Catherine
Nelson
Born in Milford, MA
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Henry Nelson
and Catherine (Parkhurst) Nelson
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
DeWitt Clinton Gleason
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jeannette Eliza (Gleason) Belmont
Died
at age 39
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2016
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Biography
Catherine was born in 1824. It appears her parents had an earlier child named Catherine (1815-1818), and Catherine was born six years later. She was the first wife of Dewitt Clinton Gleason. She passed away in 1864 and Dewitt married Hopestill Corbett several years later.
Sources
- "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WNW-L87 : 20 March 2015), Dewitt Clinton Gleason in entry for Jeannette Eliza Belmont, 19 Apr 1912; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,324,251. (shows mother as Catherine Nelson)
- History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881 by Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890, Published 1882
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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