I am looking for information about the Dill/Nelson families of Maries.I am looking for the parents of Ira Nelson and Sophia Dill Nelson. Ira Nelson b. c.1825 d. abt 1859 in Kansas going to the gold fields..Sophia Dill Nelson...was the mother of my g grandmother Louisa C.Simpson who was fathered by William Simpson . She was born in May 1960.about eleven months after Ira Nelson went to the gold fields. Her birth was established for me by other genealogists last August 2000.in Maries County. I am trying to ascertain Sophia's Dill's parents and who her other siblings were besides her sister Martha Dill also mother of two girls fathered by William Simpson . Sophia Dill Nelson b. 1825 in TN. d. abt June 1860 abt one month after Louisa was born. According to the family story Louisa was taken to Wm. Simpson's home the night her mother Sophia died. whe she was a month old. Sophia was living with Martha when she died......... Is william nelson Ira's father ???and who is David Nelson???? I have Sophia's children listed as Mary Malissa Nelson b. 1845 Crawford Co. MO James Monroe Nelson b. 1848 MO Joanna Nelson b. 1850 in Crawford Co. MO Rachel E. Nelson b. September 12, 1856 Clifty Dale, Maries Co. MO Louisa C. Simpson b. May 20, 1860 Maries Co. MO Any help or clarification was be appreciated...........Marcia Kalapus Stanmar@home.com