Nelson married Sarah Gunn 21 January 1864 in Morgan County. She was the daughter of Robert S. Bently and Sarah (Gunn) Gunn. Nelson's mother was Eliza (Grossman) Phillips, who is already a widow in the 1850 Morgan County Census. Nelson's father, Harrison Henry Phillips, died about 1844.
Nelson and Sarah had 9 children, six of whom died very young and are buried in this cemetery with their parents. Those are: Addie, Callie, John, Luzety, Nora and Thomas J. The three surviving children were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William who married first Lucinda O. Gilmore and after her death Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
After Sarah Phillips' death, Nelson married her younger sister, Mary Gunn Lumsden, widow of Francis Marion Lumsden. She is also buried in this cemetery, but not beside Nelson and Sarah.
Nelson and Sarah had 9 children, six of whom died very young and are buried in this cemetery with their parents. Those are: Addie, Callie, John, Luzety, Nora and Thomas J. The three surviving children were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William who married first Lucinda O. Gilmore and after her death Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
After Sarah Phillips' death, Nelson married her younger sister, Mary Gunn Lumsden, widow of Francis Marion Lumsden. She is also buried in this cemetery, but not beside Nelson and Sarah.
Nelson married Sarah Gunn 21 January 1864 in Morgan County. She was the daughter of Robert S. Bently and Sarah (Gunn) Gunn. Nelson's mother was Eliza (Grossman) Phillips, who is already a widow in the 1850 Morgan County Census. Nelson's father, Harrison Henry Phillips, died about 1844.
Nelson and Sarah had 9 children, six of whom died very young and are buried in this cemetery with their parents. Those are: Addie, Callie, John, Luzety, Nora and Thomas J. The three surviving children were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William who married first Lucinda O. Gilmore and after her death Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
After Sarah Phillips' death, Nelson married her younger sister, Mary Gunn Lumsden, widow of Francis Marion Lumsden. She is also buried in this cemetery, but not beside Nelson and Sarah.
Nelson and Sarah had 9 children, six of whom died very young and are buried in this cemetery with their parents. Those are: Addie, Callie, John, Luzety, Nora and Thomas J. The three surviving children were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William who married first Lucinda O. Gilmore and after her death Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
After Sarah Phillips' death, Nelson married her younger sister, Mary Gunn Lumsden, widow of Francis Marion Lumsden. She is also buried in this cemetery, but not beside Nelson and Sarah.
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