Harry Mead NelsonAge: 54 years1862–1917
- Name
- Harry Mead Nelson
- Given names
- Harry Mead
- Surname
- Nelson
Shared note: John W Nelson Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | November 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Willa Ann Stewart — View this family about 1903 (Age 40 years) Note: Marriage info based on the 1900 Census |
 Birth of a son#1 | John Walker Nelson July 2, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (on the date of death)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
 Death | 1917 (Age 54 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Urich Cemetery |
| Family with Willa Ann Stewart |
| himself |
Harry Mead Nelson Birth: November 1862 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1917 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Willa Ann Stewart Birth: January 14, 1871 — Missouri, United States Death: 1927 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1903 — Missouri, United States |
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8 years son |
John Walker Nelson Birth: July 2, 1910 47 39 — Urich, Henry, Missouri, United States Death: May 26, 1995 — McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
No family available
| Marriage | Marriage info based on the 1900 Census |
| Name | John W Nelson Obituary and Family Listing
LAKE CHARLES, La. — John
W. Nelson, 84, formerly of rural
McPherson, Kan., died Friday,
May 26, 1995, at Memorial Hospi-
tal, McPherson.
Mr. Nelson was born July 2,
1910, at Urich, Mo., and was a
Lake Charies resident since 1970,
moving from McPherson. He was
a retired founder and owner of
J.W. Transport, McPherson and
Lake Charles. He was a member
of University Methodist Church,
Lake Charles, and a former mem-
ber of First United Methodist
Church, McPherson. He was also
a 50-year member and 32-degree
Mason at Guthrie, Okla.
His wife, Mary “Bea” Beatrice,
died in 1994.
Survivors include two sons, Jer-
ry of McPherson and Ralph Gene
of Lake Charles; a daughter, Nan-
cy Guiot of Chanute, Kan.; nine
grandchildren; and 11 great-
grandchildren.
A service will be at 2 p.m. today
at Glidden-Ediger Funeral Home,
222 W. Euclid, McPherson 67460,
the Rev. Robert M. Fleenor offici-
ating. A second service will be at
10 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson
Chapei, Lake Charles. Burial will
be in Consolata Cemetery, Lake
Charles.
Memorials may be made to the
Cedars Health Care Center,
McPherson, or the McPherson
Shrine Children’s Fund.
Visitation will be from 5 to 10
p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral
Home, Lake Charles.
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