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Nelson, David's bio information
Tuesday, December 9, 1794 - Thursday, October 17, 1844
Born: September 24, 1793, near Jonesboro, Tennessee.
Died: October 17, 1844, near Quincy, Illinois.
Buried: Oakland Cemetery, near Quincy, Illinois.
Nelson graduated from Washington College, Virginia, in 1819, and earned his medical degree in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1812. During the War of 1812 he served as a surgeon in a regiment from Kentucky, but in 1823, he gave up medicine for the ministry. He was ordained in 1825 at Rogersville, Tennessee. He pastored in Danville, Kentucky and Marion County, Missouri, and held several posts. He also founded two manual labor colleges, one at Greenfields, Marion County, Missouri; and the other near Quincy, Illinois (where he had moved due to opposition to his anti-slavery views). He eventually became president of Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Quincy.
Died: October 17, 1844, near Quincy, Illinois.
Buried: Oakland Cemetery, near Quincy, Illinois.
Nelson graduated from Washington College, Virginia, in 1819, and earned his medical degree in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1812. During the War of 1812 he served as a surgeon in a regiment from Kentucky, but in 1823, he gave up medicine for the ministry. He was ordained in 1825 at Rogersville, Tennessee. He pastored in Danville, Kentucky and Marion County, Missouri, and held several posts. He also founded two manual labor colleges, one at Greenfields, Marion County, Missouri; and the other near Quincy, Illinois (where he had moved due to opposition to his anti-slavery views). He eventually became president of Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Quincy.
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - More Of Jesus (TTBB) (uploaded on Sep 18, 2023)
- # 2 - Jesus Is All The World To Me (TTBB) (uploaded on Sep 02, 2023)
- # 3 - The Nail-Scarred Hand (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 31, 2023)
- # 4 - I Shall See Him By And By (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 23, 2023)
- # 5 - Pass Me Not (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 22, 2023)
- # 6 - By And By (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 16, 2023)
- # 7 - The Great Physician (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 15, 2023)
- # 8 - Peace, Peace Is Mine (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 14, 2023)
- # 9 - Only A Little While 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 13, 2023)
- #10 - Bless Me Now (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 11, 2023)