Nelson Wilkins born 02 July 1841 - , Knox, Ohio Nelson Wilkins served in the Third Ohio Regular Volunteer Calvary, Company G - Enlisted Sept 7, 1861 (at the age of 20) served under Leonard Adams, Captain. His rank was a Private, and his allegiance was to the Union; Grand Army of the Republic. He was discharged Aug 14, 1865 He married Harriett Crockett (a descendent of Davy Crockett) 11 Feb 1866. She died in 1875 and he remarried three more times during his lifetime. He passed away 07 June 1917, from a short illness, at his home in Scranton, Osage, Kansas. He was buried with honors by the Grand Army of the Republic, in Burlingame Cemetery, Burlingame, (Scranton area) Kansas. The lineage for our family is as such: Nelson Wilkins and Harriett Crockett (Wilkins) Daughter: Ida Wilkins (Mc Dowell) Daughter: Agnes M. Mc Dowell (Brendel) Daughter: Thelma E Brendel (Rodgers) Daughter,me: Kathleen E Rodgers(Selinsky)