Thomas (1802/3-1875) b. N. Ireland; r. Richland/West Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., PA (son of John & Anne Allen Nelson; Farmer)
-buried Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Allegheny Co., PA
Pamelia/Parmalia Allison (1806/7-1883) r. Richland/West Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., PA (daughter of George & Susannah McRoberts Allison: Home manager)
-buried Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Allegheny Co., PA
Married: 1832
Children:
1. Susan Ann *(1833-1906) (m. Solomon S. Dodds)
2. Tabitha Jane *(1835-1918) (m. Joseph Browning Lee; both died in Kansas)
3. Mary (1837-1920) (m. Richard Henry Pearce, brother-in-law of Permelia, below)
4.Permelia “Millie” (1840-1914) b. Richland/West Deer Twp; r. McCandless Twp., PA (m. Charles Pearce, my Ggrandfather)
-buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA
5. John Randolph (1842-1923) (m. Minerva Rowland)
-buried Pine Creek Cemetery, AKA Hampton U.P. Cemetery, Allison Park, PA
6. Margaret (1844-1872) (m. Harvey E. Brooks)
-buried Pine Creek Cemetery, AKA Hampton U.P. Cemetery
7. Sarah (1848-1849) died in infancy
-burial: Pine Creek Cemetery, AKA Hampton U.P. Cemetery
8. Agness (1850-1853) died in childhood
-burial: Pine Creek Cemetery, AKA Hampton U.P. Cemetery
* 1870 Census shows Margaret (7) and Alvina (8) Lee, daughters of Tabitha Jane, living in grandparents’ household along with a (Thomas) Nelson Dodds (14), eldest son of Susan Ann. Why were these grandchildren living there? Another, Ann McKee (18) is listed as “housekeeper” in the census.
Documentation:
“Thomas & Pamelia Nelson.” Find-a-Grave.com. 4 September 2018
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155900954/pamelia-nelson
Betsy Hare Kemp. “Descendants of John Nelson & Anne Allen,” which includes cemetery records, tombstone inscriptions, and family sources.
Claire Lawrence. Thomas Nelson photo. 31 August 2018
Ancestry.com
US Federal Census 1850, 1860, 1870.
Ancestry.com
Various Member Public Family Trees. 4 January 2014.
Ancestry.com
Revised 9/4/18
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