 Their new farm consisted of , and was northeast of Pella, Iowa.Eight years later, on March 4, 1856, Nicholas sold his Pella, Iowa, farm to Aquillin Waters Noe (who resold it on the same day to Hiram Zenas Webster) and the family returned to Monmouth, Illinois, where Nicholas found that nobody needed his services as cooper or farmer.Unable to find work, Nicholas was elected as the town constable, which he served as for about three years.