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Major Jesse Nelson lot 16, Highland lot 141   Flora Louisa Nelson (1870-1871) Albert Stephen Nelson (1872-1872) Jesse Edwin Nelson (1875-1881)     Major (his given name) Jesse Nelson was born in 1841 in New Hampshire. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company D, of the 12 th New Hampshire Volunteers, a famous fighting regiment. He served from August 12, 1862 until June 21, 1865 and was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville among others. Nelson