Mercer County PA Archives Obituaries.....Nelson, Mrs. Isabel December 1887
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  Advance Argus   12/22/1887
  Mrs. Isabel Nelson   Advance Argus   12/22/1887
  
  Mrs. Isabel Nelson, widow of the late James Nelson, of West Salem township,
  died at 1 1/2 o'clock on Sabbath, morning last, 77 years, 11 months and 21 
  days.  Mrs. Nelson was a daughter of James McCullough, an early settler on a
  tract of land through which the Meadville road runs, some three miles northeast 
  of this place, and here Mrs. Nelson was born.  She was married to James Nelson 
  in 1830, and took up her, residence on the Nelson farms, one mile west of where 
  she was born and where she continued to reside until her death, a period of 
  about 57 years.  James Nelson, her husband, died about a quarter of a century 
  ago.  Mrs. Nelson leaves seven living children, viz: Mrs. W. G. W. Porter, Mrs. 
  S. J. Groover, Mrs. W. H. McBroom, Mrs. R. C. McMichael, and John Q., James and 
  Samuel Nelson.  She leaves 48 grandchildren, living and dead and two great 
  grandchildren, She was buried at our Cemetery on Monday, a large concourse of 
  surviving relatives and friends following  her to the graven. She was a member 
  of the U. P. church of this place for a long series of years before her 
  death.  "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
  death of His saints." 
  
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