Jonas Mathews Nelson

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Husband Jonas Mathews Nelson ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1843
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           Died: 27 Mar 1865 - Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC 1 2
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         Father: James Alexander Nelson (      -1887) 1 3 4
         Mother: Lydia Holman (1806-1903) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Jonas Mathews Nelson

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Civil War: he enlisted, October 10, 1862, in the Tenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and with his regiment participated in many important engagements, being in active service until August 19, 1864, when he was captured by the enemy and confined either in Libby, Andersonville or Salisbury prisons until paroled in February, 1865. He died in the hospital, at Wilmington, NC.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 942.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 910.

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

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