Eighth Generation

26. Nelson CALKINS was born on 19 September 1825 in New York.^{3,4,7,9,12,13,20,21} (His gravestone lists his birth date as 19 Sep 1825. In the 1860 Census he was listed as age 29, indicating a year of birth of about 1831; in 1870, he was 38, indicating about 1832. The 1860 Census listed his birth place as Pennsylvania.)

(The Registration of Marriages listed his parents as Jesse and Marilla Calkins and his birth place as Pennsylvania.) He lived at his home in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI about 1860.^12,21 At the time of his marriage, his occupation was "Carpenter and Joiner." He appeared in the census in 1860 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² Nelson served in the military about 1864.^22,23 He was pictured with the Civil War Veterans of Tomah, WI, in 1890. He served in Company D, 32nd Infantry. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ About 1879 he was a farmer in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ Nelson appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ He died on 29 December 1893 at the age of 68 in Monroe County, WI.^13,17 (His gravestone lists his date of death as 18 Dec 1893.) He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,23 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Nelson CALKINS and Elisa J. RAYNER were married on 3 June 1860 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^7,12,21,24 Elisa J. RAYNER, daughter of George RAYNER and Laura UNKNOWN (RAYNER), was born about 1843 in New York.^9,12,20 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² She appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰

Nelson CALKINS and Elisa J. RAYNER had the following children: