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Francis <I>Miller</I> Nelson

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Francis Miller Nelson

Birth
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
2 Aug 1908 (aged 68)
Newaygo County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Big Prairie, Newaygo County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Frances was born in Somerset County PA and moved with her parents to Indiana in the mid-1850's. She married Thomas Bays Nelson on 27 Jan 1859 in Lagrange County IN. In 1874, Tom & Frances, along with their children (Susan Elmira "El", Joe, George, Sarah Jane "Sade", Mary Wilhelmina "Wilma," Thomas Ulysses "Tommy," and Harvey) moved to Missouri along with Frances' parents and her brother Samuel. The trip was made in a covered wagon and took 27 days (according to obituary for Susan Elmira Nelson Landes).

1874 was known as the "grasshopper" year and food on the prairie was very, very scarce in the winter of 1874-1875. My grandmother, Wilma, said if it had not been for her father's skill at hunting they would all have starved to death.

Frances' father, Joseph D. Miller, did die on 12 Feb 1875 and is buried in the Gerber Cemetery, Hickory County, Missouri. The rest of the family, with the exception of Samuel, returned to Indiana a few months later.
Frances was born in Somerset County PA and moved with her parents to Indiana in the mid-1850's. She married Thomas Bays Nelson on 27 Jan 1859 in Lagrange County IN. In 1874, Tom & Frances, along with their children (Susan Elmira "El", Joe, George, Sarah Jane "Sade", Mary Wilhelmina "Wilma," Thomas Ulysses "Tommy," and Harvey) moved to Missouri along with Frances' parents and her brother Samuel. The trip was made in a covered wagon and took 27 days (according to obituary for Susan Elmira Nelson Landes).

1874 was known as the "grasshopper" year and food on the prairie was very, very scarce in the winter of 1874-1875. My grandmother, Wilma, said if it had not been for her father's skill at hunting they would all have starved to death.

Frances' father, Joseph D. Miller, did die on 12 Feb 1875 and is buried in the Gerber Cemetery, Hickory County, Missouri. The rest of the family, with the exception of Samuel, returned to Indiana a few months later.

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