Wordless Wednesday - Carlotta Nelson Fairchild's Mother

Source:  Digital Photo Collection
Privately Owned by J. Tracy

Grave Marker of Carlotta's Mother
Nelson Plot, Hillcrest Cemetery
Goodman, Mississippi

Christiana Fredrikka Nelson, Wife of W. R. Nelson
Born at Lovenholm Castle in Denmark on October 30, 1833
Died in Holmes County, Mississippi on January 25, 1917

Tombstone Tuesday - Christianna Frederikka Nelson

Located among many old graves in the Goodman Cemetery, Goodman (Holmes County) Mississippi, is the grave of Christiana Frederikka Nelson. According to her grave stone, Christiana was the wife of W. R. Nelson and is buried near her husband, who was also born in Denmark, within the wrought iron fence that surrounds the Nelson family plot. The inscription on Mrs. Nelson's grave stone states that she was born on October 30, 1833 in Levenholm Castle, Ronden, Denmark, and she died on January 25, 1917.

Source: Digital Photo Collection, privately owned by Janice Tracy