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MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON 1819–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Mar 1819

Birth Location: Posey County, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1900

Death Location: Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA

Father: CHARLES SIMONS

Mother: MARY CARTWRIGHT

Spouse(s): Elijah\Eligah Nelson

Children(s): Margaret Nelson

The story of MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON began in 1819 in Posey County, Indiana, USA. MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON married Elijah Eligah James Nelson, and had children including Margaret Ellen Nelson. MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON passed away in 1900 in Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON began in 1819 in Posey County, Indiana, USA.
  • MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON married Elijah Eligah James Nelson, and had children including Margaret Ellen Nelson.
  • MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON passed away in 1900 in Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

CHARLES SIMONS
1794–1823
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
CS
MARY CARTWRIGHT
1799–1819
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
MC

Spouses(s)

Elijah\Eligah Nelson
1805–1900
Birth Location: Abbeville, Abbeville District, South Carolina, United States
EN

Children(s)

Margaret Nelson
1857–1928
Birth Location: Olny Richland County Illinois
MN

MINERVA NELSON's Ancestors

Self
MINERVA NELSON
1819–1900
Birth Place: Posey County, Indiana, USA
Parents
CHARLES SAMUEL SIMMONS SIMONS
1794–1823
Virginia, USA
MARY (POLLY) CARTWRIGHT
1799–1819
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert (Newton) Cartwright
1765–1809
Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA
Martha (Zachary) (Cartwright)
1765–1820
Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Peter Cartwright
1748–1809
Christiana Garvin
1750–1838
2nd-Great-Grandparents

MINERVA NELSON's Descendants

1.
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MINERVA (MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH) NELSON (6 Mar 1819–19 May 1900) m. Elijah\Eligah (James) Nelson (15 Mar 1805–12 feb 1900)
  1. 1. Margaret (Ellen) Nelson 1857–1928 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Mericle 1843–1925
    1. 1. Bertha (Jane) Mericle 1883–1964 m. Elmer (Carroll) Shelton 1881–1965
      1. 1. Loy (James) Shelton 1902–1967 m. Grace (Velma) Tindall 1907–1988
        1. 1. NYLEN SHELTON 1928–2016 m. MARY (ANN) BURTON 1932–2014
        2. 2. Robert (Loy) Shelton 1928–1998

MINERVA NELSON's Timeline

2 Records

1819
6 Mar 1819
Birth of MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON in Posey County, Indiana, USA
Posey County, Indiana, USA
1900
19 May 1900
Age 81
Death of MINERVA MANERVA JANE SIMMONS Wife of NATHANIEL LANIER and 2nd Wife of ELIJAH NELSON in Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA
Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1819
    Event Place: Posey County, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1900
    Event Place: Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA
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