Person

Moses Nelson (Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and agent of the State of Ohio.)

b. 1809 d. 1886

Preble County, Ohio, carpenter and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Creason Nelson in Preble County, Ohio, on April 10, 1832. Father of James Nelson, Jane Nelson, Wilbur Nelson, Clinton C. Nelson, George W. Nelson, and Olivia Nelson. Carpenter in Preble County in 1850. Carpenter in Preble County in 1860. Sheriff of Preble County from 1864 to 1868.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Preble County, Eaton, p. 237B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Preble County, Gasper Township, p. 159.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Preble County, Washington Township, p. 278B.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Preble County Marriages, Film 000564963.

"Local Department," The Eaton Democrat (Eaton, OH), November 11, 1886, p. 3.

R. E. Lowry, History of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915), 190.

"Moses Nelson (1809-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 52673923, accessed November 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52673923.

Citation

Nelson, Moses. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214285 (November 12, 2026).

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