Olivia Ellen Newsom

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parents:  Samuel D Newsom and Malvina Spease 

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Birth:  06 Jan 1864  NC
Death:  06 Nov 1932  Elnora, Daviess, IN
Burial:  Fairview Cemetery, near Elnora, Daviess Co, IN

Marriage #1

John Alfred Nail

22 Aug 1885  Daviess Co, IN (B. Meredith, J.P.)

Children

Everett Nail 02 May 1888
Holly Evelyn Nail 05 Jan 1891
John Nail 13 Oct 1893
James Nail 20 Apr 1895
Eli Thomas Nail 23 Oct 1897
David Henry Nail 12 Jan 1900
unknown Nail born and died 1885-1900
unknown Nail born and died 1885-1900
George W Nail 27 Mar 1902
Mary Elizabeth Nail 19 Feb 1904
unknown Nail born and died 1900-1910
unknown Nail born and died 1900-1910 

children of John Alfred Nail and Olivia Ellen (Wolf) Nail

 

Sources
1870 Federal census Eel Twp, Greene Co, IN - age 6 (view census information)
1880 Federal census Vigo Twp, Knox Co, IN - age 16 (view census information)
1900 Federal census Elmore, Daviess, IN - age 36 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Elmore, Daviess, IN - age 47 (view census information)
1920 Federal census Elmore, Daviess, IN - age 59 (view census information)
1930 Federal census Elmore, Daviess, IN - age 69 (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI and WWII Civilian Draft Database; Social Security Death Index; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
GenGathering.com Volunteers for CA death records; obituaries
National Archives, Washington D.C. Service and pension records of Pleasant Henry Bowman;
Service and pension records of John N and Olivia Nail
Martin County Courthouse, Shoals, IN Marriage records (personally viewed and transcribed or copied)
Daviess County Courthouse, Washington, IN Marriage records (personally viewed and copied or transcribed)
Carnegie Library, Washington, IN Greene County, IN marriage records (personally viewed and copied)
Daviess County Health Department, Washington, IN Death records (personally viewed and transcribed)
Social Security Death Index Online death records
Vigo County, IN Online records: Death, obituaries, marriages
Volunteer Cynthia Frederick, Vincennes, IN Obituaries
Odon Journal, Odon, IN Obituaries
Random Acts of Kindness Vigo Co, IN volunteer Mark Neice Obituaries
Volunteer John Monk, St Joseph Co, IN Tombstone photos: Daniel and Carolina Meehan
Find a Grave volunteer Linda Hillis Stites Tombstone photos - Concord Cemetery, Daviess Co, IN
Find a Grave volunteer Susan Tombstone photos - Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Lyons, Greene, IN
Find a Grave volunteers Ed Starling and Wabash Valley Geneaolgy Society Cemetery Committee Tombstone and cemetery photos: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN
Old Elnora Cemetery, Elnora, IN Personally viewed and photographed tombstones
Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, IN Personally viewed and photographed tombstones
Fairview Cemetery, near Elnora, IN Personally viewed and photographed tombstones
Family records Records and photos belonging to Darlene (Cummins) Hunley
Family records Records and photos belonging to Rachel (Nail) Steele
Family records Records and photos belonging to Deanna Ramirez
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

Miscellaneous Information

1) We have a copy of John and Olivia's marriage license

2) Parents of Olivia: Olivia Ellen Newsom - Samuel D Newsom (born C. 1826 NC) and Malvina Spease (born c. 1830 NC; daughter of Solomon Spease (11 Nov 1808-31 Dec 1886) and Rebecca Wolff (07 Apr 1810 - 18 Mar 1881); Solomon and Rebecca buried Nazareth Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rural Hall, Forsyth, NC - tombstone photos).

3) We have three documents regarding land purchased by Olivia Nail in Daviess Co, IN.  All are dated September, 1907 - shortly after Olivia's husband John died.

4) We have a letter that was written to Olivia from her sister Mary E Newson.  It was dated 23 September, 1929, Smackover, Arkansas and is postmarked 01 Dec 1929.

5) We have obituaries and death certificate for Olivia; cause of death: jaundice, carcinoma of liver.

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Rachel (Nail) Steele for the personal photos - 
from the collection of Darlene (Cummins) Hunley

Olivia Ellen Newsom
(this is a tintype photo)

unknown date

back: Emma ____, ____ (son of Lodia), ____ (daughter of Lodia)
front: Martha Speas, Olivia Newsom, Loretta Speas, ____ (husband of Lodia), Lodia ____

unknown date (back of photo shown below)

back of photo shown above - information written by Olivia (Newsom) Nail

John and Olivia Ellen (Newsom) Nail with their children 
(all children are not positively identified at this time, but we believe they are:
unknown on Olivia's lap, Holly Evelyn, unknown on John's lap, and Everett)

c. 1897 - 1899

Olivia Nail, her daughter Mary and son David

1910

Olivia Nail and her daughter Mary

unknown date

photo taken by Valerie Boman

Olivia Ellen (Newsom) Nail

Fairview Cemetery
near Elnora, Daviess Co, Indiana

photo taken by Valerie Boman


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