Robert Burrus Nelson
1885 - 1942 (56 years)
Generation: 1
1. Robert Burrus Nelson was born on 15 Jan 1885 in Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 13 Jan 1942 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky; was buried on 14 Jan 1942 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: building and bridge foreman; railroad foreman
- Census: 1920, Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky
- Census: 1930, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Notes:
Foreman Killed As Freight Train Hits Work Car
Special to The Courier-Journal
Shelbyville, Ky., Jan. 13. - Robert Burns Nelson, 57, Shelbyville, was killed in a head-on collision of a railroad work car and a Southern Railway freight train early today at Hooper Station.
Occupant of the car, Nelson, a building and bridge foreman who had been employed by the railway forty-two years, was attempting to stop and reverse the machine. Four other workmen jumped off it to safety when the freight train was seen.
Nelson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Griffin Nelson; his mother, Mrs. Sarah Burns Nelson, and two brothers, Albert E. Nelson, Louisville, and Maj. H.M. Nelson, U.S. Army.
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Wednesday, 14 January 1942.
LKH note: Bessie's name appears as Griffin in this article.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142506681/robert-burrus-nelson
Section FFamily/Spouse: Bess Gritton. Bess (daughter of John Rowan Gritton and Annie Lee James) was born on 11 Nov 1883 in Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 26 May 1965 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; was buried on 28 May 1965 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]