Greenbrier County, West Virginia         Biography of WILLIAM E. NELSON

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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 80-81

WILLIAM E. NELSON

Lewisburg has two banks and each does a thriving business. The Bank of 
Lewisburg and its cashier, William E. Nelson, have been nseparably connected 
for almost thirty years.
After his school course in the old Lewisburg Academy, in 1881, Mr. Nelson has 
been behind the counter practically ever since.  His business acquaintance 
first began as a clerk in the store.  In 1889 he was made teller in the Bank 
of Ronceverte. In 1891 he became bookkeeper in the Bank of Lewisburg. a 
p0-sition he held six years.  He was then elected to his present position of 
cashier and vice-president of the bank in 1897.
Mr. Nelson was bom on January 19, 1865, and was the son of Elizabeth Edgar 
and G. K. Nelson. His mother was born June 25, 1833, near Liberty, Va.  She 
was married to Mr. Nelson, who was born on February 15, 1828, near Union, W. 
Va.. on September 1, 1859. William E. Nelson was their onlv child.
Mr. Nelson, our subject. was married on January 29, 1890, to Susie J. Lipps, a 
daughter of John and Mary Lipps. They have four children: Mary Elizabeth, 
Susie Lynn, Margaret Edgar and Dorothy Ogan.
Mr. Nelson is actively engaged in church and civic life.