Jack County, TX - Obituaries - H.H. Nelson ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, April 5, 1923 Antioch and Newport H.H. Nelson, who had been a resident of Antioch community since 1883, died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R.M. Cowley, at Newport. Mr. Nelson was born in Pulaski County, Missouri, 25 February 1842, from whence he came to Texas, stopping in Cook County in 1877, where he resided until he moved to Jack County in 1883, settling five miles west of Newport where he lived until the death of his wife some two years ago, after which he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. R.M. Cowley of Newport, where he died. Survived by five children Ð four daughters and one son. Mrs. R.M. Cowley of Newport; Mrs. John Reynolds of Post Oak; Mrs. Winfield Scott of Bowie; Mrs. Sam McDaniel of Tahoka; Mr. Spencer Nelson of Anadarko, Oklahoma. Funeral took place at Post Oak with Rev. S.A. Waldrop conducting the service.