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Submitted: 3/17/11 • Approved: 3/21/11 • Last Updated: 7/29/12 • R492155-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company F Freeman's Regiment 8 Missouri cavalry
Civil War Confederate
August 24, 1844--August 18, 1896
Born Monroe County, Georgia.
Died August 18, 1896, Izard County, Arkansas.
Son of James W. & Adaline A. Goggans Nelms.
Married Mary A. Gibson.
(Note: CSA service data was derived from Arkansas Confeferate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications:
Nelms, G. C.
24432 Nelms, Mary A.
CO F Reg 8 Div MO-C
date 63-64
Vet applied -----
Wid applied 8/13/15 County Izard
Vet dec. --/--/1895)
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 3/17/11 by maxparnell
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