This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YYB.2ACI/1592.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Don't believe there could have been a direct relationship. John C. Nelson left Adams Co. in 1861 to enlist in the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (he was 20 years old). He was not mustered out until late 1865 and in 1866 he relocated to Logansport, IN, where he lived into his 90s. It is possible there is some relationship between the families. As I mentioned, JCN's 1880 census form (he was then in Logansport) states that both his parents were born in New Jersey. Regards,