

  <p>Nelson, Margaret Jane Benson</p>
  <p>Passed: 1942-11-27</p>
  <p>Age: 75</p>


  <p>Source: Ravenswood News</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1942-12-03</p>
  <p>Information: MRS. MARGARET NELSON 75 YEARS OLD,PASSES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS - Mrs. Margaret Jane Nelson, 75 years old, died Friday, Nov. 27, following a brief illness, and funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home on Trace Fork.  The Rev. W. N. Fowler of Sandyville officiated.  Burial, in charge of Lawrence Ford, was in the old Baptist cemetery near Hemlock.  A daughter of Hampton and Myrtle Benson, Mrs. Nelson was born May 29, 1869.  She had been a faithful member of the Church of Christ for a number of years.  Her husband, James N. Nelson, survives.  Other survivors follow:  Mrs. Laura Hendershot of Ravenswood, a daughter by a former marriage; six stepchildren, Nina Nelson of Jefferson, Ill., Clarence of Gay, Charles of Clinton, Ohio, Enos of Cheshire, Ohio, and Homer and John of Sandyville; two brothers and four sisters, Thomas and Irvin Benson of Ravenswood, Lola Golden of Liverpool, Laura Rector of Ravenswood, Anna Golden of Sandyville and Rosa Kerns of Sandyville; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and 10 step-grandchildren.  Two brothers, William and Joseph, and a sister, Cassie Benson, preceded her in death.  A daughter, Nellie Mae Byers, also is deceased.</p>


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