Alva Niccum, born September 4, 1875, at Flora, Indiana, came to Carrington in 1896. He was employed as a telegrapher at the Carrington and Barlow depots until 1907, when he joined his father in farming in Bucephalia Township. He retired in 1933.
He married Carrie Liddle in Carrington on December 15, 1901. She was born in Missouri February 17, 1876. She attended schools there and later was a schoolteacher. She came to North Dakota in 1897 to teach.
Mr. Niccum worked as a bookkeeper after moving to Carrington.
Mr. Niccum died in 1961. Mrs. Niccum died in 1964. They are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 34B