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Francis Marion NELSON
(1852 – )
Susanna Maria STACY
(1852 – )
William Thomas BLUNK
(1851–1932)
Elizabeth Elvira LANGDON
(1863 –1941)
Grover Cleveland NELSON
(1884 –1970)
Celia Agnes BLUNK
(1888 –1973)
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William Arthur NELSON
(1931–1931)

 

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William Arthur NELSON 1
  • Born: 2 March 1931, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA 2 3
  • Died: 2 March 1931, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA 2 3
  • Buried: 2 March 1931, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA 2 3 4

bullet   Cause of his death was Stillborn.2 3

bullet   Another name for William was Wm. Arthur NELSON.2 3

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bullet  Burial Notes

GAR Cemetery, Block 14

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life


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  • Gallery: Another view of the William A. Nelson gravestone in the GAR Cemetery, Block 14, in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA.

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  • He was buried at the GAR Cemetery, Block 14, in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA on 2 March 1931.

    The gravestone for William Arthur Nelson was clearly made some years after his death, since the stone reads "1930" when he was actually stillborn in 1931.

    Inscription:

    SON
    WILLIAM A. NELSON
    1930

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  • His obituary was published in the an unknown newspaper on 5 March 1931 in Illinois, USA.

    Funeral Conducted for
    Nelson Infant at Homer

    (By Staff Correspondent)
    HOMER, March 5. — Short funeral services for William Arthur, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Nelson, were held at the home at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning with Rev. E. W. Kowalsky of the Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in the Homer G.A.R. Cemetery. The baby was born dead Monday morning. The condition of the mother is fairly good.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916 –1947. Database (FamilySearch. Original data: Public Board of Health Archives, Springfield), entry for Wm. Arthur Nelson stillbirth and burial in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, 02 March 1931 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3ZJ-FRX : 20 November 2016); FHL microfilm 1,653,490.
  3. Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916 –1947 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916 –1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.), Wm. Arthur Nelson stillbirth and burial in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, 02 March 1931.
  4. FindAGrave.com, William A. Nelson, 1930, GAR Cemetery, Homer, Illinois, Find A Grave Memorial# 106439569.


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