About Henry Clay Nelson
Lived 1835 – 1893 (aged 57). Henry Clay Nelson was an American surgeon.
Henry Clay Nelson (May 30, 1835 – March 10, 1893) was a surgeon in the United States Navy during and after the American Civil War.
Nelson was born on May 30, 1835, in Frederick County, now Carroll County, Maryland, likely in the vicinity of Warfieldsburg, to Miranda Nelson (née Pearre) and Burgess Nelson. He entered the Navy as an Assistant Surgeon in 1861, in 1864 he was promoted to the rank of Surgeon, and in 1879 to Medical Inspector. In 1877 he served as a Fleet Surgeon of the Pacific Squadron and for several years had been Assistant Surgeon General. On March 22, 1877, he married Adelaide Margaretta Nelson (née Thompson), with whom he had a son Francis.
Nelson retired on April 24, 1884, due to ill health and died at the age of 57 on March 10, 1893, in Concord, New Hampshire.
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United States Navy surgeon
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Henry Clay Nelson was born on 30 May 1835 in Frederick County.
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Henry Clay Nelson died on 10 March 1893 in Concord.
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Henry Clay Nelson was a surgeon.
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