Samuel Nelson (November 10 1792 – December 13 1873) was an American attorney and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.Born in Hebron New York Nelson attended Middlebury College in Vermont in 1813 and read law to be licensed to practice law in 1817. He entered private practice in Cortland New York in 1817. Nelson married Pamela Woods in 1819. In 1825 after Pamela’s death he married Catharine Ann Russell. He had two children from his first marriage and six from his second.
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birth date
1792-11-10
birth place
Hebron New York
death date
1873-12-13
death place
Cooperstown New York
LCCN Id
n88070891
order in office
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
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