Nelson - La Due Cemetery - South Wayne, WI
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member RJ McKenzie
N 42° 32.744 W 088° 50.878
16T E 348268 N 4712026
This was the only zinc headstone we found in this cemetery today.
Waymark Code: WMD118
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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A lone zinc headstone among granite headstones in La Due cemetery.
Date of birth (optional): 05/22/1817

Date of death (optional): 03/19/1898

Headstone text (optional):
JAMES HERVEY NELSON, BORN MAY 22, 1817, DIED MARCH 19, 1898 I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE IN THY LIKENESS. SARAH ORELUP, WIFE OF J. H. NELSON, DIED DEC. 23, 1893, AGED 68 YEARS BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD FROM HENCEFORTH LYDIA PALMEIRA, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF MARY C. BELSON, & GEORGE B. NIND, BORN JAN. 12, 1894, DIED SPET. 2, 1905, "WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER." MARY CLARISSA, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF JAMES H. & SARAH NELSON, BORN JAN. 17, 1862, MARRIED TO GEORGE B. NIND, JULY 15, 1887, DIED DEC. 26, 1897 "WHOSOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE FROM MY SAKE AND THE GOSPEL'S THE SAME SHALL SAVE IT.'


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