Evans and Nelson ReunionFamily and friends are all invited to attend the annual Nelson
Reunion for the descendants
of Jave and Ellen Evans Nelson on August 6, 2005, at the Farmers Grove Baptist Church
fellowship hall in the Blockhouse Valley area of Anderson County, TN, beginning
at 11:00 A. M. Bring food for a covered dish lunch at noon. There will be fun
and games for the kids after lunch and music to be enjoyed by the adults. There
will be the usual displays of family histories, pictures and other memorabilia,
so bring anything you want to display. Jave and Ellen were married in Anderson
County in 1877. They lived on Black Oak Ridge where the water tanks in Oak Ridge
now set. Their children included David, Henry, Catherine Nelson Tadlock, Frank,
Tom, Cynthia Nelson Wilson, Page, Taylor, Sam, and Clara Nelson Yerkes. Ellen was
the daughter of Thomas J. and Permelia York Evans who moved to Tennessee from Knox
County, Kentucky in the 1870's. Jave is thought to have been a direct descendant
of Joseph Anderson for whom Anderson County is named. For more information, contact
Carolyn Nelson Johnson at <mamawcarolyn(a)peoplepc.com>.