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Dr Arthur Wesley Nelson

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Dr Arthur Wesley Nelson

Birth
Cooper County, Missouri, USA
Death
13 Mar 1932 (aged 54)
Miller County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9714366, Longitude: -92.7320115
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Biography provided by Find A Grave contributor Deb (#46791156).

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Dr. Arthur Wesley Nelson (Transcribed by Jim Thoma)

Dr. Arthur Wesley Nelson, president of the Bank of Bunceton, chairman of the board of directors of the Boonville National Bank, member of the board of managers of the Missouri State Hospital at St. Joseph, one of the most extensive landowners and cattle breeders in central Missouri and proprietor of "Eastwood", the great stock farm in Kelly and Lebanon Townships was born on that farm and has always regarded the place as his home, a continuous resident there since his return in the spring of 1902 from New York City, where he rounded out his medical education.

The Doctor was born Jan. 21, 1878, son and only child of Arthur W. and Lolls (Marmaduke) Nelson, both of whom also were born in this section of Missouri and the latter of whom, a member of one of the most distinguished families in Missouri, is still living, now a resident of Kansas City.

The senior Arthur W. Nelson was born on a pioneer farm two miles west of Boonville in 1854, son of James M. and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson, who had established their home there after their marriage in this county. The latter was one of the oldest living natives of Cooper County at time of her death, July 9, 1919, at the age of 98 years, she having been born in this county in 1821, a daughter of real pioneer parents, the Wyans having been among the earliest settlers of Cooper County.

James M. Nelson was born in Fauquier Co VA, member of a well-established family there, and was self educated. As a young man he came to Missouri and located in Cooper Co, where he married Margaret Wyan and established his home. He was a man of varied activities and was for many years one of the most prominent and influential men in Cooper Co. In 1858, in association with W. W, Trigg, he started the first bank that was opened for business in Boonville and thus early became one of the most influential factors in the development of that city and of the region surrounding. He also became a large landowner and the possessor of other interests of a valuable character, the impress of his forceful personality being manifest in many directions throughout the local business world.

James M. Nelson died in Aug 1902, being then at the age of 86 years. His widow died July 9 1919, she having lived to the great age of 98 years. She was born at Crab Orchard KY. James M. Nelson and wife were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save Arthur W., father of Doctor Nelson and the third in order of birth, the others
being Louis Cass Nelson, a retired banker and capitalist, St. Louis; Mrs. Charles E. Leonard, a widow and owner of the notable "Ravenswood" farm in Palestine Township, who is now living at Boonville, and Margaret, wife of the Hon. Lon V. Stephens of St. Louis, former governor of the state of Missouri.

Arthur W. Nelson was reared at Boonville and was early trained and schooled in a way to fit him for the large responsibilities entailed upon him by reason of his father's estate. After his marriage to Lolla Marmaduke he established his home on the great ranch in Kelly Township now owned by his son, the house in which he and his wife set up their establishment there having been a conventional "big house" of the period, erected by slave labor in 1854. On that place he gave particular attention to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle and had developed one of the finest stock farms in this section when in 1880 his activities were untimely brought to an end, his death coming in a runaway accident in that year. His widow later married Robert W. Cory and is now living at Kansas City. She was born in Saline Co, a daughter of Col. Vincent Marmaduke, a gallant officer of the Confederate army during the Civil War, who was a son of the Hon. M. M. Marmaduke, one time lieutenant-governor of Missouri, and a brother of former Governor Marmaduke, of this state.

