Elijah NELSON & Lucinda STAPLES

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Elijah NELSON
Lucinda STAPLES

Husband: Elijah [H. or K.] NELSON
Birth: 1812/3, IN
Occupation: farmer
Father: Mr. NELSON
Mother possibly: Rachael __?__, b. 1793/4, KY

Marriage: 6 Oct 1833, Jefferson Co., MO

Wife: Lucinda STAPLES
Birth: 1814/5, Jefferson Co., MO
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Charles STAPLES
Mother: Elleanor / Ellender / Ellen "Nellie" ROBERTSON

Children — born in Valle Twp., Jefferson Co., MO:

1. Charles W. NELSON, b. 1834/5
2. John L. NELSON, b. 1836/7
3. William J. NELSON, b. 1838/9
4. Mary J. NELSON, b. 1846/7
5. Eleanor / Ellen NELSON, b. Jan 1850

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri

Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Elijah NELSON
Spouse: Lucinda STAPLES
Marriage: 06 Oct 1833, Jefferson, Missouri
Source: Marriage Records, 1825-1951. Jefferson County (Missouri). Recorder of Deeds

Lucinda STAPLES
Birth: 22 Jan 1815, Jefferson, Missouri
Father: Charles STAPLES; Mother: Elleanor 'Nellis' ROBERTSON
Source: patron submission

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 5; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 MO Jefferson Co. Valle Twp. Roll 224 pp. 115 Ln. 11 E K Nelson 210 010 - 000 010 [second page missing]

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = William (b. 1838/9)
= John (b. 1836/7)

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Charles (b. 1834/5)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Elijah (b. 1812/3)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Lucinda (b. 1814/5)

3. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #149 OF 153): District No. 42, Jefferson Co., MO, Roll, p. 481A, 1090/1090, enumerated 2 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Lucinda Nelson 35 F Mo

Elijah H Nelson 37 M Farmer Ind

Charles W   " 15 M Mo

John L      " 13 M Mo

William J   " 11 M Mo

Mary J      " 3 F Mo

Ellen       " 4/12 F Mo

Francis J Staples 6 F Mo

Ellen Ballew 56 F Ky

There's a line from Lucinda to Elijah appearing to suggest she should have been listed after him. I don't know who Francis J. STAPLES is.

4. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 27): Hillsboro P.O., Central Twp., Jefferson Co., MO, Roll M653_626, p. 527, PN 11, 73/75, enumerated 21 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Chas W Nelson 25 M Farmer 1200 100 Mo

Rachael   " 67 F Do Ky

Mary Ann " 28 F Mo

Wm J      " 21 M Do "

Mary J    " 13 F "

Elleanor 10 F "

I'll wager Rachael NELSON is Charles's maternal grandmother. Mary Ann might be Charles's wife, but

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