• Born: 23 Jun 1820, Springfield MA
• Marriage (1): Sarah Jane Shepard about 1847 in Springfield MA
• Died: 24 Apr 1890

  General notes:

Watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1835 to Henry Pitkin in East Hartford CT ⁸
  

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Waltham MA, listed as a watchmaker.

• He was a partner in 1859-1862 with Belding Dart Bingham and Leonard White Noyes in Nashua NH as the NASHU WATCH COMPANY. When the enterprise failed, it was sold to the AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY.

Nelson married Sarah Jane Shepard, daughter of Chauncey Shepard and Lydia Dewey, about 1847 in Springfield MA. (Sarah Jane Shepard was born on 25 Nov 1826 in Springfield MA and died on 30 Dec 1888.)