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Note: Notes for Nellie Florence Welsh: Nellie was born in Polk County, Missouri on J anuary 16, 1870, but spent most of her young life in Cedar Grove [WV]. Her fa ther, Daniel Webster Welsh, had been a Captain in the Union Army during the C ivil War. Hemay have met or seen Abraham Lincoln. He was among the troops pr esent atthe surrender of General Lee to General U.S. Grant at Appomattox Cou rt House, Virginia at the conclusion of the Civil War. When Nellie was marrie din 1890, Captain Welsh was Superintendent of the Wood County Farm. Nellie was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a good cook, gardener, and seamstress. She was quite literate and kept a daily diary almost all of h er life. In it, she recorded the weather, her daily duties, family illnesses, and special events in her life. Nellie's husband, T. M. Dickson, was an insu rance salesman, an amateur poet, a politician, and a certified lay speaker in his church. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- My mother, Ruby Dickson, was 19 yrs. old at the time of her mother's d eath. Therefore, I never knew my grandmother. When I asked an older cousin, B onnie Conley, what she remembers about Nellie Welsh Dickson, she related that she was a sweet, quiet person. Bonnie says that due to Nellie's poor health, for several years prior to her death she was accustomed to napping in the af ternoon. Bonnie remembers, "SometimesI'd lie down beside her on her bed and touch her cheek. I'd say, 'Grandma, your skin is so soft!' Even now, when I a m resting and touch my own cheek, I think of her." ======================== ==================== Following her death in 1930 at the age of 60, the followi ng resolution was made by the Women's Missionary Society of her church: Seve nth Street United Brethren Church Parkersburg, West Virginia E. Ray Cole, Min ister 2020 Seventeenth Street Phone 3258 RESOLUTION WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY of the Seventh Street United Brethren Church hold in sacred memory Mrs. T. M. Dickson, one of our charter members, who was cal led to her crowning glory April 12, 1930. Her interest and untiring, unselfis h devotion to the Society and to World Missions was a source of inspiration a nd blessing to our Society. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shad ow of death, I shall fear no evil; for Thou art with me. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the ho use of the Lord forever." [Signed] Mrs. Ep. A. Allen E. Ray Cole Committee [The above was mailed in an envelope postmarked Parkersburg, W. Va., Nov. 24, 1:30 pm, 1930 to T. M. Dickson 848 Maple Street City The postage stamp was f or 2 cents.] ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------ Published in the Parkersburg, WV newspaper on April 12, 1931, was this notice: IN MEMORIAM In memory of Mrs. T. M. Dickson, who died just one year ago today, April 12, 1930: Just one year ago today Our dear loved one passed away, To a bright and better clime, Where to be dwelling is subl ime. The parting of our loved one was very sad. But the time of greeting will make us glad, When we shall meet on the heavenly shore To be together again forever more. We miss her smile, we miss her song, And the days of her absenc e seem very long, But her home the dear Savior has gone to prepare. And if we are faithful, we will meet her up there. Signed: T. M. Dickson and Children 4-16 (Since T. M. was himself a poet, it is likely that the verses are orig inal from him.] Big Event in the Dickson Household Written on the back cover of Nellie Dickson's 1910 Diary are these important words: "July 9, 1910 We had a phone put in." Her notation for the day in
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