Harry David Nelson (1873 - 1937)

Born 5 Jun 1873 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Son of Albert Gallatin Nelson and Flora Elsie (Sheldon) Nelson

Husband of Clara C (Burrier) Nelson — married 8 Dec 1896 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1937 at age 63 in Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Harry David Nelson was born at Shelby, Shelbyville, Illinois, 5 Jun 1873, son of Albert Gallatin Nelson and Flora Elsie Sheldon and died at Canton, Stark, Ohio, 9 Jan 1937.

Harry married at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, 27 Mar 1878, Clara C Burrier born at Jefferson, Tuscarawas, Ohio, 27 Mar 1878 and died at Massillon, Stark, Ohio, 26 Jul 1974, daughter of Elias William Burrier and Philippina Scheu.

The children of Harry and Clara were:

1. Hazel Evangeline Nelson ^[1]
2. Sarah C Nelson
3. Mildred Anne Nelson

Timeline

Note: A profile will be identified as Genealogically Defined when Birth/Parents, Marriage/Spouse(s), Death and Children Birth(s) have been sourced and bolded in timeline.

BIRTH: 5 Jun 1873, Shelby, Shelbyville, Illinois ^[2][3]

• 1880 Residence: Port Washington, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States^[4]
• 1890 Residence:

MARRIAGE: 8 Dec 1896, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio ^[5][6][7]

• 16 Sep 1897 Birth of daughter Hazel Evangeline. ^[8][9]
• 24 Apr 1899 Birth of daughter Sarah C. ^[10]
• 1900 Residence: Salem Township Port Washington village, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States ^[11]
• 27 Dec 1904 Birth of daughter Mildred Anne.^[12][13]
• 21 July 1909 - Enters Grant's Hospital, reason unknown, approx. 2-3 week stay. see postcard 4 Aug 1909
• 10/11 Aug 1909. Released from hospital. Postcard 9 Aug 1909
• Sep 1909 Stark County Industrial Exposition. Celebrating 100 years as a County.
• 9 Sep 1909 - Postcard to brother Louis. "Found all well."
• 12 Sep 1909 - The McKinley. "We did not have time to stop."
• 1910 Residence: Canton Ward 5, Stark, Ohio, United States^[14]
• 12 Sep 1918: Military Draft ^[15]
• 1920 Residence: Canton Ward 5, Stark, Ohio, United States^[16]

SEPARATED or DIVORCED 1927: , Canton, Stark, Ohio^[17]

• 1930 Residence: Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States. ^[18](Daughter's household)

DEATH 9 Jan 1937:,Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States ^[19][20]

• Cause of Death: Coronary Theombosis

BURIAL 12 January 1937 , Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States^[21][22][23]

Research Notes

1. Obtain evidence of separation from Clara Burrier
2. Obtain Birth record of daughter Sarah

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6V2-VZJ : 8 December 2014), Harry David Nelson in entry for Hazel Evangeline Culp, 20 Mar 1948; citing , reference Certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,459.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN73-D6N : accessed 26 December 2014), Mary Nelson, 05 Jun 1873; citing Birth, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, reference p 401 line 17, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,357. Note: Incorrectly named Mary.
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6F1-RRJ : accessed 14 December 2014), Mary Nelson, 05 Jun 1873; citing Birth, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, reference v 2 p 4, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,358. Note: Incorrectly named Mary.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M833-912 : 14 July 2016), Harry Nelson in household of Allen G Nelson, Port Washington, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 228, sheet 316B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1072; FHL microfilm 1,255,072.
5. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDD9-QY4 : 8 December 2014), Harry D. Nelson and Clara Burrier, 08 Dec 1896; citing , Tuscarawas, Ohio, reference 2:3K6BD2Q; FHL microfilm 890,367. P. 239, record 22032.
6. ↑ Harry D Nelson and Clara Burrier Marriage Record, (8 December 1896), Marriage Records Tuswaras County Docket 9-10, 1888-1899, Docket 10 page 239: Page 239, no. 22032; , , Ohio.
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X82G-2JZ : accessed 29 October 2015), Harry D. Nelson and Clara Burrier, 08 Dec 1896; citing Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, reference V10 P239 CN 22032; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,367.
8. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6N4-M92 : 22 December 2016), Harry Nelson in entry for Hazel Nelson, 16 Apr 1897; citing Birth, Salem, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,360.
9. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD1B-F3D : 22 December 2016), Harry Nelson in entry for Hazel Nelson, 16 Sep 1897; citing Birth, Salem Twp., Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,357.
10. ↑ Family Papers in possession of Howard Ross Nelson (1945 - 46)
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMXX-XRG: accessed 27 December 2014), Harry D Nelson, Salem Township Port Washington village, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,241,327.
12. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6NW-KQF : 22 December 2016), Harry D. Nelson in entry for Mildred Anna Nelson, 27 Dec 1904; citing Birth, Pt. Washington, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,360.
13. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD11-BJ7 : 22 December 2016), Harry D. Nelson in entry for Mildred Anna Nelson, 27 Dec 1904; citing Birth, Port Washington, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,357.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLXV-MM3: accessed 27 December 2014), Harry D Nelson, Canton Ward 5, Stark, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 178, sheet 13A, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,375,244.
15. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6F9-6CG : accessed 27 May 2016), Harry David Nelson, 1917-1918; citing Canton City no 2, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,819,795.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6MS-NM6: accessed 27 December 2014), Harry Nelson, Canton Ward 5, Stark, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 21A, family 441, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,821,435.
17. ↑ [based on listing in City Directories. Records need to be obtained from Stark, Ohio.]
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4CJ-SPT: accessed 27 December 2014), Harry D Nelson in household of George Lippert, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0025, sheet 2B, family 44, line 78, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1869; FHL microfilm 2,341,603.
19. ↑ Harry D. Nelson, death certificate (Long form) 6261 (1872), Ohio Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Columbus, Ohio.
20. ↑ "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZ28-RPP : accessed 14 December 2014), Harry D Nelson, 09 Jan 1937; citing Stark, Ohio, reference fn 6261; FHL microfilm 2,023,489.
21. ↑ Harry D. Nelson, death certificate (Long form) 6261 (1872), Ohio Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Columbus, Ohio.
22. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKG-PY1S : accessed 27 May 2016), Harry David Nelson, 1937; Burial, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States of America, North Lawn Cemetery; citing record ID 48699340, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
23. ↑ Harry David Nelson on Findagrave

• HRN (Family Bible of Flora Elsie (Sheldon) Nelson in possession of Howard Ross Nelson (1945-46)

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Martha Culp and daviswmorton, Third Cousin. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 3rd - 4th cousins; Confidence: Extremely High

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Martha Culp and karenfetzer60 Karen (Nelson) Fetzer her second cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Albert Gallatin Nelson and Flora Else Nelson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 235 centimorgans shared across 13 DNA segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Martha Culp and karenfetzer60 Karen (Nelson) Fetzer her second cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Albert Gallatin Nelson and Flora Else Nelson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 235 centimorgans shared across 13 DNA segments.

See also:

• Ancestry Tree Harry D Nelson on Ancestry.com
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 July 2017, 01:41), entry for Harry David Nelson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:27GR-828); contributed by various users.