General Notes

DALLAS MACK NELSON was born 23 December 1873 in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana, USA, the son of William W. Nelson and Amanda Richardson. Since his father died when he was a child, Mack appeared in his grandfather's household in the 1880 census in Marion Township, Pike County, Indiana, USA.  He was then 6 years old.  Although Mack's mother was a widow in 1880, she remarried in 1888 to Enoch Wood. However, by the 1900 census in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, Amanda was widowed yet again. Mack was then working as a fireman for the air-line railroad. He continued to work for the railroad for the rest of his life, mostly as a locomotive engineer.

On 20 January 1906 at the circuit court in Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, Mack married Mary Ann Wilkey, daughter of William Wilkey and Jeannette Cliff.  It was his second marriage, and her first.  Together, they had three children — Thelma (b. 1907), Evadean Earl (b. 1912), and Dallas William (b. 1915).  The marriage ended in divorce, however, sometime before the 1930 census.

Later Mack married Cora Isabell (Wilson) Townsend. She was a widow with two daughters. Mack and Cora lived in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. On 4 May 1949, at the age of 75 years, Mack died of a stroke. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka on the 6th of May. Twenty-five years later, Cora died on 29 May 1974 at the age of 91 years. She was buried next to him; Mack and Cora share a gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery.

— brief bio written for FindAGrave, 28 Aug 2016, kmh.

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  Burial Notes

Oak Hill Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Other Spouses: first wife unknown (married once before 1906). ²

• Parents: William W. Nelson and Amanda Richardson. ^{2 6 7}

• He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 15 June 1880 in Marion Township, Pike County, Indiana, USA. ⁶
  
  John B. Richardson       70
  Lucinda Richardson       63
  Benjamin F. Richardson       22
  Amanda E. Nelson       27
  Dalis A. Nelson       6
  John B. Nelson       2
  Margie E. Nelson       11m
  George B. Henry       15

• He has conflicting birth information of 23 December 1883 and Pike County, Indiana, USA. ²

• He worked as a fireman for the air-line railroad on 14 June 1900 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA. ⁷

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 14 June 1900 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA. ⁷
  
  Amanda Wood       46
  Dallas M Nelson       26
  John Nelson       22
  Margarie Daugherty       20
  Murtel Daugherty       1

• He was described as tall and stout with blue eyes and brown hair on 12 September 1918 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. ¹

• He resided at 518 E. Main Street in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA on 12 September 1918. ¹

• He worked as a locomotive engineer on 12 September 1918 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. ¹

• He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 2 January 1920 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. ⁵
  

Nelson, Mack      Head   46   Indiana   Indiana        Indiana        Locomotive Engineer
------, Marie     Wife   35   Indiana   Pennsylvania   Pennsylvania   none
------, Thelma    Dau    12   Indiana   Indiana        Indiana        none
------, Evadine   Dau     7   Indiana   Indiana        Indiana        none
------, Billy     Son     4   Indiana   Indiana        Indiana        none

• He was buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Patoka, Gibson County, Indiana, USA in 1949.