When Malissa E. Nelson was born on 13 July 1848, in Pulaski, Missouri, United States, her father, John Nelson Jr, was 42 and her mother, Letha Letitia Maxey, was 34. She married Samuel Joseph Mitchell on 25 December 1862, in Pulaski, Ripley, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cullen Township, Pulaski, Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 19 November 1898, in Woodbine, Cooke, Texas, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Dye Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States.
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The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Cooke, Texas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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