John Zachary Taylor Nelson

Birth: 13 Oct 1849
DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
Death: 20 Mar 1920 (aged 70)
Dent County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Mount Olive Cemetery

Montauk, Dent County, Missouri, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 37.4521814, Longitude: -91.7460235
Memorial ID: 25841960 View Source

John Zachary Taylor Nelson

J. Z. T. Nelson was born Oct. 13, 1849 and departed this life at his home near Montauk, March 20, 1920.
On July 27, 1872, John Z.T. Nelson was united in matrimony to Miss Caroline Brigman and to this union were born fifteen children. Six boys and nine girls. One boy and one girl died in infancy and the rest are all living within six miles of him, at the time of his death, and one girl being single at home. He leaves also thirty-nine grandchildren all living.
Uncle John had lived in Dent County almost sixty years and was elected collector on the Democrat ticket in 1896. He was a man who kept his worries and did not worry his fellow men.
He was baptized and united with the Baptist Church in 1872. He had been in poor health for two years and realized that the time was near when he must depart from this life.
He had many friends who will greatly miss him and he will also be greatly missed at his home.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Andrew Davis of Licking and the burial took place in Mt. Olive Cemetery. bSource: The Salem Monitor, Dent Co., MO
Published: April 1, 1922 Typed By: Karen (Cavaness) Nelson

Note by Karen Nelson:
His children were: James Edmond Nelson, Mary Matilda (Nelson) Hodges, William Marion Nelson, Hattie Pacific (Nelson) York, Ewing Turquill Nelson, Lovy Jane (Nelson) Burns, Nancy Pearl (Nelson) Holland, Annie Lee (Nelson) Schaffer, Newton Herman Nelson, John Taylor Nelson, Ruth Rudelphia (Nelson) King, Lura Mendy (Nelson) Floyd, Ceacel (Nelson) Amburn and Ollie Nelson.

His sisters were: Mary Catherine (Nelson) McClanahan, Luvy Jane (Nelson) Trusty, Martha Clematine (Nelson) Stillwell, Margaret Emiline (Nelson) Trusty, and Cordelia Nelson.

His brothers were: Francis M. Nelson, William Lee Nelson, and George Washington Nelson.

See the Missouri Death Certificate attached to this memorial.
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A photo of John Z.T. & Nancy Nelson and a small girl about 3 years old, (probably Cecil) was posted on Find A Grave by Beverly Joe Vaughn, FAG-ID 46915126. Thru Find A Grave, Karen Nelson contacted Beverly Vaughn and ask her where she got the photo, Beverly did not answer the message.