The 1870 Richmond, Nemaha, KS census shows this family:
Nickerson,David age 40 RR laborer born ME
" Charlotte age 37 K.H. born ME
" Edna age 16 born IL
" Ansel age 14 born IL
" Franklin age 11 born ME
" Ines age 9 born ME
" Anna age 7 born ME
" Charles age 4 born IL
Do any of these names show up as settling in this region or dying and being buried in one of the cemeteries?