William Nelson

1805 - 1874  (69 years)

• Name	William Nelson
  Birth	1805	North Carolina, United States
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Walnut Creek Cemetery, Gas City, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Residence	24 Sep 1850	Centre Township, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Residence	14 Jun 1860	Jadden, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Residence	1870	Trask, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Death	7 Dec 1874	Grant County, Indiana, United States
  Burial	Gas City, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I17025	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Johnson,   b. 1808, North Carolina, United States
  Children	1. Henderson Nelson,   b. 22 Mar 1845, Indiana, United States d. 17 May 1924, Jonesboro, Grant, Indiana, United States (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Milly E. "Millie E." Nelson,   b. 1838, North Carolina, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Susan Nelson,   b. 1851, Indiana, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary A. Nelson,   b. 5 Jul 1832, North Carolina, United States d. 22 Apr 1908, Gas City, Grant, Indiana, United States (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jackson Nelson,   b. 16 Jun 1834, North Carolina, United States d. 27 Oct 1862 (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Martha J. Nelson,   b. 25 Dec 1841, North Carolina, United States d. 13 Jun 1919, Gas City, Grant, Indiana, United States (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Rebecca Jane Nelson,   b. 3 May 1844, Ohio, United States d. 8 Jul 1918, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Johnson Nelson,   b. 1848, Indiana, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  There is a Louisa and Mariah Nelson living within the household of William and Rebecca Nelson. You have to be careful as there are two William Nelson's in the same county in the 1870 Census. The correct one has Susan, Louisa, and Maria included in the household, not to mention Griffith Nelson in Trask, Indiana. The other William is not the same one as he was born in 1835. It looks as if William and Rebecca took Louisa and Maria in when their son Jackson and daughter in law Lucy passed away. It is unknown at this time if Griffith is related or not. According to the findagrave memorial for William Nelson, a Sheila Watson recorded William passing in 1879, but when you look at the tombstone it clearly shows 1874.