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Descendants of William Nelson

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM¹ NELSON was born Abt. 1818 in Tennessee ¹, and died October 29, 1896 in Somerville, Morgan Co., Alabama ². He married (1) MARY ANN HUNTER Bef. 1840. She was born Abt. 1820 in Tennessee, and died June 09, 1877 in Morgan Co., Alabama². He married (2) ELIZA A. BALLENGER January 03, 1878 in Morgan Co., Alabama ³. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM NELSON:
1850 Census - Morgan Co. Somerville District
Name            Age      Sex      Race      Occupation      Birthplace
Nelson, William       35      M      W      Farmer            Tennessee
      Mary      32      F      "                  "
      Sarah A.      10      F      "                  Morgan Co., AL
      Rachel      8      F      "                  "
      Joseph      7      M      "                  "
      John      3      M      "                  "
      Mary E      2      F      "                  "
      Isaac      14      M      B

1870 Census
Somerville Beat, Morgan Co, AL, 26 July 1870, Post Office: Somerville. David Day, Ass't Marshal. Page 74a.
NELSON, William            52      M      W      Farmer            AL
      Mary            50      F      W      K. house            TN
      Rachel            27      F      W      At home            AL
      Nancy            15      F      W      At home            AL
      Zachariah      14      M      W      At home            AL
(Evans) EVENS, Sarah      30      F      W      Housekeeper      AL
      William            3      M      W                  AL
      James            4      M      W                  AL

Notes for MARY ANN HUNTER:
Name shown on John W. Nelson's death certificate for his mother appears to be Cordine Rogers, b. Falkville, AL.

Children of WILLIAM NELSON and MARY HUNTER are:

2.	i.	SARAH A.² NELSON, b. Abt. 1840, Morgan Co., Alabama; d. Bef. 1898.
	ii.	RACHEL NELSON, b. Abt. 1842, Morgan Co., Alabama; d. Unknown.
3.	iii.	JOSPEH H. NELSON, b. February 09, 1842, Somerville, Morgan Co., Alabama; d. July 01, 1914.
4.	iv.	JOHN W. NELSON, b. Abt. 1847, Morgan Co., Alabama; d. August 12, 1936, Morgan Co., Alabama.
	v.	MARY ELIZA NELSON, b. August 30, 1849, Morgan Co., Alabama; d. April 09, 1926, Somerville, Morgan Co., Alabama ^4,⁵; m. REUBEN S. WATKINS⁶, December 01, 1868, Morgan Co., Alabama ⁷; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

More About MARY ELIZA NELSON:
Burial: April 11, 1926, Somerville, Morgan Co., Alabama
Cause of Death: Heart Attack

	vi.		PARKER NELSON⁸, b. Aft. 1850 ⁹; d. Bef. 1905 ¹⁰; m. THEMIE PHILLIPS, February 22, 1890, Morgan Co., Alabama ¹¹; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	vii.		NANCY A. NELSON¹², b. Abt. 1855, Alabama ^13,¹⁴; d. Unknown.
	viii.		ZACHARIAH NELSON, b. Abt. 1856; d. Unknown.

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