Charles Erastus Nelson

1904 - 1969  (64 years)

• Name	Charles Erastus Nelson
  Born	17 Jun 1904	Montgomery, Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Feb 1969	Wofford Heights, Kern County, California, USA   [1]
  	Kern River Valley Cemetery
  Died	25 Feb 1969	Onyx, Kern, California, USA
  	Age at Death: 64
  Person ID	I9931	Reynolds Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	James Fielding Nelson,   b. 2 Jan 1878, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1918, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Ellen Reynolds,   b. 28 Nov 1883, Conway, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1978, Benton, Saline, Arkansas, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	7 Oct 1900	Montgomery, Arkansas, USA
  Family ID	F3588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Helen Virginia Taub,   b. 7 Aug 1914, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 2001, Kern County, California, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Living Nelson  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F3582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Bessie Inez Rawls,   b. 1913, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA ,   d. 23 Dec 1993, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Judith Ann Nelson,   b. 30 Dec 1933, Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 2012, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F3583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Living Billingley
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F3584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Charles Erastus Nelson
  		Nelson, Charles E

  
  

• Notes

  The oldest child of James Fielding and Sarah Ellen Reynolds Nelson. His father died when he was just a teenager and he worked in the lumber mills in AR and eventually went to Boulder City, NV to work for Six Companies [the builders of Hoover Dam] as a mechanic and taught himself to become a machinist. He also hauled a lot of rock up and down the mountains as did his brothers who came to work with him. He was given the nickname "Stoney" for an auto crash (I was told) he had one time. He married 3 times and had four children. First marriage was to Della Billingley, Second to Bessie Inez Rawls [they had a daughter, Judith Ann]. Third marriage to Helen Ware. He never returned to Arkansas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S509] Charles Erastus Nelson Headstone.