NELSON, ANDREW M. (1809–1836). Andrew M. Nelson, Alamo defender, son of John and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Nelson, was born in Tennessee in 1809. He was a single man. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

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