John Wilson Nelson

NELSON, BONAR

Posted By: Larry Nelson (email)
Date: 11/4/2001 at 05:54:37

NELSON, JOHN W., far., S. 4; P.O. Mt Zion ; owns 500 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; son of William and Elizabeth Nelson; born Sept. 25, 1832, in Wayne Co., Ohio; parents moved into Richland Co., in 1836; to this county in the fall of 1845; his mother died Oct. 17, 1857, and father Sept. 24, 1860; Mr. Nelson has two brothers and one sister living; five have died. He was married to Eliza Bonar, of this county, Jan. 12, 1860; she was born Nov. 27, 1838, in Sangamon Co., Ill.; have six children living - Minnie, Marietta, Ethel N., Nellie M., Edna M. and John E. Republican.

Van Buren Co., History,
Washington Township,
1878 page 545