James R. Nelson and Sophia Zahniser

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Husband James R. Nelson ^{1 2}

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         Father: William Nelson (1822-1895) 3 4
         Mother: Susannah Merchant (1817-1885) 1 4

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       Marriage: 1886 2

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Wife Sophia Zahniser ⁵

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            AKA: Sephronia Zahniser,1 Sophrona Zahniser 2
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         Father: Samuel T. Zahniser (1821-1906) 6 7
         Mother: Mary W. Walker (1819-1887) 5 7

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Children

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1 F Elsie S. Nelson ^{1 2}

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2 F Susan Nelson ²

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3 M Russell Nelson ²

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General Notes: Husband - James R. Nelson

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near Mercer, PA - a farmer

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 968.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 117.

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

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

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 931.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 931, 1018.

7 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 115.