John A. Nelson    

JOHN A. NELSON, farmer, post-office Indian Run, was born on the farm where he now lives, August 26, 1839, and is a son of James Nelson, whose sketch appears elsewhere. Further mention of the Nelson family is made in the notice of Daniel Nelson, of Mercer, hence it is useless to repeat it here. Our subject was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood where he lives, and was brought up on the farm. He has always been at home, consequently he helped his father in the nursery business, and is engaged in the berry cultivation and general farming. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and is an intelligent, enterprising gentleman and a Republican.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.