Born on the farm on which he is now living, Dr. Arthur W. Nelson was reared at Kansas City, in the schools of which city he received his schooling preparatory to entrance at Wentworth Military Academy, from which institution he was graduated in 1897. He then entered the University of the South at Sewanee TN, and was graduated from that institution in 1900, with the degrees of M. D., A. B. and Ph. G. Thus equipped for the practice of his profession Doctor Nelson received the appointment to an internship in the Woman's Hospital at New York City and was there until the spring of 1902, when he returned to his old home in this county, foregoing his expectation of actively engaging in the practice of his profession in order to assume the practical management of the great estate he had inherited in Cooper Co and has since been thus engaged, having extended in many ways the operations for many years carried on there. In the spring following his return to Cooper Co, Doctor Nelson married and established his home on the old home place, where he since has resided. In 1913, at a cost of $40,000 he rebuilt the historical old farm house which had stood as the dwelling place there for nearly 60 years and erected in its stead one of the finest farm houses in Missouri, the same equipped throughout with modern fittings. One of the features of this new house is the great reception hall which with true Southern hospitality the Doctor and his wife ever keep open for the social gatherings of the young people of the neighborhood, the Nelson house thus having long been most pleasantly noted as the center of social activities thereabout. Doctor Nelson is the proprietor of an estate exceeding 2,000 acres in Kelly and Lebanon Townships and gives his chief attention to the raising of cattle, hogs and sheep, the operations of the place being under the direction of his ranch manager, J. M. Putman, and the products of the Nelson stock farm are in wide demand among discriminating stockmen throughout this section of the West. Doctor Nelson is widely known in livestock circles and during the years 1912-15 served as president of the Missouri Live Stock Producers Association, an organization in the affairs of which he has for years taken an active interest and of which he is still a member of the executive committee.

In general business affairs the Doctor also has for years taken a proper interest and in 1903 was elected president of the Bunceton Bank at Bunceton, this selection carrying with it the distinction of being the youngest bank president then in the state of Missouri. He also is chairman of the board of directors of the Boonville National Bank. In recognition of his attainments in the field of medical science he was appointed in 1918 a member of the board of managers of the Missouri State Hospital at St. Joseph and is still serving on that important board. In his political views he is a democrat. He is a Mason of high degree, affiliated locally with the blue lodge at Bunceton and is a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with the temple at Kansas City, his attainment to the shrine having been through the York Rite of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, this latter affiliation being with the Commandery at Boonville. The Doctor is a member of the Episcopal Church at Kansas City.

March 25,1903, Dr. Arthur W. Nelson was united in marriage at Boonville with Rilye Stephens, of that city, and to this union two children have been born, Rilye S. and Arthur W III. Mrs. Nelson was born at Boonville and is a daughter of W. Speed and Virginia (Thompson) Stephens, both of whom also were born in Cooper Co, members of old families in this section of Missouri, and who are now raving at St. Louis, where W. Speed Stephens is engaged in business as treasurer of a life insurance company.
Text: p. 920-922
Biography provided by Find A Grave contributor Deb (#46791156).

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Dr. Arthur Wesley Nelson (Transcribed by Jim Thoma)

Dr. Arthur Wesley Nelson, president of the Bank of Bunceton, chairman of the board of directors of the Boonville National Bank, member of the board of managers of the Missouri State Hospital at St. Joseph, one of the most extensive landowners and cattle breeders in central Missouri and proprietor of "Eastwood", the great stock farm in Kelly and Lebanon Townships was born on that farm and has always regarded the place as his home, a continuous resident there since his return in the spring of 1902 from New York City, where he rounded out his medical education.

The Doctor was born Jan. 21, 1878, son and only child of Arthur W. and Lolls (Marmaduke) Nelson, both of whom also were born in this section of Missouri and the latter of whom, a member of one of the most distinguished families in Missouri, is still living, now a resident of Kansas City.

The senior Arthur W. Nelson was born on a pioneer farm two miles west of Boonville in 1854, son of James M. and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson, who had established their home there after their marriage in this county. The latter was one of the oldest living natives of Cooper County at time of her death, July 9, 1919, at the age of 98 years, she having been born in this county in 1821, a daughter of real pioneer parents, the Wyans having been among the earliest settlers of Cooper County.

James M. Nelson was born in Fauquier Co VA, member of a well-established family there, and was self educated. As a young man he came to Missouri and located in Cooper Co, where he married Margaret Wyan and established his home. He was a man of varied activities and was for many years one of the most prominent and influential men in Cooper Co. In 1858, in association with W. W, Trigg, he started the first bank that was opened for business in Boonville and thus early became one of the most influential factors in the development of that city and of the region surrounding. He also became a large landowner and the possessor of other interests of a valuable character, the impress of his forceful personality being manifest in many directions throughout the local business world.

James M. Nelson died in Aug 1902, being then at the age of 86 years. His widow died July 9 1919, she having lived to the great age of 98 years. She was born at Crab Orchard KY. James M. Nelson and wife were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save Arthur W., father of Doctor Nelson and the third in order of birth, the others
being Louis Cass Nelson, a retired banker and capitalist, St. Louis; Mrs. Charles E. Leonard, a widow and owner of the notable "Ravenswood" farm in Palestine Township, who is now living at Boonville, and Margaret, wife of the Hon. Lon V. Stephens of St. Louis, former governor of the state of Missouri.

Arthur W. Nelson was reared at Boonville and was early trained and schooled in a way to fit him for the large responsibilities entailed upon him by reason of his father's estate. After his marriage to Lolla Marmaduke he established his home on the great ranch in Kelly Township now owned by his son, the house in which he and his wife set up their establishment there having been a conventional "big house" of the period, erected by slave labor in 1854. On that place he gave particular attention to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle and had developed one of the finest stock farms in this section when in 1880 his activities were untimely brought to an end, his death coming in a runaway accident in that year. His widow later married Robert W. Cory and is now living at Kansas City. She was born in Saline Co, a daughter of Col. Vincent Marmaduke, a gallant officer of the Confederate army during the Civil War, who was a son of the Hon. M. M. Marmaduke, one time lieutenant-governor of Missouri, and a brother of former Governor Marmaduke, of this state.

Born on the farm on which he is now living, Dr. Arthur W. Nelson was reared at Kansas City, in the schools of which city he received his schooling preparatory to entrance at Wentworth Military Academy, from which institution he was graduated in 1897. He then entered the University of the South at Sewanee TN, and was graduated from that institution in 1900, with the degrees of M. D., A. B. and Ph. G. Thus equipped for the practice of his profession Doctor Nelson received the appointment to an internship in the Woman's Hospital at New York City and was there until the spring of 1902, when he returned to his old home in this county, foregoing his expectation of actively engaging in the practice of his profession in order to assume the practical management of the great estate he had inherited in Cooper Co and has since been thus engaged, having extended in many ways the operations for many years carried on there. In the spring following his return to Cooper Co, Doctor Nelson married and established his home on the old home place, where he since has resided. In 1913, at a cost of $40,000 he rebuilt the historical old farm house which had stood as the dwelling place there for nearly 60 years and erected in its stead one of the finest farm houses in Missouri, the same equipped throughout with modern fittings. One of the features of this new house is the great reception hall which with true Southern hospitality the Doctor and his wife ever keep open for the social gatherings of the young people of the neighborhood, the Nelson house thus having long been most pleasantly noted as the center of social activities thereabout. Doctor Nelson is the proprietor of an estate exceeding 2,000 acres in Kelly and Lebanon Townships and gives his chief attention to the raising of cattle, hogs and sheep, the operations of the place being under the direction of his ranch manager, J. M. Putman, and the products of the Nelson stock farm are in wide demand among discriminating stockmen throughout this section of the West. Doctor Nelson is widely known in livestock circles and during the years 1912-15 served as president of the Missouri Live Stock Producers Association, an organization in the affairs of which he has for years taken an active interest and of which he is still a member of the executive committee.

In general business affairs the Doctor also has for years taken a proper interest and in 1903 was elected president of the Bunceton Bank at Bunceton, this selection carrying with it the distinction of being the youngest bank president then in the state of Missouri. He also is chairman of the board of directors of the Boonville National Bank. In recognition of his attainments in the field of medical science he was appointed in 1918 a member of the board of managers of the Missouri State Hospital at St. Joseph and is still serving on that important board. In his political views he is a democrat. He is a Mason of high degree, affiliated locally with the blue lodge at Bunceton and is a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with the temple at Kansas City, his attainment to the shrine having been through the York Rite of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, this latter affiliation being with the Commandery at Boonville. The Doctor is a member of the Episcopal Church at Kansas City.

March 25,1903, Dr. Arthur W. Nelson was united in marriage at Boonville with Rilye Stephens, of that city, and to this union two children have been born, Rilye S. and Arthur W III. Mrs. Nelson was born at Boonville and is a daughter of W. Speed and Virginia (Thompson) Stephens, both of whom also were born in Cooper Co, members of old families in this section of Missouri, and who are now raving at St. Louis, where W. Speed Stephens is engaged in business as treasurer of a life insurance company.
Text: p. 920-922


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