Dr. Hugh Thomas Nelson, Jr is the 3rd Child of Hugh Thomas Nelson and Mary "Polly" James Gilliam. His preliminary education was received at the University High School, Maj. Horace W.Jones, principal. He entered the University of Virginia in the Fall of 1894, and after two years in the Academic School, entered the School of Medicine, graduating in June 1899. While at the University he was interested in the following activities; caught on the baseball team in 1895; was quarterback on his class team; assistant to Lee Trinkle, afterwards Governor of Virginia,as manager of the baseball team of 1896. Belonged to the following societies and organization; Phi Kapa Sigma Fraternity; German Club; Eli Banana ribbon Society; Z; 13 Club; President of Medical Class of 1899. Following his graduation in medicine, he went to New York City where he served as a hospital interne for three years, first at the Hudson Street Hospital and then at the New York Hospital on 16th Street. In Feb. 1903 he passed the examination for entrance into the Medical Corps of the United States Navy and was commissioned First Lieutenant. After two years service in Alaska, he was ordered to Washington to take a course at the Naval Medical School from which he graduated in 1905. His next duty was at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. His father dying in March 1906, he resigned his commission in the Navy and returned to Charlottesville, Va. to enter private practice. He was an ex-president of the Albermarle County and Piedmont Medical School; a member of the Medical Society of Virginia, Association of Military Surgeons and The American Medical Association. A Mason, a Elk, and a member of the Redland Club and the Farmington Country Club. During World War I he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps and ordered to Camp Lee, Va, where he was placed in charge of sanitation. He was later commissioned a Major and placed in command of the 318th Field Hospital, 305th Sanitary Train, of the Eightieth Division, and went overseas with the Division in April 1918, returned to the States in early 1919. Among major engagements in which his service was rendered were the Argonne and Meuse Offensive. He married Edith Fyffe Rankin on Oct 6, 1917 at Keswick, Albermarle County, Va.
=======================
Robert W. Nelson Family Bible, 1850 (7.5"x11"x3'), Hugh Thomas, 3rd child of Hugh Thomas & Pollie Gilliam Nelson, was born at Buena Vista, Powhatan County, Va., Oct 25th 1875.
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1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T. Nelson
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Birch Creek, Halifax, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Hugh T. Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Hugh T. Nelson 35 - Head - Physician
Polly Nelson 28 - Keeps House
Catherine T. Nelson 6 - Daughter
Hugh T. Nelson 4 - Son
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1900 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr.
Age: 24
Birth Date: Oct 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville City, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: H T Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: P G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
H T Nelson 54 - Head - Medical Doctor
P G Nelson 48 - Wife
Kate T Nelson 25 - Daughter
Hugh T Nelson 24 - Son - Physician
Ann Brown 24 - Cook
Linwood Rodgers 27 - Servant
Kate B Bagbey 23 - Nurse - Medical Nurse
=================================
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
Birth Place: Virginia
Residence Date: 1 Jul 1905
Year: 1905
Title: Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States
Volume: Volume 1
(Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959)
==================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1906
Street address: 205 e High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1902,1904,1906
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1910 US Federal Census
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High St
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Pollie G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Practicing
Industry: Physician
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Pollie G Nelson 59 - Head
Hugh T Nelson 34 - Son - Practicing Physician
Emily Wadleigh 72 - Boarder
Berkley H Watkins 51 - Boarder - Traveling Salesman - Tobacco Company
Blanch L Watkins 45 - Boarder
Emma L Shelton 20 - Servant - House Cleaner - Private Family.
====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1914
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1914, 1916
====================================
Name: Hugh Nelson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 41
Birth Date: 1876
Marriage Date: 6 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Washington, District of Columbia
Spouse: Edith Rankin
FHL Film Number: 2129764
Reference ID: 80933
(District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921)
======================================
During World War I he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps and ordered to Camp Lee, Va, where he was placed in charge of sanitation. He was later commissioned a Major and placed in command of the 318th Field Hospital, 305th Sanitary Train, of the Eightieth Division, and went overseas with the Division in April 1918, returned to the States in early 1919. The unit departed from Newport News, Virginia, on May 25, 1918 aboard the ship Mercury for France. Among major engagements in which his service was rendered were the Argonne and Meuse Offensive.
