Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-01
Death of Rev. Cleland Kinloch Nelson.
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THE Rev. DR.. Cleand Kinloch Nelson,
dean of the Convection oi Washington
of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
MARYLAND, died Thursday morning OF On
internal ailmentat "Belyoir, near Sher-
wood station. Northern Central railway,
the residence of his son, John Nj. Mel
son. Dr. Nelson had been in delicate
health for six months and recently be-
came much worse, SO that his
death was not unexpected. lie was
one of the widest known Episcopal
clercvmen in the diocese, was an init
mate friend OF Bishop Paret, and always
took prominent part in the councils
of his Church. He came of an old
Virginia family, and was born at BEL
voir." the homestead Of theI Nelson's, IN
Albemarle county, IN 1914. His grand
father, Thomas Nelson, Of Yorktown,
was one of the early Governors OF Nir-
pinia. and DR.. Nelson's father, Thomas
Hugh Nelson, was one of the Speakers
of the Virginia House of Delegates, was
a presidential elector in 1909, represent
| ed Virginia in Congress from 1871 unit!
| 1898, and after the expiration of his last
term was appointed Minister to Spain
by President James Monroe. DR.. Nell
son received his early education IN Nir-
GINA and completed the secular part OF
it ct Dickinson College, Pennsyl-
vania. After his graduation he
studied theology ut the Episcopal
seminary near Alexandria, Va, where he
was ordained in 1888 by Bishop Meade.
His first charge was in Albemarle coun-
~, Va, which be resigned III order to
become rector of parish at Marlboro ,
Nd. He afterward became rector OF st.
Anne's parish, Annapolis. This he gave
up to accept the presidency OF st. Johns
College. Of Annapolis. lie held this
Office until the college was broken up by
the war, when he took charge OF the
parish OF All Hallows, on South river, IN
Anne Arundel county. After the reor-
eanization of the college, in 1857, he
again became its president, holding the
} Office for eight or ten years. He gave
. no active work for time, and then
! took charge of the Rockville
| Academy, at Rockville, Nd. He wa
0 compelled by i'll health to retire iron
this Office at tho end OF the last scholastic
8 year, which was last June. He left BIZ
D home at Rockville for visit 70 his sor
< at Belyoir," where his illness becam,
r SO serious that il resulted in his dealt
yesterday. He was an accomplished lin
guist, an able Latin and Greek scholar
and was well known outside OF NarylanC
and Virginia through his contribution
a 10 the periodicals OF the Church. All
his life an ardent churchman, h
was always ready to defend hi
4 Church and lis institutions. DR.
|. Nelson was twice married. His frs
: wife, whom he married in 1910, wa
0 Miss Mary A. Marbury, daughter O
2 John Marbury, of Georgetown, ID. {
: His second wife was Miss Mary Hagnei
u Of Washington, sister OF Judge an
a General Hagner, both OF that city. Sh
A survives him. DR.. Nelson leaves tw
o sons and two daughters. The sons ar
+ John M. Nelson. Of the banking firm {
o John A. Hambleton 4 Co., and Hug
d Nelson, o lawyer OF Washington. Mr.
y Holmes f. Offley. Of Georgetown. J.
q c., and Mira. Richard 8. Worthingtor
\ Of Fort Scott, Kan, are tho daughter
y The iatsxment viii Be IN AnnApola