Ancestry of
Kenny Rogers

Country Music Singer

Wiley B. Nelson

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Kenny Rogers — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 26 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT Aug 1841 
  • Birth Location:
  • Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Sep 1916 
  • Death Location:
  • Upshur County, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Piney Grove Cemetery, Piney Grove, Upshur, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Narcessa N. Scarbrough
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Oct 1860 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chattahoochee County, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Alice A. Nelson (Ahnentafel No:13 )

  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran

    Co. 40th Alabama Infantry

    Wiley B Nelson was present at the Siege of Vicksburg.

• Sources for Wiley B. Nelson

  • ¹ Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, Widow's pension for Mrs. N N Nelson, widow of Wiley B Nelson.
  • ² Federal Census, GA, Polk County, 1870, Image 152 of 188.
  • ³ Federal Census, TX, Wood County, 1900, Justice Precinct 4, E.D. 145, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 48.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/21/2020).
  • ⁵ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for daughter Mrs Alice Ellis.

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