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 24 May 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Ship: Mercury
Military Unit: MRC
Rank: Major
Notes: Field Hospital No 318 (Ad) 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 3 Feb 1919
Departure Place: Bordeaux, France
Arrival date: 22 Feb 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R. Nelson
Ship: HENDERSON
Military Unit: MC CASUAL
Rank: MAJOR
Notes: CASUALS "FOR ORDERS"
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
=======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1919
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1919
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1920 US Federal Census:
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High Street
House Number: 205
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Edith Rankin Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Gilliam Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Physician
Industry: Medical
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 44 - Head - Physician - Medical
Edith Rankin Nelson 36 - Wife
Polly Gilliam Nelson 69 - Mother
=====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1922
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM-phone 199
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1922
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1924
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician, Office And
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1924
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1927
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1927
=====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1929
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1929
=====================================
1930 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Charlottesville, Charlottesville (Independent City)
Street address: E High
Ward of City: 2nd pt
House Number in Cities or Towns: 205
Dwelling Number: 50
Family Number: 85
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 10000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 48
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Doctor
Industry: Med retired
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 54 - Head
Edith R Nelson 43 - Wife
Thomas P Nelson 9 - Son
William R Nelson 8 - Son
======================
Christmas Parties Arranged For All Richmond Hospitals, The Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Dec 21, 1930, Sunday, Page 49)
...Similar arrangements including a special Christmas dinner, have been prepared at Tucker Sanatorium, while Westbrook Sanatorium will have a party on Christmas Eve for the entire staff and the patients...
======================
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 54
Residence: 205 E. Hight Street, Charlottesville, Va.
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Henrico, District of Brookland, Virginia (stayed 10 days at this location)
Principal Cause of Death: Hemorrhage, Femoral Artery, Pierced by piece of glass.
Contributory Cause: Mental
Informant: M. Timberlake, Charlottesville, Va.
Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond Va.
Registration Date: 16 Jan 1931
Father: Hugh T Nelson
Mother: Polly Gilliam
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
(Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014)
(Thomas Comment: The original building (1815) was demolish and replaced with a 8-story building. The Westbrook Sanatorium opened in 1911 and closed in 1999. It served as a summer home for Major Lewis Ginter, ex-Confederate and tobacco magnate, who died in 1897 and the house was converted for the purpose of a sanatorium. The 135 bed facility, just 10 minutes for Richmond, was limited to the diagnosis and the treatment of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholic and drug habituation. On December 7, 1987 the patients were evacuated because a fire broke out due to arson.)
=======================================
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership application by son, Thomas Page Nelson, Sr.)
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
SAR Membership: 90718
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Birth Place: Powhatan, Virginia
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Father: Hugh Thomas Nelson
Mother: Pollie James Gilliam
Spouse: Edith Fyffe Rankin
Children: Thomas Page Nelson
==========================================
Thomas Comment: A military marker request is in progress as of June 26, 2021. First discharge papers have been requested and after receipt back a request using VA form 40-1330 will be sent. The cemetery staff has signed forms necessary to place the markers. Veterans Administration would only provide a small attachment to the headstone as the new rule, only government markers are for those after 1940, without a headstone, will be provided with such a marker. I purchased a government-like stone and hard it placed appropriately.
=======================
Robert W. Nelson Family Bible, 1850 (7.5"x11"x3'), Hugh Thomas, 3rd child of Hugh Thomas & Pollie Gilliam Nelson, was born at Buena Vista, Powhatan County, Va., Oct 25th 1875.
=======================
1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T. Nelson
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Birch Creek, Halifax, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Hugh T. Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Hugh T. Nelson 35 - Head - Physician
Polly Nelson 28 - Keeps House
Catherine T. Nelson 6 - Daughter
Hugh T. Nelson 4 - Son
=============================
1900 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr.
Age: 24
Birth Date: Oct 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville City, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: H T Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: P G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
H T Nelson 54 - Head - Medical Doctor
P G Nelson 48 - Wife
Kate T Nelson 25 - Daughter
Hugh T Nelson 24 - Son - Physician
Ann Brown 24 - Cook
Linwood Rodgers 27 - Servant
Kate B Bagbey 23 - Nurse - Medical Nurse
=================================
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
Birth Place: Virginia
Residence Date: 1 Jul 1905
Year: 1905
Title: Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States
Volume: Volume 1
(Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959)
==================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1906
Street address: 205 e High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1902,1904,1906
=================================
1910 US Federal Census
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High St
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Pollie G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Practicing
Industry: Physician
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Pollie G Nelson 59 - Head
Hugh T Nelson 34 - Son - Practicing Physician
Emily Wadleigh 72 - Boarder
Berkley H Watkins 51 - Boarder - Traveling Salesman - Tobacco Company
Blanch L Watkins 45 - Boarder
Emma L Shelton 20 - Servant - House Cleaner - Private Family.
