Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Family Group Records N
Oscar Pius Nelson & Chloe Darling Davis
Oscar Pius “Peggy” Nelson
Birth: 2 September 1891, McLean County, Ky.
Death: 31 July 1962 Muhlenberg (Source: Ky. Death Certificate 18967, year: 1962)
Parents: James Albert Nelson (1864-1950) and Catherine Oberhausen (1872-1952)
Oscar was known as “Peggy” because of the wooden peg he used after losing the lower half of his right leg in a mining accident. For several years he owned the Texaco station in Drakesboro.
Chloe Darling Davis
Birth: 20 May 1893 Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, Ky.
Death: 11 July 1971 Muhlenberg (Source: Ky. Death Certificate 18185, year: 1971)
Parents: William Thomas “Will” Davis (1857-1931) and Rebecca Belle Griffith (1866-1942)
Their children, all born in Muhlenberg:
- Leahman Ray, born 12 March 1916 Drakesboro (Source: Ky. Birth Certificate 15725, vol. 32); died 4 April 1982 Jefferson County, Ky. (Source: Ky. Death Certificate 1843, year: 1982); married Ida Frances Wilkins (1920-1986)
- James William, born 3 March 1918 Nonelle; died 6 April 1988 Jefferson County, Ky.; married Edith Nell Strader
- Paul Edward, born 28 July 1923 Drakesboro; died 1 May 2002 Jefferson County, Ky.; married Maxine Buford
This information is from family records and not confirmed except as noted.
Contributed 28 February 2008 by Frances Nelson Salyers, granddaughter of Oscar P. Nelson and Chloe D. Davis and daughter of their son Leahman Ray.
Updated August 3, 2017