This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Darrah, Brown, Miller, Arnold Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wg.2ADE/3957 Message Board Post: Can anyone supply me with additional information on the William Allen Nelson family of Houston and later, Honey Creek Townships? He was born in 1812 in Logan Co., KY and died 1892 in Saline County, Missouri - he is buried there. He married Rebekah last name unknown. Her vitals - 1816 in KY and died 1871 in Saline Co., MO. She is also buried there. According to 1860 & 1880 censuses, they had following children: John b. c. 1842 ; Maria b. c.1844 ; Sarah b. c. 1845; Nancy "Nannie" b. c. 1854 and Lawrence/Laurence b. c. 1858. It appears that daughter Maria married a Darrah (Joel?) and was living in 1920 with a nephew John S. Arnold of Keene, Adams Co. Nancy "Nannie" married a Brown. Lawrence/Laurence married in 1875 to Octavia Catherine "Kate" Miller (my great aunt). The marriage occured in Grand Pass Twp., Saline Co., MO. They had two children: Orange F. Nelson b. c. 1879 in Mo & Coila Esmene Nelson b. 1883 in Mo. I have her immediate family documented. I know that the Nelson's were Baptist and found an interesting bit of info on Wm. Nelson. He was appointed from the township of Houston to be an Assistant Marshal For the Lincoln Douglas Debate - Oct. 13, 1858. Thanks! Diane Carter