====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1914
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1914, 1916
====================================
Name: Hugh Nelson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 41
Birth Date: 1876
Marriage Date: 6 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Washington, District of Columbia
Spouse: Edith Rankin
FHL Film Number: 2129764
Reference ID: 80933
(District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921)
======================================
During World War I he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps and ordered to Camp Lee, Va, where he was placed in charge of sanitation. He was later commissioned a Major and placed in command of the 318th Field Hospital, 305th Sanitary Train, of the Eightieth Division, and went overseas with the Division in April 1918, returned to the States in early 1919. The unit departed from Newport News, Virginia, on May 25, 1918 aboard the ship Mercury for France. Among major engagements in which his service was rendered were the Argonne and Meuse Offensive.
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 24 May 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Ship: Mercury
Military Unit: MRC
Rank: Major
Notes: Field Hospital No 318 (Ad) 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 3 Feb 1919
Departure Place: Bordeaux, France
Arrival date: 22 Feb 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R. Nelson
Ship: HENDERSON
Military Unit: MC CASUAL
Rank: MAJOR
Notes: CASUALS "FOR ORDERS"
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
=======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1919
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1919
========================================
1920 US Federal Census:
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High Street
House Number: 205
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Edith Rankin Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Gilliam Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Physician
Industry: Medical
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 44 - Head - Physician - Medical
Edith Rankin Nelson 36 - Wife
Polly Gilliam Nelson 69 - Mother
=====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1922
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM-phone 199
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1922
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1924
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician, Office And
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1924
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1927
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1927
=====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1929
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1929
=====================================
1930 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Charlottesville, Charlottesville (Independent City)
Street address: E High
Ward of City: 2nd pt
House Number in Cities or Towns: 205
Dwelling Number: 50
Family Number: 85
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 10000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 48
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Doctor
Industry: Med retired
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 54 - Head
Edith R Nelson 43 - Wife
Thomas P Nelson 9 - Son
William R Nelson 8 - Son
======================
Christmas Parties Arranged For All Richmond Hospitals, The Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Dec 21, 1930, Sunday, Page 49)
...Similar arrangements including a special Christmas dinner, have been prepared at Tucker Sanatorium, while Westbrook Sanatorium will have a party on Christmas Eve for the entire staff and the patients...
======================
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 54
Residence: 205 E. Hight Street, Charlottesville, Va.
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Henrico, District of Brookland, Virginia (stayed 10 days at this location)
Principal Cause of Death: Hemorrhage, Femoral Artery, Pierced by piece of glass.
Contributory Cause: Mental
Informant: M. Timberlake, Charlottesville, Va.
Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond Va.
Registration Date: 16 Jan 1931
Father: Hugh T Nelson
Mother: Polly Gilliam
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
(Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014)
(Thomas Comment: The original building (1815) was demolish and replaced with a 8-story building. The Westbrook Sanatorium opened in 1911 and closed in 1999. It served as a summer home for Major Lewis Ginter, ex-Confederate and tobacco magnate, who died in 1897 and the house was converted for the purpose of a sanatorium. The 135 bed facility, just 10 minutes for Richmond, was limited to the diagnosis and the treatment of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholic and drug habituation. On December 7, 1987 the patients were evacuated because a fire broke out due to arson.)
=======================================
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership application by son, Thomas Page Nelson, Sr.)
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
SAR Membership: 90718
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Birth Place: Powhatan, Virginia
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Father: Hugh Thomas Nelson
Mother: Pollie James Gilliam
Spouse: Edith Fyffe Rankin
Children: Thomas Page Nelson
==========================================
Thomas Comment: A military marker request is in progress as of June 26, 2021. First discharge papers have been requested and after receipt back a request using VA form 40-1330 will be sent. The cemetery staff has signed forms necessary to place the markers. Veterans Administration would only provide a small attachment to the headstone as the new rule, only government markers are for those after 1940, without a headstone, will be provided with such a marker. I purchased a government-like stone and hard it placed appropriately.
