THIRD GENERATION

26. Alfred Glenn Nelson was born on 13 Feb 1865 in Travis County, Texas. He appeared on the census on 6 Jun 1900 in JP #4, Travis County, Texas.⁽¹²⁸⁾ He appeared on the census on 28 Apr 1910 in Bull Creek, JP #4, Travis County, Texas.⁽¹²⁹⁾ He appeared on the census on 25 Feb 1920 in JP #4, N. of H. & T. C. Railway, Bastrop County, Texas.⁽¹³⁰⁾ He appeared on the census on 14 Apr 1930 in JP #4, Bastrop County, Texas. ⁽¹³¹⁾ He died on 12 Dec 1950 in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas. ⁽¹³²⁾ He was buried in Elgin Cemetery, Elgin, Travis County, Texas.⁽¹³³⁾

Elgin Newspaper, December 7, 1950:

A. G. NELSON BURIED HERE SUNDAY

Mr. Algred Glenn Nelson, 83, Georgetown, died Saturday in a Taylor hospital and the body rested in the Condra Funeral Home that city, from which place preliminary services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. with the Rev. R. C. Calvert officiating. The cortege then came to Elgin and services were concluded at the graveside in Elgin Cemetery.

Mr. Nelson had resided in Georgetown some eleven years and prior to moving there had lived in Elgin for thirty years. He was a native of Travis County, Texas.

Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Johns of Georgetown and Mrs. W. H. Nixon, of Kennedy.

He was married to Ida Mary Johns (daughter of Hosea Johns and Mary Ann Hays) on 2 Apr 1899 in Travis County, Texas.⁽¹³⁴⁾ Ida Mary Johns was born on 21 Sep 1869 in Travis County, Texas. She died on 23 Aug 1938 in Bastrop County, Texas.⁽¹³⁵⁾ She was buried in Elgin Cemetery, Elgin, Travis County, Texas. ⁽¹³⁶⁾


From the Elgin, Texas, Newspaper, August 25, 1938:


MRS. MARY IDA NELSON PASSES ON FOLLOWING EXTENDED ILLNESS

Mrs. Mary Ida Nelson, wife of A. G. Nelson, passed on at 11:45 o'clock Tuesday night, August 23rd, 1938, at the family home near Elgin, following an extended illness. Mrs. Nelson had been in failing health some two and a half years but had been an up and down patient until the past several months when she was bedfast. Her death was attributed to the effects of paralysis.

Funeral services were held today, Thursday, August 25, at 2:00 p.m. from Elgin Methodist Church with the Rev. A. A. Carter, Methodist pastor, officiating. Favorite hymns were sung by the choir with Mrs. J. B. Posey playing the accompaniment; the processional and recessional.

Interment was in Elgin cemetery.

Mrs. Nelson, the daughter Hosea and Mary Ann Johns, was born September 21, 1869, in Travis county, Texas, near Austin, where she was reared and in May,1898, was married to Mr. A. G. Nelson. They established their home in Bastrop County, near Elgin, where Mr. Nelson has engaged in farming and both made scores of friends. They had no children of their own but lavished the love of parents on a nephew who made his home with them and in turn revered them and will mourn her going as the loss of an own mother. When illness laid Mrs. Nelson low this fine young man left a position in Chicago, where he had been for many years, and came "home" to attend her bedside. His attentions and faithfulness to her have been so devotedly and cheerfully given they have been an inspiration to friends who have gone into the home to lend a helping hand.

Mrs. Nelson was of the Elgin Methodist church and a Christian who bore her cross bravely and patiently. She was appreciative of the visits and kindly assistance rendered her by members of the Methodist Missionary Society who were her leaning staff in her last months, giving her courage and faith.

Surviving other than the husband are two brothers, G. W. Johns, Georgetown, Texas and W. H. Johns, Duncan, Oklahoma and one nephew, Forrest Warren, of Elgin.