Samuel C. Nelson and Martha Virginia Black

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Husband Samuel C. Nelson ¹

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         Father: Samuel Nelson (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Martha Porter (1803-      ) 3

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       Marriage: 1 Oct 1868 4

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Evans (      -      ) 2

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Wife Martha Virginia Black ¹

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           Born: 23 Feb 1840 4
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           Died: 1897 4
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         Father: John Porter Black (1813-1886) 5
         Mother: Margaret Haruff (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Ada Nelson ²

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2 M Hayes Nelson ²

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         Spouse: Gertrude Purington (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel C. Nelson

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Civil War: He enlisted in the Federal Army in 1861, marched with Sherman to the sea, and was engaged in several hard fought battles under General Grant.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 124, 130.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 124.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 78.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 130.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 129.