Close-up of the engraving on the Nelson monument:

SOCRATES NELSON

BORN JAN. 11, 1814

DIED MAY 6, 1867

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BETSEY D. NELSON (wife of Socrates)

BORN SEP. 6, 1813

DIED OCT. 8, 1885

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ELLA A. NELSON (daughter of Socrates & Betsey)

BORN OCT. 22, 1848

DIED OCT. 28, 1849