Joseph Nelson Civil War Pension Application[wright.FTW]
[Copy of Nelson.FTW]
In 1900 in Bordentown, Rebecca's father and her sister Mary and brother Joe were all living with Rebecca & Charles in the 2nd Ward. In 1905 Just her father was there.
Her birth certificate calls her Rebecca T. Nelson. Family tradition has it that her middle name was Thompson, named for the doctor. However, the doctor who signed her birth certificate was Lewis Jamison. Her marriage certificate calls her Rebecca Thompson Nelson.
