George William Nelson (1884-1953)

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George William Nelson was the son of Hattie Mullen (1866-1943) and William Winder Nelson (1860-1914). He was born in Triadelphia, West Virginia, and married Elizabeth Idabelle Gay (1890-1951),  daughter of Robert Gay and Anna Miller, in 1912 in Columbus, Ohio. He died in 1951 in Mansfield, Ohio and is buried in Mansfield Cemetery with his wife.

George was a draftsman who helped design Mansfield Senior High School.

George and Elizabeth Idabelle had 3 children.

Doris Marie Nelson was born in 1912 in Columbus, Ohio, and died in 1958 in Mansfield, Ohio. She married Martin John Bayer (1913-1998), son of Martin Bayer and Anna Merschdorf, in Covington, Kentucky. Doris Nelson and Martin Bayer had Charlene Marie Bayer (1936-2003), James Leroy Bayer (1940-    ) and Kathy Ann Bayer (White) (1955-    ).

Wilma Jean Nelson was born in 1913 in Columbus, Ohio. She married Eldred Brinner and they had George Briner. Her second marriage was to William Stiverson and they had William Stiverson and Steven Stiverson. Her third marriage was to Lloyd McCready.

George William Nelson, Jr. was born in 1916 but died in an auto accident in 1935.