(1842-October 26, 1904)

Colonel Edward Nelson died at his home in Norwood last Wednesday, aged 62 years. Mr. Nelson’s health has been very poor for a number of years, but he was confined to the bed only a week. He was a member of Luther Priest Post G.A.R., also an Odd Fellow, a Forester and a Rebecca. His funeral was held Sunday at 2 p.m. and the four organizations, and the Womens Relief Corps attended in a body. Mr. Nelson was elected town collector twice and several times collected the school and village tax. Mr. Nelson was highly respected and will be greatly missed. He leaves a wife and three children.

(From the Friday, November 4, 1904 edition of the Potsdam St. Lawrence Herald, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).

(Mr. Nelson served in Company D, 60th NY Volunteers, Civil War and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Norwood)