I have updated the information on Charles Thomas Nelson, son of John Daniel and Comfort Jones Nelson to include his obituary; thanks to Sue Cochran of Nelson, GA Charles Thomas Nelson182,96 + Sarah A. Catherine Wood Green 2m93 ║ b 9-28-1864 Nelson, GA93,260 b 11-15-1863 Nelson, GA93 ║ pg --- m 7-19-1885 Cherokee County, GA bk F, pg 112B as ║ Charles T. Nelson & (Mrs) Sarah A. (Wood) Green79,1675 ║ See Wood and Green files. ║ d 3-26-1941 Florence, SC93,5029 d 12-27-1943 Florence, SC93 ║ br both buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Florence, Florence CSC177,93 ║ See JPG digital photos of their tombstones.4934,4935 ║ Sarah was called Sally.5029 ║ Note she was married to Virgil Green before Nelson - see Wood. ║ 7-20-1870 census HH 77/77, page 176, Canton PO, Conn’s Creek, ║ Cherokee County, GA, Isaac Ingram, Assistant Marshall: ║ John D. Nelson 45 SC oc gunsmith; wife Comfort 41 SC; ║ John C. (Calvin) 20GA; Nancy E. 18GA; Sarah M. 16GA; ║ Ellen I. 14GA; Katherine 12GA; Amanda 11GA; ║ Archer L. 8GA; Charles T. 6GA; Comfort I. 4GA; ║ Marion 3GA259 ║ 7-20-1870 census HH 78/78, page 176, Canton PO, Conn’s Creek, ║ Cherokee County, GA, Isaac Ingram, Assistant Marshall: ║ Chesterfield 22 GA; (wife) Sophronia 16 GA; ║ (daughter) Louisa 9mo GA259 ║ 1880 census Ball Ground, Cherokee County, GA: ║ John D. Nelson 55SC; Comfort A. 51SC; ║ A. Lewis 18GA; Charles T. 15GA; Ida 14GA; ║ Marvin H. 10GA; Stephen 6GA.1650 ║ 9425.JPG photo of Florence County, SC Death Certificate #14305 ║ Sarah Wood Nelson, 80 year old white widow, born 11-15-1863 ║ in Georgia who died at the McLeod Infirmary 12-27-1943 of ║ cerebral thrombosis, bronchopneumonia and senility. She was ║ the widow of Charles T. Nelson. She was the daughter of ║ Solomon Wood and his wife Jane K. both shown born Cherokee ║ County, GA. Informant was Mrs (?). E. Cox of Florence, SC. ║ Burial was Mt Hope Cemetery, Florence, SC.9425 ║ 10954.JPG digital photo of Obituary 5-1-1941 Pickens County ║ Progress, Jasper, Pickens County, GA: ║ “Captain T. C. Nelson Dies at South Carolina Home” ║ Captain Charles Thomas Nelson, a native of Nelson, Georgia, ║ retired Atlantic Coast Line Railroad superintendent of ║ bridges, died Sunday night at his home in Florence, ║ (Florence County,) South Carolina and funeral services were ║ conducted there Monday. He was the son of the late Mr John ║ Daniel Nelson and the town of Nelson was named after his ║ Ancestors (John Daniel Nelson). He was born 8-28-1864. The ║ “Florence News” describes him as a substantial and useful ║ citizen, active and devoted member of the Immanuel Baptist ║ Church, serving as a deacon and church clerk and at one ║ time Sunday School Superintendent. A Christian gentleman ║ and fair and honest in his way of life. He is survived by ║ his wife a native of Gilmer County, GA now of Florence, two ║ daughters: Mrs L. V. “Privatte” of Lave View, SC; and Mrs ║ W. E. Cox of Florence; three sons: Mr Hubert Nelson of ║ Rocky Mount, NC; Messrs Charles and H. V. (Harold Vernon) ║ Nelson of Florence; one brother, Mr Steve Nelson of Nelson; ║ three sisters: Mrs “Margarite” Turner of Dalton, (Whitfield ║ County, GA); Mrs Josephine Thacker of Nelson, GA; and Mrs ║ Mandy Ingram of Jasper, GA; a number of grandchildren and ║ other relatives. (“” are used to show spelling in the ║ original article.) ║ See Wood and Green files.
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