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Alice <I>Willard</I> Nelms

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Alice Willard Nelms

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
15 Jan 1916 (aged 61–62)
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Dulaney Willard & Caroline Clark. Wife of D. B. Nelms (married 1872, divorced 1903). Her sister Ida married her brother-in-law John Nelms in 1878. Both marriages were in Sullivan Co., TN.

Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, OK), Sunday, January 16, 1916, p. 7 (column 4, bottom):
"DEATH OF MRS. NELMS.
Former Ardmore Lady Dies at Chickasha – Bring Remains Here.
   The many friends of Mrs. Alice J. Nelms will learn with regret of her sudden death at Chickasha Saturday morning after a few days’ illness. Mrs. Nelms formerly lived in this city. She is survived by three children, Mrs. P. T. Skidmore of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Sid Underwood of Tishomingo and Arch D. Nelms of this city, who were at her bedside when the end came.
   The remains will be brought to this city and carried to the home of her son, Arch D. Nelms, 426 E street, S. W. Funeral services will be held at the Carter Avenue Methodist church this (Sunday) afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. T. Freeman."

Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, OK), January 17, 1916, p. 1 (column 6, near the top):
"BODY TAKEN TO ARDMORE.
   The body of Mrs. Alice Nelms, who died at her residence, 622 Kansas avenue, Saturday, was shipped Saturday night to Ardmore for interment. Mrs. Sid Underwood of Ardmore, a daughter, who had been summoned to Chickasha by wire a few hours before her mother’s death, accompanied the body."

Sullivan Co., TN:
1860 not with family
1870 Allice Williard 14
1880 Allice J. Nelms 25
Ardmore, Carter Co., OK:
1900 Allice Nelms 46 (March 1854)
1910 Alice Nelms 46 [sic]
- six children, three living, in 1910
- living with son Arch in 1900 and 1910

Her siblings Christina (Willard) Hunt, Robert S. Willard and Ida (Willard) Nelms are also interred at Rose Hill Cemetery. For a record of all siblings, see Joseph C. Willard.
Daughter of Dulaney Willard & Caroline Clark. Wife of D. B. Nelms (married 1872, divorced 1903). Her sister Ida married her brother-in-law John Nelms in 1878. Both marriages were in Sullivan Co., TN.

Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, OK), Sunday, January 16, 1916, p. 7 (column 4, bottom):
"DEATH OF MRS. NELMS.
Former Ardmore Lady Dies at Chickasha – Bring Remains Here.
   The many friends of Mrs. Alice J. Nelms will learn with regret of her sudden death at Chickasha Saturday morning after a few days’ illness. Mrs. Nelms formerly lived in this city. She is survived by three children, Mrs. P. T. Skidmore of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Sid Underwood of Tishomingo and Arch D. Nelms of this city, who were at her bedside when the end came.
   The remains will be brought to this city and carried to the home of her son, Arch D. Nelms, 426 E street, S. W. Funeral services will be held at the Carter Avenue Methodist church this (Sunday) afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. T. Freeman."

Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, OK), January 17, 1916, p. 1 (column 6, near the top):
"BODY TAKEN TO ARDMORE.
   The body of Mrs. Alice Nelms, who died at her residence, 622 Kansas avenue, Saturday, was shipped Saturday night to Ardmore for interment. Mrs. Sid Underwood of Ardmore, a daughter, who had been summoned to Chickasha by wire a few hours before her mother’s death, accompanied the body."

Sullivan Co., TN:
1860 not with family
1870 Allice Williard 14
1880 Allice J. Nelms 25
Ardmore, Carter Co., OK:
1900 Allice Nelms 46 (March 1854)
1910 Alice Nelms 46 [sic]
- six children, three living, in 1910
- living with son Arch in 1900 and 1910

Her siblings Christina (Willard) Hunt, Robert S. Willard and Ida (Willard) Nelms are also interred at Rose Hill Cemetery. For a record of all siblings, see Joseph C. Willard.


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