Dr. Hugh Thomas Nelson, Jr is the 3rd Child of Hugh Thomas Nelson and Mary "Polly" James Gilliam. His preliminary education was received at the University High School, Maj. Horace W.Jones, principal. He entered the University of Virginia in the Fall of 1894, and after two years in the Academic School, entered the School of Medicine, graduating in June 1899. While at the University he was interested in the following activities; caught on the baseball team in 1895; was quarterback on his class team; assistant to Lee Trinkle, afterwards Governor of Virginia,as manager of the baseball team of 1896. Belonged to the following societies and organization; Phi Kapa Sigma Fraternity; German Club; Eli Banana ribbon Society; Z; 13 Club; President of Medical Class of 1899. Following his graduation in medicine, he went to New York City where he served as a hospital interne for three years, first at the Hudson Street Hospital and then at the New York Hospital on 16th Street. In Feb. 1903 he passed the examination for entrance into the Medical Corps of the United States Navy and was commissioned First Lieutenant. After two years service in Alaska, he was ordered to Washington to take a course at the Naval Medical School from which he graduated in 1905. His next duty was at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. His father dying in March 1906, he resigned his commission in the Navy and returned to Charlottesville, Va. to enter private practice. He was an ex-president of the Albermarle County and Piedmont Medical School; a member of the Medical Society of Virginia, Association of Military Surgeons and The American Medical Association. A Mason, a Elk, and a member of the Redland Club and the Farmington Country Club. During World War I he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps and ordered to Camp Lee, Va, where he was placed in charge of sanitation. He was later commissioned a Major and placed in command of the 318th Field Hospital, 305th Sanitary Train, of the Eightieth Division, and went overseas with the Division in April 1918, returned to the States in early 1919. Among major engagements in which his service was rendered were the Argonne and Meuse Offensive. He married Edith Fyffe Rankin on Oct 6, 1917 at Keswick, Albermarle County, Va.
=======================
Robert W. Nelson Family Bible, 1850 (7.5"x11"x3'), Hugh Thomas, 3rd child of Hugh Thomas & Pollie Gilliam Nelson, was born at Buena Vista, Powhatan County, Va., Oct 25th 1875.
=======================
1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T. Nelson
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Birch Creek, Halifax, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Hugh T. Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Hugh T. Nelson 35 - Head - Physician
Polly Nelson 28 - Keeps House
Catherine T. Nelson 6 - Daughter
Hugh T. Nelson 4 - Son
=============================
1900 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr.
Age: 24
Birth Date: Oct 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville City, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: H T Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: P G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
H T Nelson 54 - Head - Medical Doctor
P G Nelson 48 - Wife
Kate T Nelson 25 - Daughter
Hugh T Nelson 24 - Son - Physician
Ann Brown 24 - Cook
Linwood Rodgers 27 - Servant
Kate B Bagbey 23 - Nurse - Medical Nurse
=================================
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
Birth Place: Virginia
Residence Date: 1 Jul 1905
Year: 1905
Title: Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States
Volume: Volume 1
(Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959)
==================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1906
Street address: 205 e High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1902,1904,1906
=================================
1910 US Federal Census
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High St
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Pollie G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Practicing
Industry: Physician
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Pollie G Nelson 59 - Head
Hugh T Nelson 34 - Son - Practicing Physician
Emily Wadleigh 72 - Boarder
Berkley H Watkins 51 - Boarder - Traveling Salesman - Tobacco Company
Blanch L Watkins 45 - Boarder
Emma L Shelton 20 - Servant - House Cleaner - Private Family.
====================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1914
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1914, 1916
====================================
Name: Hugh Nelson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 41
Birth Date: 1876
Marriage Date: 6 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Washington, District of Columbia
Spouse: Edith Rankin
FHL Film Number: 2129764
Reference ID: 80933
(District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921)
======================================
During World War I he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps and ordered to Camp Lee, Va, where he was placed in charge of sanitation. He was later commissioned a Major and placed in command of the 318th Field Hospital, 305th Sanitary Train, of the Eightieth Division, and went overseas with the Division in April 1918, returned to the States in early 1919. The unit departed from Newport News, Virginia, on May 25, 1918 aboard the ship Mercury for France. Among major engagements in which his service was rendered were the Argonne and Meuse Offensive.
