Nichols, Alva W
physician, surgeon, was born in 1848, near Grand Rapids, Mich. He acquired his education at the district school and the high schools of Grand Rapids and Greenville. He studied medicine at the State university at Ann Arbor; in 1874 graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical college of New York city; and has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Greenville. In 1886 he was a nominee for state senator; in 1888 he was a fusion elector, and since 1878 has been a greenbacker and populist. He has filled various public offices of honor; is a member of the leading medical societies, and a member and hearty supporter of various fraternal orders. In 1894 he was a candidate for governor of Michigan and made a remarkably successful canvass on the people's ticket for that high office.