Captain Alanson H. Nelson

1828 - 1921  (92 years)

• Name	Alanson H. Nelson
  Title	Captain
  Birth	22 Apr 1828	Tompkins Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	01 Aug 1861 - Nov 1864
  	American Civil War (North) 57th Pennsylvania Regt., K Co. Several Battles of Northern Virginia
  Death	14 Jan 1921	Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA
  Burial	Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
  Notes	Brown, Robert C., History of Crawford County, (Part 5), pp. 913-918. CAPT. ALANSON H. NELSON, Justice of the Peace, Hydetown, was born April 22, 1828, in Tompkins County, N.Y., and moved to Chautauqua County, same State, at four years of age. His father, William Nelson, enlisted in the Regular Army and was killed in the Seminole war. Our subject came to Oil Creek Township, this county, at seventeen years of age, and spent about nine years lumbering, he married Miss Electa Strong, of Chautauqua County, N.Y., November 8, 1849. In 1855 he sold out his interest in the lumbering mill and bought a farm near the eastern border of this township. Our subject enlisted August 1, 1861,in the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, leaving his wife and seven small children. He, with Capt. Chase, organized Company K, to the number of thirty men, by whom he was elected First Lieutenant. When they reached Harrisburg, Penn., he was chosen to return and make up the remainder of the company, which he did, enlisting fifty-five more men. The company was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. At the death of Capt. Chase our subject was promoted to the command, June 17, 1862. He led his company through seventeen of the hard-fought and historic battles of the Virginia campaigns. In the absence of the field officers Capt. Nelson, being the senior Captain, took command of the regiment for a period of eighteen months. He received his discharge in November, 1864, leaving an honorable record as a brave and faithful soldier. Since returning home he has devoted himself as actively to the pursuits of civil life and the care of his family. Mr. Nelson was one of the organizers of the Republican party in this county, but in 1872 he joined the Liberals and voted for Horace Greeley, and in 1874 he joined and commenced the active work of organizing the Greenback party. He was elected Justice of the Peace in February, 1882, in Hydetown Borough, where he was located in April, 1881. He has served in the same office two terms in Oil Creek Township. Seven of Capt. Nelson
  Person ID	I28884	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family	Electa L. Strong,   b. 1827, Gerry, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA d. 5 Feb 1906, Titusville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Mayor Frank J. Nelson + 2. Nora AnaBell Nelson,   b. 5 Jul 1852, Titusville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Dec 1908, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F8896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 22 Apr 1828 - Tompkins Co., New York, USA Death - 14 Jan 1921 - Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth