois in 1870.

I decided to search findagrave.com . (This site combined with other genealogical websites are a great resource for information. It too is based on information and photos added by volunteers. You can even make a photo request for kin who are interned too far away for you to pay respects to). Anyway, I figured I would just search all of Illinois for her. So I searched just the surname 'Nichols' and I found her. She was in the Prairie City Cemetery in McDonough County, Illinois which is just to the south of Greenbush. And found a photo too,with information about James T.'s puchase of half of  lot# 18 in block#3 on April 5, 1871 just prior to her death.


Lydia Null (Nichols)

 Also in the purchased cemetery lot include a Joel Nichols spelled 'Nickols' born 1800 and his wife Sarah born in 1806. Could this be J.T's parents? There is also another Joel Nickols  born in 1846, a brother perhaps? I did some hunting around on Ancestry and found Joel and his wife Sarah in Greenbush, Warren, Illinios where I had found J.T. and Lydia living in 1870. Upon looking over that record again I found them living next or near them. They are family but I can't positively identify them as the parents  of J.T. yet, I will try to contact the person that took the photos. Hopefully they will know more.

Is this were J.T.'s Parents are laid to rest? Who is Joel Nichols?