NELSON
William C.
July 31, 1840
Mar. 19, 1927
Buried Dyer
Hill Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 2019.
William C.
Nelson's first marriage was to Martha M. Spell on 19 March 1868 in Livingston
County, Kentucky. [1]
His second marriage was to Mrs. Ellen Scyster Rappolee on 26 October 1876. [2]
In his
obituary, William C. Nelson was listed as "C.W. Nelson of Birdsville,
Ky."[3]
His survivors included the widow, Mrs. Ellen Nelson; six children; one stepson;
two sisters; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
According to
his death certificate,[4]
William C. Nelson was born 18
July 1840 and died 19 Mar 1928.
His parents were listed as William Nelson and Eliza May, both of whom were
born in Livingston County.
[1]
Joyce McCandless Woodyard. Livingston
County, Kentucky Marriage Records Including Marriages of Freedmen, Vol. II (Aug
1839-Dec 1871), (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1994) 165.
[2]
Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Bond Book 1:577-578.
[3]
"C.W. Nelson Dies at Birdsville, Ky.," Paducah News-Democrat, Tues., 27 Mar 1928, p. 2.
[4]
Kentucky Death Record #10444 (1928), William C. Nelson, Ancestry.com.
Published 24 Sep 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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