Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick Nelson and Mary Maxwell McDowell

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Husband Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick Nelson ¹

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           Born: 1 Oct 1793 - County Tyrone, Ireland 1
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           Died: 3 Sep 1886 1
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         Father: William Nelson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Margaretta Turner (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Maxwell McDowell ¹

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           Born: 17 Mar 1808 1
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           Died: 20 Oct 1874 1
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         Father: Thomas McDowell (1772-1851) 2
         Mother: Mary Craig Davidson (1784-1854) 3

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   Other Spouse: Dr. William Humphreys (      -      ) 3 - 7 Mar 1838 1

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Children

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1 F Margaretta Nelson ¹

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           Born: 11 Mar 1846 1
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           Died: 5 Apr 1872 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Thomas McDowell Nelson ¹

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           Born: 12 Jun 1849 4
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         Spouse: Esther Anne Hollinger (1851-      ) 4
           Marr: 25 Dec 1871 - Ghent, Columbia Co, NY 4

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick Nelson

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He was educated at the Nottingham Academy, in Maryland; he studied Hebrew and Theology under Rev. Dr. Samuel Martin, pastor of Chanceford Presbyterian Church, and was graduated at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1834. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Carlisle, in 1837, pastor of the Centre and Upper congregations in Perry County. His only subsequent pastorate was that of the Rocky Spring and St. Thomas churches, with which he remained thirty-three years, 1840-73. His home was in Chambersburg.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 100.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 370.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 89.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 105.