Nelson died of colon cancer at age 68.
He was living in Kalamazoo County, Oshtemo Township, Michigan according to an 1860 census. He was 12
In an 1880 census, Nelson is living in Dublin, Boone, Nebraska with Tryphosa Shaw and baby Millie.
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