Nelson was born in 1875. He was the son of Alkanah Carper and Mary Smith. He passed away in 1941.
Sources
United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TW-KK9 : 15 January 2022), N. Carper in household of A. W. Carper, Geary District, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFT-JZM : accessed 7 July 2023), Nelson Carpe?, Geary, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1696; FHL microfilm 1,375,709
United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMC7-FD5 : accessed 6 July 2023), Nelson Carper, Geary, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 8B, line 58, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2554; FHL microfilm 2,342,288
West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9WP-1S6 : 10 March 2018), Nelson J. Carper, 10 Jan 1941; citing Amma, Roane, West Virginia, County Records, y 1941, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 565,848.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson: