Robert John Nelson (1873 - 1949)

Born 20 May 1873 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Alice Ruth Moore — married 20 Apr 1916 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Died 2 Feb 1949 at age 75 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

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Robert John Nelson was a businessman and civil rights leader who led organizations for racial justice and equity in Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He published The Advocate-Verdict, an important Black newspaper. With his second wife, author Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar, he published Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence; the Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro From the Days of Slavery to the Present Time .

Robert Nelson, son of Levi Nelson and Harriet Nelson, was born in 1873.^[1] In 1916, he married Alice Ruth Moore.^[2] He died in 1949.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KL-RLS : 23 February 2021), Robert John Nelson, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ Ancestry Record 1673 #23544 Ancestry.com. Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1806-1933 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78890129/obituary-for-robert-j-nelson-aged-63/
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKMM-33MM : 7 August 2020), Robert J. Nelson, ; Burial, Collingdale, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Eden Cemetery; citing record ID 180661382, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXS-7HD : 20 February 2021), Robert J Nelson in household of Levi Nelson, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 308B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,102.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3MR-MQ1 : accessed 3 June 2021), Robert John Nelson in household of Harriet M. Nelson, Precinct 4 Reading city Ward 9, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77, sheet 8A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,378.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C451-NMM : accessed 3 June 2021), Robert J Nelson, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 5A, line 43, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 288; FHL microfilm 2,340,023.
• Robert Nelson is one of the 100 Voices from Digital Harrisburg whose profile may be found here.