Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Xelima Jane Magill March 18, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Ellen Drolet MaryDrolet@comcast.net October 3, 2010, 2:39 am The (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Era, March 22, 1906, page 5, col. 3) Xelima Jane (Magill) Nelson Xelima Jane Magill was born in Berrien township, Berrien county, Mich., Jan. 9, 1858, and died at her home in Berrien Centre, March 18, 1906, aged 42 [sic] years, 2 months and 9 days. She was married to Henry Toney March 6, 1879. To this union two children were born, of which the son Ray H. Toney, is living. After the death of her husband in 1883 she was again married to Melvin J. Nelson, Feb. 3, 1891. For many years she had been a faithful member of the Free Will baptist church. She was a kind mother and an affectionate wife and was ever ready to lend assistance to the needy and afflicted. She leaves a husband, a sister (Mrs. L. H. Mitchell) and one son to mourn her loss. She was a patient sufferer and her death was that of the righteous. (Source: The (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Era, March 22, 1906, page 5, col. 3) Additional Comments: (Death Certificate, State of Michigan, rec. april 5, 1906, page 212 #3, Xelima Jane Nelson, died at Berrien Center, Berrien Co., March 18, 1906. White, Female, born Jan. 9 1858, age 48y 2m 9 d, in Michigan, father Ralph Magill born Ohio, mother Eliza Parker born Ohio. Married first at 21 years, 2 children, 1 now living. Occupation Housewife. Informant Melvin J. Nelson. Medical: Cause of Death Right Ovarian Dermoid Tumor with Uremic and Cardiac complications and rupture of tumor. Treated by W.A. Smith from Feb. to March 18. Burial at Union Cemetery March 20, 1906.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/berrien/obits/n/nelson9480nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb