When Thomas Marion Nelson was born on 23 September 1876, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Alvin Nelson, was 33 and his mother, Martha Emeline McFarland, was 20. He married Jesse Alice Yearns on 23 November 1904, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1920 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1962. He died on 9 November 1939, in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, Lake, Montana, United States.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Historical Boundaries 1882: Custer, Montana Territory, United States; 1883: Yellowstone, Montana Territory, United States; 1889: Yellowstone, Montana, United States
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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