Thomas Russell Nelson
1901 - 1935 (33 years)
Generation: 1
1. Thomas Russell Nelson was born on 18 Dec 1901 in Cairo, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 13 Dec 1935 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; was buried in Fulton Cemetery, Cairo, Louisa County, Iowa. Notes:
Thomas A. Nelson, 35, Morning Sun, Taken By Death
Special to the Democrat
Morning Sun, Ia., Dec. 14. – Thomas A. Nelson, aged 35 years, native and lifelong resident of this community, died this morning in University hospital, Iowa City, where he had been a patient six weeks. Death followed an operation. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the L.R. Pearce funeral home and burial will be in the Cairo cemetery.
Mr. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Nelson, was born on a farm north of Cairo, the family later moving northwest of here, where he grew to manhood. He was married to Mabel Jarvis. Surviving are his mother, his grandmother, Mrs. J.A. Hull, Morning Sun; his widow; four brothers; Omer, Morning Sun; Oliver, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Harry, veterans’ hospital, Des Moines; and Wilmer, Mt. Pleasant; and two sisters; Mrs. Daisy McKeever, Morning Sun and Mrs. Vera Jakson, Mt. Union.
Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Sunday, 15 December 1935.
Name:
son of John August Nelson and Bertha Jane Hull
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75516921/thomas-russell-nelsonThomas married Mabel Mildred Jarvis on 19 Feb 1921 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Mabel (daughter of Samuel Jarvis and Sophia Casten) was born on 2 Jun 1904 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 12 Apr 1967 in San Bernardino County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Covina Hills), Covina, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]