Advertisement

Wilbur “Wib” Nesson

Advertisement

Wilbur “Wib” Nesson

Birth
Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
11 May 1917 (aged 44)
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Cope, Washington County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Wilbur "Wib" Nesson wss the 5th child of 7 of Henry Nesson & Esther (Shockley) Roberts Nesson. The family is recorded as living in Dodge Co. MN on 1870, 1875, 1880 censuses which is about 110 miles from Fairmont where it is said that Wilbur was born, so his birth location needs to be verified.

Wilbur married Hattie May Parker about 1893. On the 1900 census they are living in Richland county, ND and have 3 children (Glen, Floyd & Cecil). They had 5 children that we know of, although there may have been more.
Floyd (born Dec 1894 in ND)
Glenn (1896 ND - 1965 Pueblo CO?)
Cecil (born Dec 1899 in ND)
Jessie (daughter b. 1902 in ND)
Hattie (b. abt 1906 in ND)

3 DEATH NOTICES
1) Saturday, May 12, 1917, "Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, CO), pg 8
a) DIED -NESSON - Wilbur, age 44, at local hospital yesterday
b) Wilbur Nesson, age 44 years died yesterday at a local hospital. Deceased was a prominent farmer from the Ordway district. The body is at Davis-Vories.
2) Monday May 14, 1917, "Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, CO), pg 8
"The remains of Wilbur Nesson, late of Ordway, Colo., were forwarded to Siebert, Colo. yesterday by Davis & Vories. The remains were accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Fay Moreland.
Wilbur "Wib" Nesson wss the 5th child of 7 of Henry Nesson & Esther (Shockley) Roberts Nesson. The family is recorded as living in Dodge Co. MN on 1870, 1875, 1880 censuses which is about 110 miles from Fairmont where it is said that Wilbur was born, so his birth location needs to be verified.

Wilbur married Hattie May Parker about 1893. On the 1900 census they are living in Richland county, ND and have 3 children (Glen, Floyd & Cecil). They had 5 children that we know of, although there may have been more.
Floyd (born Dec 1894 in ND)
Glenn (1896 ND - 1965 Pueblo CO?)
Cecil (born Dec 1899 in ND)
Jessie (daughter b. 1902 in ND)
Hattie (b. abt 1906 in ND)

3 DEATH NOTICES
1) Saturday, May 12, 1917, "Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, CO), pg 8
a) DIED -NESSON - Wilbur, age 44, at local hospital yesterday
b) Wilbur Nesson, age 44 years died yesterday at a local hospital. Deceased was a prominent farmer from the Ordway district. The body is at Davis-Vories.
2) Monday May 14, 1917, "Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, CO), pg 8
"The remains of Wilbur Nesson, late of Ordway, Colo., were forwarded to Siebert, Colo. yesterday by Davis & Vories. The remains were accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Fay Moreland.

Inscription

WILBUR NESSON
1872 - 1917
At Rest



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement