James D. Nelson and Elizabeth McCommon

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Husband James D. Nelson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Nov 1823 2
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           Died: Dec 1904 3
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         Father: Robert Nelson (1793-1836) 1 2 4
         Mother: Sarah Dunavin (1803-1875) 1

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Gealy (1825-1869) 3

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Wife Elizabeth McCommon ³

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General Notes: Husband - James D. Nelson

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He was born on a farm that became a part of Allegheny city, Pennsylvania. Most of his life was spent in Lawrence County, where he devoted his atten­tion to agricultural pursuits. He owned a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, which he had cleared himself and on which he had erected substantial and comfortable build­ings. He was formerly a Republican in poli­tics, but prior to his demise became a stalwart supporter of the principles promulgated by the Prohibition party. He was a soldier in the civil war and served for about one year as a member of Company D, 134th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was hon­orably discharged with others. He was a mem­ber of the United Presbyterian church in his religious faith, and was an elder in that church for about a half a century. [GPHAV, 661]

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 967.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 661.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 662.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 906.