A lifelong farmer, Nelson was also a Union veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted on July 20, 1862 and served as a corporal in Company E, 14th West Virginia Infantry, with his older brother Jeremiah. They both mustered out on July 3, 1865.
Nelson married Bell Jane Workman on August 21, 1862 in Belmont County, Ohio. They had at least two children of record, Dora in 1868 and Joseph in 1878. Bell died in 1890, and on Christmas Day that year, Nelson married Mary C. Sexsmith in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Nelson married Bell Jane Workman on August 21, 1862 in Belmont County, Ohio. They had at least two children of record, Dora in 1868 and Joseph in 1878. Bell died in 1890, and on Christmas Day that year, Nelson married Mary C. Sexsmith in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
A lifelong farmer, Nelson was also a Union veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted on July 20, 1862 and served as a corporal in Company E, 14th West Virginia Infantry, with his older brother Jeremiah. They both mustered out on July 3, 1865.
Nelson married Bell Jane Workman on August 21, 1862 in Belmont County, Ohio. They had at least two children of record, Dora in 1868 and Joseph in 1878. Bell died in 1890, and on Christmas Day that year, Nelson married Mary C. Sexsmith in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Nelson married Bell Jane Workman on August 21, 1862 in Belmont County, Ohio. They had at least two children of record, Dora in 1868 and Joseph in 1878. Bell died in 1890, and on Christmas Day that year, Nelson married Mary C. Sexsmith in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
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