Harley Clayton Nelson was born on August 25, 1902 in Georgia. He was the son of John Dennis Nelson and Minnie Marie (maiden name unknown).
Harley was raised living and working on a farm in Clinch County,
Georgia.
Harley married Dezzie Angie English on January 31, 1924 in
Escambia County, Florida. He was 21
years old and she was 16 years. Dezzie
was born on March 25, 1908 in
Alabama, the daughter of Joseph English and Jessie Elizabeth Ard.
Harley and Dezzie were the parents of at least eight children:
Leroy Nelson born 1926
Doyle Nelson born
1930
Elizabeth Nelson born
1934
Florence Nelson born
1935
George Nelson born
1937
Bobby Nelson born
1940
Katie M. Nelson born
1943
Clayton Harley Nelson born
May 27, 1944
In 1930, Harley and Dezzie were renting a place near Wright Avenue
in De Funiak Springs, Escambia County, Florida.
At that time, Harley was employed as a salesman at a “retail fruit
store.”
By 1934, Harley and Dezzie had moved their family to 1242 Oak Hill
Drive in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida.
In 1940, Harley and Dezzie and their children were living at 1913
Gonzales Street in the rural area of Escambia County, Florida.
Harley Clayton Nelson died on June 15, 1974 in Escambia County,
Florida. He was buried in the Pensacola
Memorial Gardens in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. Harley was 71 years
old at his death.
Dezzie Angie English Nelson died on March 5, 1980 in Escambia
County, Florida. She was laid to rest
beside her husband in the Pensacola Memorial Gardens in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Florida. Dezzie was just a few
weeks shy of 72 years old at her death.
Notes for Harley Clayton Nelson
Birth &
Death: “Harley Clayton Nelson,” Ancestry.com. Florida
Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US
Census: “Harley Nelson,” Year: 1910;
Census Place: Militia District 970, Clinch, Georgia; Roll: T624_176;
Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL
microfilm: 1374189. Ancestry.com. 1910
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1920 US
Census: “Harley Nelson,” Year: 1920;
Census Place: Muscogee, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T625_220;
Page: 9A; Enumeration District:42; Image: 447. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Marriage: "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW9T-52H
: accessed 14 May 2015), Harley Nelson and Daisy English, 31 Jan 1922; citing
Escambia County, Florida; FHL microfilm 941,007.
1930 US
Census: “Harley C Nelson,” Year: 1930;
Census Place: De Funiak Springs, Walton, Florida; Roll: 335;
Page: 10B; Enumeration District:0022; Image: 752.0;
FHL microfilm: 2340070. Ancestry.com. 1930
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
City
Directories 1934, 1936, 1938: “Harley C Nelson,” Ancestry.com. U.S.
City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Florida
Census 1935, 1945: “H C Nelson,” Ancestry.com. Florida,
State Census, 1867-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
1940 US
Census: “Haley Nelson,” Year: 1940;
Census Place: Escambia, Florida; Roll: T627_585;
Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 17-7. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
Burial: “Harley C Nelson,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
Accessed 13 May 2015
Notes for Dezzie Angie English
Birth &
Death: “Dezzie Nelson,” Ancestry.com. Florida
Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US
Census: “Dezzie English,” Year: 1910;
Census Place: Bay Minette, Baldwin, Alabama; Roll: T624_1;
Page: 16B; Enumeration District:0005; FHL microfilm: 1374014
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Burial: “Dezzie Nelson,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
Accessed 13 May 2015
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