Burial record in the sexton's ledger book shows: a child of Lafayet NELSON was stillborn in Georgia and was buried 27 FEB 1888 in the Old Cemetery section as a resident of Columbus, Georgia (so probably born/died there). The sexton was Abraham ODOM.
This grave is evidently not identifiably marked, and its location within the Old Cemetery section is not presently known.
A. E. Sholes' 1878 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, p. 182:
NELSON, Julia, Miss, resides in the Northern Liberties.
NELSON, Lafayette, works at the Steam Mill, resides on Oglethorpe St. [now First Avenue] in the Northern Liberties
NELSON, Patience (widow of Noel), resides on Oglethorpe St. in the Northern Liberties
[Patience MORRELL was 2nd wife of Noel NELSON, LaFayette's uncle. Daughter of Noel & Patience: Nancy (NELSON) HEARN]
Interstate Directory Company's 1884 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, p. 162:
NELSON, Lafayette, watchman for City Mills, resides in the Northern Liberties
NELSON, Miss Patience, resides with Lafayette NELSON
R. L. Polk and Company's 1888 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, p. 276:
NELSON, LaFayette, miller with City Mills, resides at same.
Father may be the man in one or both of the following marriage records:
La Fayette NELSON married 23 DEC 1879 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Bettie BROADNAX.
La Fayette NELSON married 29 JUN 1881 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Ganie SMITH.
Burial record in the sexton's ledger book shows: a child of Lafayet NELSON was stillborn in Georgia and was buried 27 FEB 1888 in the Old Cemetery section as a resident of Columbus, Georgia (so probably born/died there). The sexton was Abraham ODOM.
This grave is evidently not identifiably marked, and its location within the Old Cemetery section is not presently known.
A. E. Sholes' 1878 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, p. 182:
NELSON, Julia, Miss, resides in the Northern Liberties.
NELSON, Lafayette, works at the Steam Mill, resides on Oglethorpe St. [now First Avenue] in the Northern Liberties
NELSON, Patience (widow of Noel), resides on Oglethorpe St. in the Northern Liberties
[Patience MORRELL was 2nd wife of Noel NELSON, LaFayette's uncle. Daughter of Noel & Patience: Nancy (NELSON) HEARN]
Interstate Directory Company's 1884 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, p. 162:
NELSON, Lafayette, watchman for City Mills, resides in the Northern Liberties
NELSON, Miss Patience, resides with Lafayette NELSON
R. L. Polk and Company's 1888 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, p. 276:
NELSON, LaFayette, miller with City Mills, resides at same.
Father may be the man in one or both of the following marriage records:
La Fayette NELSON married 23 DEC 1879 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Bettie BROADNAX.
La Fayette NELSON married 29 JUN 1881 in Muscogee County, Georgia, to Ganie SMITH.
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