Husband Thomas McDowell Nelson 1
Born: 12 Jun 1849 2
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Father: Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick Nelson (1793-1886) 1
Mother: Mary Maxwell McDowell (1808-1874) 1
Marriage: 25 Dec 1871 - Ghent, Columbia Co, NY 2
Wife Esther Anne Hollinger 2
Born: 1 Apr 1851 2
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Father: Jacob S. Hollinger ( - ) 3
Mother: Sarah A. Diehl (1823- ) 3
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1 F Margaret McDowell Nelson 2
Born: 21 Apr 1873 2
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Spouse: George C. Lewis (1871- ) 2
Marr: 27 Mar 1895 2
2 M Alexander Howard Nelson 2
Born: 19 Nov 1874 2
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Spouse: Eliza Bartles McCandless (1874- ) 4
Marr: 25 Jan 1902 4
3 F Sallie Jeannette Nelson 4
Born: 18 Mar 1876 4
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Spouse: Rev. Merle H. Anderson ( - ) 4
Marr: 30 Jun 1904 4
4 M Thomas McDowell Nelson, Jr. 4 5
Born: 29 Mar 1879 4
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Spouse: Louise Brewer Prather ( - ) 4 5
Marr: 14 Oct 1902 4 5
5 F Anne Nelson 4
Born: 20 Jan 1883 4
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6 M Robert B. Nelson 4
Born: 6 Jun 1884 4
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General Notes: Husband - Thomas McDowell Nelson
He was educated in the public schools of St. Thomas and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in the Chambersburg Academy and at Lafayette College. He engaged in civil engineering with Walling & Gray, of Boston, on the Mont Alto, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, from July, 1870, until the spring of 1875. He was elected Justice of the Peace of the Fourth ward, Chambersburg, that year, and appointed Clerk of the County Commissioners Jan. 18, 1876. He was engaged in the lumber business in Chambersburg with J. W. Craig from 1879 to 1887, and became associated with A. Buchanan in the bridge business in 1883. He was president of the Pittsburg Bridge Company from 1896 to 1900, and lived in Pittsburg during that time. In 1901 the firm of Nelson & Buchanan was changed to Nelson & Buchanan Company by taking into the partnership Ed. A. Merydith and Alex. H. Nelson, both of Pittsburgh. He was also interested in and president of the Chambersburg Trust Company, the Chambersburg Shoe Manufacturing Company, and the Chambersburg Hosiery Company.