Francis Nelson and Sarah A. Williams

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Husband Francis Nelson ¹

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           Born: 7 Aug 1843 - West Fairfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Allen Nelson (1814-1895) 1 2
         Mother: Hannah Dunn (1810-1883) 1

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       Marriage: 13 Oct 1870 3

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Wife Sarah A. Williams ³

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         Father: Mason Williams (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary McDonald (      -      ) 3

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Francis Nelson

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He served in the Civil war, enlisting in August, 1862, and being mustered out in July, 1865. The principal engagement in which he partici­pated was the battle of Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded, a bullet piercing his right lung.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 956.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 867.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 957.