Nicholas Nelson and Catherine Howe Lightner

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Husband Nicholas Nelson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Jan 1806 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: Abt 1882 - ? Springfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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         Father: John Nelson (1774-1859) 2 4 5
         Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Graffius (1776-      ) 2 6

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Wife Catherine Howe Lightner ³

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           Born: 1800 - Huntingdon Co, PA 3
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           Died: Abt 1859 - ? Springfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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         Father: Adam Lightner (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M James A. Nelson ³

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2 M Samuel L. Nelson ⁷

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           Born: 9 Jan 1830 - Huntingdon Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Mary Jane Rodgers (1836-      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Sep 1859 3

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3 F Nancy A. Nelson ³

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4 M Adam Nelson ³

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5 M David S. Nelson ³

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6 M Capt. William H. H. Nelson ³

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7 F Mary C. Nelson ³

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General Notes: Husband - Nicholas Nelson

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He came with the family to Mercer County, PA, in 1837, and for a while thereafter lived in East Lackawannock Township. Locating then on a farn in the eastern part of Springfield Township, he was there employed as a tiller of the soil until his death, at the age of seventy-six years.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 404, 418.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 909, 914.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 914.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 309, 417.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 688.

6 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 417.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 913.