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HISTORICAL SKKTCHES OF HARRISON COUNTY
Capt. John Nelson
Was born in Denmark in	1820. At the	age	of 13 years
he	shipped as cabin	boy on a	vessel plying	the	seas out of
Kahlenbur.
After reaching	manhood	he settled on	the	Mississippi
Coast where he was	engaged as steerman on	steamers plying
between New Orleans and the Coast.
He then became Master of the Schooner ?Louisa? belonging to John Huddleston of what is now DeLisle. He finally became owner of the vessel and continued in the Coast-wise trade along the coast. In the 70?s he became a pilot at Ship Island Pass and was instrumental in organizing the Ship Island Pilot Association.
He married Jane Elizabeth Marmion in 1851. There were born to this union 9 children: Ada, married Sam B. Nunn; Nellie, married John H. Lang; Kate, became Sister Borgia; Metta, became Sister Ursula; John P. and Loretto Nelson, Robert, Paul, and Agnes, who married J. C. Liversedge.
At this date Agnes, and Sister Ursula are the only one still living.
He died 1896 at the age of 76 and is burried in St. Paul?s Cemetery, Pass Christian, Mississippi.
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