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 24 May 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Ship: Mercury
Military Unit: MRC
Rank: Major
Notes: Field Hospital No 318 (Ad) 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 3 Feb 1919
Departure Place: Bordeaux, France
Arrival date: 22 Feb 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R. Nelson
Ship: HENDERSON
Military Unit: MC CASUAL
Rank: MAJOR
Notes: CASUALS "FOR ORDERS"
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1919
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1919
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1920 US Federal Census:
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High Street
House Number: 205
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Edith Rankin Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Gilliam Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Physician
Industry: Medical
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 44 - Head - Physician - Medical
Edith Rankin Nelson 36 - Wife
Polly Gilliam Nelson 69 - Mother
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1922
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM-phone 199
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1922
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1924
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician, Office And
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1924
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1927
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1927
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1929
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1929
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1930 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Charlottesville, Charlottesville (Independent City)
Street address: E High
Ward of City: 2nd pt
House Number in Cities or Towns: 205
Dwelling Number: 50
Family Number: 85
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 10000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 48
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Doctor
Industry: Med retired
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 54 - Head
Edith R Nelson 43 - Wife
Thomas P Nelson 9 - Son
William R Nelson 8 - Son
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Christmas Parties Arranged For All Richmond Hospitals, The Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Dec 21, 1930, Sunday, Page 49)
...Similar arrangements including a special Christmas dinner, have been prepared at Tucker Sanatorium, while Westbrook Sanatorium will have a party on Christmas Eve for the entire staff and the patients...
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Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 54
Residence: 205 E. Hight Street, Charlottesville, Va.
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Henrico, District of Brookland, Virginia (stayed 10 days at this location)
Principal Cause of Death: Hemorrhage, Femoral Artery, Pierced by piece of glass.
Contributory Cause: Mental
Informant: M. Timberlake, Charlottesville, Va.
Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond Va.
Registration Date: 16 Jan 1931
Father: Hugh T Nelson
Mother: Polly Gilliam
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
(Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014)
(Thomas Comment: The original building (1815) was demolish and replaced with a 8-story building. The Westbrook Sanatorium opened in 1911 and closed in 1999. It served as a summer home for Major Lewis Ginter, ex-Confederate and tobacco magnate, who died in 1897 and the house was converted for the purpose of a sanatorium. The 135 bed facility, just 10 minutes for Richmond, was limited to the diagnosis and the treatment of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholic and drug habituation. On December 7, 1987 the patients were evacuated because a fire broke out due to arson.)
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(Sons of the American Revolution Membership application by son, Thomas Page Nelson, Sr.)
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
SAR Membership: 90718
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Birth Place: Powhatan, Virginia
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Father: Hugh Thomas Nelson
Mother: Pollie James Gilliam
Spouse: Edith Fyffe Rankin
Children: Thomas Page Nelson
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Thomas Comment: A military marker request is in progress as of June 26, 2021. First discharge papers have been requested and after receipt back a request using VA form 40-1330 will be sent. The cemetery staff has signed forms necessary to place the markers. Veterans Administration would only provide a small attachment to the headstone as the new rule, only government markers are for those after 1940, without a headstone, will be provided with such a marker. I purchased a government-like stone and hard it placed appropriately.
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Robert W. Nelson Family Bible, 1850 (7.5"x11"x3'), Hugh Thomas, 3rd child of Hugh Thomas & Pollie Gilliam Nelson, was born at Buena Vista, Powhatan County, Va., Oct 25th 1875.
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1880 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T. Nelson
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Birch Creek, Halifax, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Hugh T. Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Hugh T. Nelson 35 - Head - Physician
Polly Nelson 28 - Keeps House
Catherine T. Nelson 6 - Daughter
Hugh T. Nelson 4 - Son
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1900 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr.
Age: 24
Birth Date: Oct 1875
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville City, Va
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: H T Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: P G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
H T Nelson 54 - Head - Medical Doctor
P G Nelson 48 - Wife
Kate T Nelson 25 - Daughter
Hugh T Nelson 24 - Son - Physician
Ann Brown 24 - Cook
Linwood Rodgers 27 - Servant
Kate B Bagbey 23 - Nurse - Medical Nurse
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Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
Birth Place: Virginia
Residence Date: 1 Jul 1905
Year: 1905
Title: Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States
Volume: Volume 1
(Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959)
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1906
Street address: 205 e High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1902,1904,1906
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1910 US Federal Census
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High St
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Pollie G Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Practicing
Industry: Physician
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Pollie G Nelson 59 - Head
Hugh T Nelson 34 - Son - Practicing Physician
Emily Wadleigh 72 - Boarder
Berkley H Watkins 51 - Boarder - Traveling Salesman - Tobacco Company
Blanch L Watkins 45 - Boarder
Emma L Shelton 20 - Servant - House Cleaner - Private Family.
