Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg map

Family Group Records N

William H. Nelson & Martha Ann Elizabeth King

William H. Nelson
Birth: about 1833 Tennessee (?)
Death: after 1920, Daviess County, Ky. (based on census records)
Parents: Not yet confirmed

Martha Ann Elizabeth “Eliza” King
Birth: 28 October 1840 (Source: date stated on Daviess County, Ky., Cemetery Records Vol. II, Page 9)
Death: 22 November 1873, Daviess County, Ky. (cemetery record)
Parents: Osborne King (1809-1850) and Martha Melinda Dawson (about 1810-1841)

William married Eliza 28 February 1858 (Source: Ohio County, Ky., Marriage Bond Book 76-92-1, Page 355)

Their children:

  1. Martha D., born 1862 in Tennessee or Kentucky
  2. James Albert, born 5 July 1864 Daviess County, Ky., died 23 December 1950 Muhlenberg County, Ky. (Source: Ky. Death Certificate 26159, Year 1950); married Catherine “Kate” Oberhausen (1872-1952)
  3. Mary Frances “Mollie”, born 1867 Kentucky
  4. Robert E., born 9 November 1870 (stated on marriage record but unconfirmed)
  5. Edna E., born 8 March 1872, died 7 July 1885 Daviess County, Ky.
  6. William O. (A.?), born 1874*; married Bella/Belle Reid/Reed 2 June 1897 Muhlenberg (Source: Ky. Marriages 1851-1900)

* The birth date listed by various researchers for the sixth child is a year later than the death date listed in a cemetery record for the mother Eliza - and three years prior to William's second marriage (to Cecelia Masters). A bit of a mystery here!

Contributed 28 February 2008 by Frances Nelson Salyers, great-great granddaughter of William H. Nelson and Martha Ann Elizabeth “Eliza” King and great-grandaughter of their son James Albert Nelson. I welcome corrections, sources, and additional information about this family.

Updated August 3, 2017