Nelson DARNELL & Ms. __?_

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Nelson DARNELL
Ms. __?__

Husband: Nelson DARNELL
Birth: 20 Feb 1834, TN
Death: 8 Aug 1900, Carthage, Jasper Co., MO
Occupation: farmer

He is said to be John Nelson DARNELL, but I have found him only as Nelson.

Marriage:

Some say his wife was Mary ROGERS, some say she was Nancy ROGERS. The marriage records do not exactly clarify the situation (see Source 1 below), assuming either of the Grainger Co., TN, marriage records even refers to our subject. Without the 1860 census record, I'm not prepared to commit to the identity of his wife. If she is Nancy ROGERS, these are the vitals given for her by a secondary source:

Wife: Nancy ROGERS
Birth: 22 Jun 1837, TN
Death: May 1870, Carthage, Jasper Co., MO

If Nancy was Nelson's wife, it's highly unlikely she died in Carthage, given that he is in the 1870 census of Marion Co., MO, which is on the opposite side of the state.

Children — born in MO, possibly in Fabius Twp., Marion Co., MO:

1. Mary Elizabeth DARNELL, b. 23 May 1856
2. James DARNELL, b. 6 Aug 1859; d. 14 Oct 1863
3. Minerva Cardine DARNELL, b. 11 Sep 1859; d. 17 Nov 1859
4. William DARNELL, b. 8 Dec 1862; d. 1876
5. Melissa Esther DARNELL, b. 12 Aug 1864
6. Ellis DARNELL [male], b. 1865/6
7. John DARNELL, b. 20 Mar 1868; d. 7 Aug 1909

For an obvious reason, the birth years of James and Minerva can't both be correct.
Son, John, is said to be John Nelson DARNELL.

One secondary source shows "Ellis" as a female:

6. Laura Alice DARNELL, b. 8 Jul 1865; d. 29 Apr 1929, Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA; m. John Johnson KENNEDY (1862-1934)

That source shows her born 8 Jul 1865 in TN, but the 1900 census (of Allen Co., KS) shows her born July 1867 in MO. It seems improbable that the census enumerator erred twice, in both the 1870 and 1880 censuses, but I suppose it's possible.

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Sources (n.b., Allen Co., KS, is just a few counties away from Barton Co., MO, which is adjacent to Jasper Co.):

1. Byron Sistler & Barbara Sistler. 1987. Early East Tennessee Marriages, Vol. 1, Grooms. Byron Sistler & Assoc., Inc., Nashville, TN.

p. 89 Darnell, Nelson to Mary Young 8-14-1854 (11-8-1854) [Gr]
Darnell, Nelson to Nancy Rogers 9-27-1854 [Gr]

Gr = Grainger County

2. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find, and I really looked. He is definitely not the Nicholas DARNELL, with wife, Nancy, in Carroll Co., TN, as shown by some.

3. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 48): Palmyra P.O., Fabius Twp., Marion Co., MO, Roll M593_791, p. 461A, PN 1, 3/3, enumerated 24 June 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Darnell Nelson 36 M W farm laborer Tennessee

_______ Mary 13 F W Keeping house Missouri

_______ William 8 M W at home "

_______ Esther 6 F W " "

_______ Ellis 4 M W " "

_______ John 2 M W " "

4. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 31): Ninth Street, City of Humboldt, Allen Co., KS, Roll 372, p. 74A, PN 17, SD 1, ED 7, enumerated 7 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 13 24 25 26

147 164 Darniel Nelson W M 47 Father / Farmer TN TN TN

   "    Esther W F 15 Dau / MO " "

   "    Ellis W M 13 Son / " " "

   "    John W M 11 " / " " "

Esther's future husband is living in Barton Co., MO, which is just a few counties away.

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 41): 318 North Orner Street, Carthage City (Ward 2), Marion Twp., Jasper Co., MO, Roll 866, p. 73A, SN 13, SD 13, ED 59, enumerated 9 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

* 318 227 270 Darnell John Head W M Un Un U.S. Un Un H

*North Orner Street

I find no Nelson DARNELL (or variation) in Carthage, so this may be our subject.

7. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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