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James Joseph Nelms

Birth: 25 Jun 1849
Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
Death: 17 Oct 1943 (aged 94)
Wenasoga, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA
Burial: Holly Church Cemetery

Wenasoga, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.9688, Longitude: -88.58504
Memorial ID: 10668161 View Source

He was a Confederate Veteran.

Son of Hannah Crum and Matthew Mathias Nelms. He married Elizabeth Catherine “Eliza” George in 1870 and they had 9 children together:
1. Louella [Tyson]
2. Samuel Houston
3. Thomas Hapton
4. William Penn
5. Hannah [Hensley]
6. Rufus Leopold
7. Joseph Franklin
8. Ada Christine [Hensley] Born: 21 Aug 1881
9. Julia White [Tyson]

He married Kate Mott Jobe in 1916. She was 49 years his junior. They had 2 children together:
1. James Julius
2. Nell Dora [Green]

He was a Confederate Veteran.

Son of Hannah Crum and Matthew Mathias Nelms. He married Elizabeth Catherine “Eliza” George in 1870 and they had 9 children together:
1. Louella [Tyson]
2. Samuel Houston
3. Thomas Hapton
4. William Penn
5. Hannah [Hensley]
6. Rufus Leopold
7. Joseph Franklin
8. Ada Christine [Hensley] Born: 21 Aug 1881
9. Julia White [Tyson]

He married Kate Mott Jobe in 1916. She was 49 years his junior. They had 2 children together:
1. James Julius
2. Nell Dora [Green]

Gravesite Details

Same stone: Eliza C. Nelms

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Capt Matthew Mathias Nelms

1819–1902

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Maintained by: Nancy Holland
Originally Created by: Janice Spencer Switcher
Added: Mar 24, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10668161/james_joseph-nelms: accessed ), memorial page for James Joseph Nelms (25 Jun 1849–17 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10668161, citing Holly Church Cemetery, Wenasoga, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Nancy Holland (contributor 49456993).

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