The fourth and final time that James Nelson married was to another widow. James married Delilah Mathis who on their marriage record of September 18, 1879 in Clark County, AR is listed as Delilah Mathews. Delilah was born about 1851 in Arkansas to Thomas Duncan and Sarah McTigret. She was previously married to William Mathis about 1871. William and Delilah had four children before he died about 1877. (John Jefferson, Mansel L, William Garvin, Union P (Une)). Delilah had four minor children when she married James Nelson all under the age of 8 and there was a 28 year age difference between her and James. James and Delilah had two children: Arabella (Bella) and Mary Garrett (Garritte). These two children were born in 1880 and 1882. It is probable that Delilah was only a few weeks if not maybe a month pregnant with Garrett when James Nelson died. T J Steed (a son-in-law of James) was appointed to be the administrator of James' estate on February 18, 1882 and Garrett was born in October of 1882. The date of 1882 that comes from tombstone records could be wrong also. In April 1892 a J P Langley had petitioned the court to adopt Belle (age 12) and Elizabeth G (age 11) stating that he had acted as guardian/father to these two children who had no father or mother for the last five years. Joseph Leach who had married Delilah Nelson after James' death contested the adoption and blocked Mr. Langley's petition stating he had married their mother but had not been diligent in his duties to make sure the girls had been taken care of since their mother's death. He had since interviewed numerous people and had ascertained that Mr. Langley had had the girls plowing his fields and working on his farm and doing work not fit for little girls. He petitioned the court to appoint their half-brother, J J Mathis, as their guardian. Delilah must have died about 1885-1887.