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/nZB.2ACE/259.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I hope these help. The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., October 29, 1926, page 1 VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL Peter Nesson, a veteran of the Civil war, answered the last roll call on Thursday of last week at the age of 85 years, passing away at the home of James English. He served in the Civil war under Sherman and Grant, and leaves no known survivors. Mr. Nesson had lived in this valley for 39 years. Funeral services were held at the Bartmess chapel on Saturday afternoon, Rev. S.H. Kimball, pastor of the Odell Christian church, officiating. Interment was at Idlewilde Cemetery. ------------------------------ The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 28, 1926, page 11 PETER NESSON Peter Nesson, 85 and native of Tennessee, died Thursday at the Odell home of James English. Mr. Nesson who had resided in this valley 39 years, was foreman of the Walla Walla, Wash., stock ranch before coming here. He was a Civil war veteran, having served with Sherman and Grant. He left no known survivors. Funeral services were held at the Bartmess chapel Saturday afternoon. Rev. S.H. Kimball, pastor of the Odell Christian church, officiating. Interment followed at Idlewilde cemetery.