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About John M. Nelson

Brief Biography

John Nelson was a son of Hugh Nelson, Irish immigrant and stonemason by trade; and Sarah Day. He married Elizabeth Pendley or Penley. They lived on a farm near a road then known as the Blowing Rock turnpike. Their children were: George W., William Rufus, John H., Thomas F., Adolphus E., James Lee, Mary Ann (married Elijah Coffey), Jane Elizabeth (married James Webb Suddreth and then Jesse Gragg), and Sarah E. (married Job Moore). (1)

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  1. Findagrave
  2. http://www.angelfire.com/pa/DayFamilies/Southern5.html
  3. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1181056/person/1091260491

John Nelson lived for nearly sixty years at the toll-gate on the turnpike from Lenoir to Blowing Rock. Nelson's Chapel Baptist Church was built on his land near his family cemetery in Mill's Cove.

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John M. Nelson's Timeline

1812
May 6, 1812
Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
1837
January 15, 1837
Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America
January 15, 1837
1839
July 20, 1839
North Carolina, United States
July 20, 1839
Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America
1841
May 19, 1841
Caldwell County, NC, United States
1843
February 23, 1843
Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
February 23, 1843
Patterson, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America
1845
March 28, 1845
Blowing Rock, Wautaga, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States