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Note: (Research):Nelly was living in the home of her sister and brother-in-law according to the 1880 U.S. Census for Washington, D.C. Apparently she was introduced to her future husband by her brother-in-law as both he and Nelly's future husband worked in the War Department.
Her niece Marion (Wilson) Rau said she was "married to the government." She also sang the National Anthem in Washington, D.C. for some special occasion. She was supposed to have been very "prim and proper." Marion also remembers that Nelly was from Washington state, this is consistent with the last known mailing address for her brother, Henry C. Stinson but not for Ellen.
She received a Widows Pension for her husbands services in the Civil War.
LITTLE SUNAPEE AND " THE OLD HOMESTEAD."
In the steady march of improvement it is safe to predict that within the next decade a score of cottages will be built along the densely wooded shores of Little Sunapee lake, several sites in this beautitul location having already been secured by prospective cottage builders. To George W. Hodges of Chicago, son-in-law of Albert R. Hunting [488], belongs the distinction of being the pioneer cottager, his cosy home amid the whispering pines on the northeasterly shore of the lake having been occupied by his family for several summers. The cottage built by Asa Ray [375] is now owned by his grandson, Ernest Porter, who during the spring of 1898 trans- formed the time-worn dwelling into a comfortable and tasteful residence for the summer season. Last, but by no means least among the summer homes, comes "The Old Home- stead" on Colby hill, owned by Mrs. James B. Royce of Washington [348] , great-granddaughter of its original owner, Greene French [245]. With Mrs. Royce it has been a labor of love to rehabilitate and beautify the ancestral home where her childhood days were passed, and it is creditable to her good taste that the improvements thus far made only intensify the distinctive characteristics of this old-time mansion. Source: p. 663, A HISTORY OF THE Town of New London, MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1779-1899, CONCORD, N. H. : THE RUMFORD PRESS, 1899, By Myra B. Lord.
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