Individual Details
John Calhoun McCampbell Nelson
(November 28, 1825 - February 7, 1893)
FAG 193836285
Mexican War Service - Land Grant #6219 - Application Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. Received 160 acres order #596. Land in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sold. Served 1st Tennessee Reg. Volunteers, Capt. Frierson Company, pvt. Enlisted 2 June 1846 at Nashville, Tennessee. Discharged 23 May 1847 at New Orleans, age 22.
John Calhoun McCampbell Nelson was a mason at Rocky Mount Lodge.
1860 Rusk County, Texas census, page 528, dwelling/family #328/339: John NELSON, 35, M, blacksmith, Tenn; Jane NELSON, 36, F, Tenn; Elizabeth NELSON, 15, F, Tex; Amanda NELSON, 10, F, Tex; M. A. NELSON, 8, Tex; John NELSON, 1, Tex.
1880 Erath County, Texas census, Precinct 8, J. M. NELSON, white, male, 54, Farmer, Tennessee ---, ---; Elizabeth NELSON, white, female, 28, wife, keeping house, Texas, Mississippi, ---; Eamy NELSON, white, female, 8, daughter, Texas; George NELSON, white, male, 6, son, Texas; Sarah NELSON, white, female, 3, daughter; Eli NELSON, white, male, son, 1.
"John Calhoun McCampbell Nelson was born 28 November 1825, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, died 7 February 1892 and a marriage date to Jane Short of 10 September 1846. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: As the first child was born in 1845, I wonder if the marriage date and/or child's birthdate is correct.) List of children also from this source. --- another Family Group Sheet shows they married January 15, 1843." (Notes of Mary Frank Dunn, a page about John C. McCampbell Nelson.)
Some information about the family of John C. M. Nelson from Edith Parker, DAR member #590446; obituary of James E. Terry; Rusk Co, Texas records.
In her plea for pension, Jane (Paul) Nelson stated: John McC Nelson died 7th day of February 1893; she had: a boy 14, a girl 12, a girl 10, a girl 6, and a girl 1. Their birth dates would be about 1878, 1880, 1882, 1886 and 1892, and were all children of Jane Paul Nelson. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: There were also older children, not mentioned in this plea, as they were not minors.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: A death certificate obtained by Mary Frank Dunn in 1970 shows: "Globe, Gila County, Arizona, John McC. Nelson, Male, date of death: April 26, 1893, Abstracted from old County Record. Filed in Division of May 15, 1915." It appears this date was a filing date from some older records. The pension of Jane (Paul) Nelson showing a death date of 7 February 1893 is most probably accurate.)
Mexican War Service - Land Grant #6219 - Application Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. Received 160 acres order #596. Land in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sold. Served 1st Tennessee Reg. Volunteers, Capt. Frierson Company, pvt. Enlisted 2 June 1846 at Nashville, Tennessee. Discharged 23 May 1847 at New Orleans, age 22.
John Calhoun McCampbell Nelson was a mason at Rocky Mount Lodge.
1860 Rusk County, Texas census, page 528, dwelling/family #328/339: John NELSON, 35, M, blacksmith, Tenn; Jane NELSON, 36, F, Tenn; Elizabeth NELSON, 15, F, Tex; Amanda NELSON, 10, F, Tex; M. A. NELSON, 8, Tex; John NELSON, 1, Tex.
1880 Erath County, Texas census, Precinct 8, J. M. NELSON, white, male, 54, Farmer, Tennessee ---, ---; Elizabeth NELSON, white, female, 28, wife, keeping house, Texas, Mississippi, ---; Eamy NELSON, white, female, 8, daughter, Texas; George NELSON, white, male, 6, son, Texas; Sarah NELSON, white, female, 3, daughter; Eli NELSON, white, male, son, 1.
"John Calhoun McCampbell Nelson was born 28 November 1825, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, died 7 February 1892 and a marriage date to Jane Short of 10 September 1846. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: As the first child was born in 1845, I wonder if the marriage date and/or child's birthdate is correct.) List of children also from this source. --- another Family Group Sheet shows they married January 15, 1843." (Notes of Mary Frank Dunn, a page about John C. McCampbell Nelson.)
Some information about the family of John C. M. Nelson from Edith Parker, DAR member #590446; obituary of James E. Terry; Rusk Co, Texas records.
In her plea for pension, Jane (Paul) Nelson stated: John McC Nelson died 7th day of February 1893; she had: a boy 14, a girl 12, a girl 10, a girl 6, and a girl 1. Their birth dates would be about 1878, 1880, 1882, 1886 and 1892, and were all children of Jane Paul Nelson. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: There were also older children, not mentioned in this plea, as they were not minors.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: A death certificate obtained by Mary Frank Dunn in 1970 shows: "Globe, Gila County, Arizona, John McC. Nelson, Male, date of death: April 26, 1893, Abstracted from old County Record. Filed in Division of May 15, 1915." It appears this date was a filing date from some older records. The pension of Jane (Paul) Nelson showing a death date of 7 February 1893 is most probably accurate.)
Events
| Birth | November 28, 1825 | Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | January 15, 1843 | Tennessee - Jane Short | |||
| Marriage | February 15, 1866 | Rusk County, Texas - Sarah E. Harmon | |||
| Marriage | November 29, 1868 | Clifton, Bosque County, Texas - Elizabeth Jane Paul | |||
| Death | February 7, 1893 | Globe, Gila County, Arizona |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Short (1824 - 1864) |
| Child | Elizabeth Jane Nelson (1845 - 1935) |
| Child | Amanda "Aunt Ada" Nelson (1849 - ) |
| Child | Mary Ann Nelson (1854 - 1938) |
| Child | John Washington Nelson (1858 - 1941) |
| Child | Sudie Nelson ( - ) |
| Child | Ollie Nelson ( - ) |
| Spouse | Sarah E. Harmon ( - 1867) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Jane Paul (1846 - 1930) |
| Child | Eura "Eamy?" Nelson (1872 - ) |
| Child | George Nelson (1874 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Nelson (1875 - ) |
| Child | James Eli Nelson (1879 - 1922) |
| Child | daughter Nelson (1881 - ) |
| Child | daughter Nelson (1883 - ) |
| Child | daughter Nelson (1888 - ) |
| Child | Baby Nelson (1892 - 1893) |
| Father | John Nelson (1783 - 1830) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Betsy" Mansfield (1790 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Andrew M. Nelson (1809 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Brown Nelson (1810 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Sarah T. "Elizabeth" Nelson (1814 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann "Pollyanna" Nelson (1817 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betty" Vina Nelson (1821 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Matilda Ann "Sissy" Nelson (1827 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Amanda C. Nelson (1828 - 1916) |