Alexander Nelson and Sarah Brown

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Husband Alexander Nelson ¹

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           Born: 12 Aug 1801 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 11 Sep 1886 2
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         Father: Joseph Nelson (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Jane Armstrong (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 12 Mar 1829 2

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Wife Sarah Brown ³

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            AKA: Sally Brown 4
           Born: 26 Mar 1812 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Father: Andrew Brown (      -1823/1828) 5
         Mother: Mary "Polly" McLaughlin (1794-1873) 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Ann Nelson ⁷

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           Born:  - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: James Brown (      -      ) 7 8
           Marr: 25 Nov 1852 7

         Spouse: William Brown (1816-1868) 7
           Marr: 12 Jul 1866 7

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2 M Joseph B. Nelson ²

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3 F Sarah J. Nelson ²

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         Spouse: Dr. L. N. Woods (      -      ) 2

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4 F Margaret Nelson ²

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           Died: Bef 1888
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5 M James W. Nelson ²

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           Born: 11 Aug 1849 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Amanda Etzweiler (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 20 Dec 1877 2

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6 F Clara Nelson ²

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         Spouse: Monroe Saul (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Nelson

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After his marriage he settled on a part of his father's homestead, near Sheakleyville, Mercer County, PA, where he resided till the spring of 1835, when he purchased the a homestead in West Salem Township, where he spent the balance of his life. He was a member of the Baptist Church for fifty-three years, and polit­ically he was a Republican.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1171, 1194.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1194.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1154, 1171, 1194.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1322.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1154, 1170.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1154, 1170, 1189, 1194.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1170.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 699.