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Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1914
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1914, 1916
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Name: Hugh Nelson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 41
Birth Date: 1876
Marriage Date: 6 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Washington, District of Columbia
Spouse: Edith Rankin
FHL Film Number: 2129764
Reference ID: 80933
(District of Columbia, Select Marriages, 1830-1921)
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During World War I he was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Corps and ordered to Camp Lee, Va, where he was placed in charge of sanitation. He was later commissioned a Major and placed in command of the 318th Field Hospital, 305th Sanitary Train, of the Eightieth Division, and went overseas with the Division in April 1918, returned to the States in early 1919. The unit departed from Newport News, Virginia, on May 25, 1918 aboard the ship Mercury for France. Among major engagements in which his service was rendered were the Argonne and Meuse Offensive.
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Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 24 May 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Ship: Mercury
Military Unit: MRC
Rank: Major
Notes: Field Hospital No 318 (Ad) 305th Sanitary Train, 80th Division
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
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Name: Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 3 Feb 1919
Departure Place: Bordeaux, France
Arrival date: 22 Feb 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Keswick, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R. Nelson
Ship: HENDERSON
Military Unit: MC CASUAL
Rank: MAJOR
Notes: CASUALS "FOR ORDERS"
(U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939)
=======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Residence Year: 1919
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1919
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1920 US Federal Census:
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Charlottesville Ward 2, Charlottesville (Independent City), Va
Street: High Street
House Number: 205
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Edith Rankin Nelson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Polly Gilliam Nelson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Physician
Industry: Medical
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Attended School: No
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 44 - Head - Physician - Medical
Edith Rankin Nelson 36 - Wife
Polly Gilliam Nelson 69 - Mother
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1922
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM-phone 199
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1922
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1924
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician, Office And
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1924
======================================
Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1927
Street address: 205 E High office hours 9 to 10 AM 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 PM
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1927
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Name: Hugh T Nelson Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1929
Street address: 205 E High
Residence Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
Publication Title: Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1929
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1930 US Federal Census:
Name: Hugh T Nelson
Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Charlottesville, Charlottesville (Independent City)
Street address: E High
Ward of City: 2nd pt
House Number in Cities or Towns: 205
Dwelling Number: 50
Family Number: 85
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 10000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 48
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Doctor
Industry: Med retired
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members:
Hugh T Nelson 54 - Head
Edith R Nelson 43 - Wife
Thomas P Nelson 9 - Son
William R Nelson 8 - Son
======================
Christmas Parties Arranged For All Richmond Hospitals, The Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va., Dec 21, 1930, Sunday, Page 49)
...Similar arrangements including a special Christmas dinner, have been prepared at Tucker Sanatorium, while Westbrook Sanatorium will have a party on Christmas Eve for the entire staff and the patients...
======================
Name: Dr Hugh T Nelson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 54
Residence: 205 E. Hight Street, Charlottesville, Va.
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Henrico, District of Brookland, Virginia (stayed 10 days at this location)
Principal Cause of Death: Hemorrhage, Femoral Artery, Pierced by piece of glass.
Contributory Cause: Mental
Informant: M. Timberlake, Charlottesville, Va.
Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond Va.
Registration Date: 16 Jan 1931
Father: Hugh T Nelson
Mother: Polly Gilliam
Spouse: Edith R Nelson
(Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014)
(Thomas Comment: The original building (1815) was demolish and replaced with a 8-story building. The Westbrook Sanatorium opened in 1911 and closed in 1999. It served as a summer home for Major Lewis Ginter, ex-Confederate and tobacco magnate, who died in 1897 and the house was converted for the purpose of a sanatorium. The 135 bed facility, just 10 minutes for Richmond, was limited to the diagnosis and the treatment of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholic and drug habituation. On December 7, 1987 the patients were evacuated because a fire broke out due to arson.)
=======================================
(Sons of the American Revolution Membership application by son, Thomas Page Nelson, Sr.)
Name: Hugh Thomas Nelson Jr
SAR Membership: 90718
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1876
Birth Place: Powhatan, Virginia
Death Date: 16 Jan 1931
Death Place: Charlottesville, Virginia
Father: Hugh Thomas Nelson
Mother: Pollie James Gilliam
Spouse: Edith Fyffe Rankin
Children: Thomas Page Nelson
==========================================
Thomas Comment: A military marker request is in progress as of June 26, 2021. First discharge papers have been requested and after receipt back a request using VA form 40-1330 will be sent. The cemetery staff has signed forms necessary to place the markers. Veterans Administration would only provide a small attachment to the headstone as the new rule, only government markers are for those after 1940, without a headstone, will be provided with such a marker. I purchased a government-like stone and hard it placed appropriately.
