Mills and Burkholder Genealogy

Husband: William Elijah NELSON 1 2
Born: 29 Feb 1836 in Georgia 3 4 5 6
Married: 21 Dec 1865 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 33
Died: 27 Mar 1919 in Springhill, Webster County, Louisiala 7 8
Father: William NELSON
Mother: >>>
Spouses:
Wife: Frances Eugenia BROWNING 22 23 24 25
Born: 29 Oct 1846 in Alabama 26 27 28
Died: 02 Jul 1893 in Arkansas 29
Father: James Allen BROWNING
Mother: Lena NELSON
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): (Private) NELSON 34
Born:
Died:
Spouses:
02 (F): Florence Gertrude NELSON 35
Born: 18 Aug 1869 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 36 37 38
Died: 07 Jan 1935 in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 39 40
Spouses: Charley DeLoach WORLEY
03 (M): John Thomas NELSON 41
Born: 27 Nov 1871 in Louisiana 42 43 44
Died: 10 Apr 1962 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 45
Spouses: Mary "Molly" ROBINSON
04 (F): Sarah E. "Sallie Isabella" NELSON 46 47
Born: 02 May 1875 in Louisiana 48 49
Died: 21 Jun 1946 50
Spouses: William Edward COX
05 (M): George Washington NELSON 51
Born: Apr 1877 in Louisiana 52 53
Died: Unknown
Spouses: (Private) JENKINS
06 (M): Charley E. NELSON 54
Born: Jul 1879 in Louisiana 55 56
Died: Unknown
Spouses:
07 (F): Lena E. NELSON 57
Born: Mar 1882 in Louisiana 58
Died: Unknown
Spouses: (Private) CARTER
08 (F): Lulu A. NELSON 59
Born: Jan 1885 in Louisiana 60
Died: Unknown
Spouses: (Private) WHITE; (Private) WHITE
09 (M): James A. "Jim" NELSON 61
Born: Apr 1888 in Louisiana 62
Died: Unknown
Spouses:
Additional Information

William Elijah NELSON:

Buried: 29 Mar 1919

According to the death certificate the body was removed to Western Church. The undertaker was Pinewoods L H (?). Co., Springhill

Census: 1850, Chambers County, Alabama 9

Census: 1860, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; the home of the J. A. Browning family 10

Occupation: 1860, farm laborer 11

Military Service: between 13 Aug 1861 and Apr 1865, Claiborne Rangers, Company L during the Civil War 12

Illness: 03 Jul 1864 13

He had diarrhea, chronic extreme emaciation and debility, and was sickfor three months, in Loachapoka, Alabama

Military Service: 26 Apr 1865 14

He surrendered with Company L and the 12th Louisiana Infantry at Greensboro, North Carolina

Residence: 1870, someplace other than in Claiborne Parish? 15

Residence: 1876 16

He was a delinquent tax payer in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

Census: 1880, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 17

Occupation: 1880, farmer 18

Census: 1900, Mississippi Township, Columbia County, Arkansas 19

Occupation: 1900, Mississippi Township, Columbia County, Arkansas; farmer 20

Property: 1900, Mississippi Township, Columbia County, Arkansas; his farm 21

Frances Eugenia BROWNING:

Buried: 1893, Western Cemetery, Columbia County, Arkansas 30

Residence: 1860, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 31

Residence: 1880, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 32

(09) James A. "Jim" NELSON:

Census: 1900, Mississippi Township, Columbia County, Arkansas 63

Footnotes
  1. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  2. Abstracts of Chambers County, Alabama Will Books 1 and 2, p. 112 (Will Book p. 355) William E. Nelson, minor heir of William Nelson, dec'd.
    Quality: 3.
  3. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  4. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/claiborne/census/1860/).
  5. 1900 Arkansas Census, Columbia County, Mississippi Township, ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  6. Louisiana State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificates, death certificate 3970 (1919), William Eliza (Elijah) Nelson.
    Quality: 3.
  7. 1900 Arkansas Census, Columbia County, Mississippi Township, ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  8. Louisiana State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificates, death certificate 3970 (1919), William Eliza (Elijah) Nelson.
    Quality: 3.
  9. 1850 Alabama Census, Chambers County (ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/chambers/census/1850/indx1850.txt), p. 275 with Edwin H. Kenebrew family.
    Quality: 3.
  10. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/claiborne/census/1860/), p. 669 living with J. A. Browning family, including future wife Frances.
    Quality: 3.
  11. Ibid.
  12. William E. Nelson's military records, Civil War.
  13. Ibid.
  14. Letter from Hugh Simmons, October 1999, concerning Nelson family.
  15. 1850 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (http://www.rootsweb.com/~laclaibo/old/cla1850.txt File Num: 0009697).
  16. Head, W. V., and G. L. Kerns, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Newspaper Clippings, 1875-1882 (J & W Enterprises, Shreveport), p. 24.
    Quality: 3.
  17. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3, p. 9.
    Quality: 3.
  18. Ibid.
  19. 1900 Arkansas Census, Columbia County, Mississippi Township, ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326).
    Quality: 3.
  20. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  21. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  22. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  23. Florence Nelson Worley's death certificate (Louisiana State Board of Health).
  24. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/claiborne/census/1860/), p. 669.
    Quality: 3.
  25. Letter from Pam Cox Causey, 9 Jul 2002.
  26. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  27. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/claiborne/census/1860/).
  28. Letter from Nancy Hutson Baxter, 2000 (Michele Mills).
  29. Ibid.
  30. Ibid.
  31. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/claiborne/census/1860/).
  32. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3, p. 8.
    Quality: 3.
  33. Letter from Nancy Hutson Baxter, 2000 (Michele Mills).
  34. Ibid.
  35. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  36. Ibid.
  37. John Worley family bible.
  38. Tombstone, Whitehall Cemetery, Leton Community, Webster Parish, Louisiana.
  39. Florence Nelson Worley's death certificate (Louisiana State Board of Health).
  40. Louisiana Statewide death Index, 1900-1949 State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA. (Ancestry.com), Vol. 4, certificate 1679.
    Quality: 3.
  41. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  42. Ibid.
  43. 1900 Louisiana Census, Webster Parish, Ward 3.
  44. Seward, E. M., and W. V. Head, Cemetery Inscriptions of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Vol. 4 (J and W Enterprises, Shreveport).
  45. Ibid.
  46. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  47. Letter from Pam Cox Causey, 9 Jul 2002.
  48. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  49. Letter from Pam Cox Causey, 9 Jul 2002.
  50. Ibid.
  51. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  52. Ibid.
  53. 1900 Arkansas Census, Columbia County, Mississippi Township, ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  54. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  55. Ibid.
  56. Letter from Nancy Hutson Baxter, 2000 (Michele Mills).
  57. 1900 Arkansas Census, Columbia County, Mississippi Township, ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  58. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  59. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  60. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  61. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  62. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
  63. Ibid., ED 56, sheet 1 (p. 326A).
    Quality: 3.
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