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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 June 1801
Death Date
27 September 1882
Gender
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David Nelson

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  • and family of 8

John Tidwell Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 51
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Sarah Nelson (Age: 36)
  • Mary Eunice Nelson (Age: 15)
  • James Horace Nelson (Age: 13)
  • David George Nelson (Age: 9)

Sources

  • "5th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • 5th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 14.  
  • Charles Sansom autobiography, 1907, 12-80.
  • Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913).
  • George K. Bowering journal, 1842 July-1875 January, 79-118.
  • "J.H. Nelson, Pioneer, Dies," Ogden Standard Examiner, 28 Apr. 1924, 10.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 31.
  • Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • Nelson, James Horace, Sr., "Autobiography of James Horace Nelson, Senior, from the original manuscript of the author, by his son, Horace J. Nelson," [1944], 5-10.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.