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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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J. A. Nelson. The history of any county, however complete it may be, cannot do full justice to the prominent men whose careers form the chief glory of the district which claims them. The subject of the present sketch is numbered among these men, and merits a vast amount of praise, both for his superior ability and grand success. He is a son of John H. Nelson, a prominent planter of Georgia, and was born in 1849. His youth was spent in Arkansas, where he also received his literary training from private instructors. In the year 1866 Mr. Nelson commenced farming in Nevada County. He was married in 1871 to Miss Sarah A. Sokes, daughter of H. W. Sokes, and they were the parents of eight children. In 1888 the subject of this sketch turned his attention to mercantile business, which proved a complete success in every way, and today he ranks among the wealthy citizens of Nevada. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Masonic lodge, and also a member of the Methodist Church, and is always interested in worthy public matters. Actively engaged in politics, he is a Democrat, and thoroughly faithful to his party principles.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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