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ALEXANDER A. NELSON was born in 1818, in Virginia, and in 1827, with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Nelson, removed to Kentucky. His parents then settled near Maysville, where they remained about ten years, removing thence to McCracken County, in 1837. They engaged in farming near Old Wilmington, where the family remained until 1855, and where Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson died in 1854. The family then located in Marshall County, where it has been long and favorably known, and where Thomas Nelson died in 1863. Alexander A. Nelson is the eldest of a family of six children, but two of whom are now living. He was first married in 1840, in Litchfield, Ky., to Miss Elizabeth Goldsberry, who died in 1854, in McCracken County, leaving two children: Elizabeth and Martin V., the latter now of Louisville, Ky. After the death of his wife, Mr. Nelson removed to Marshall County, where for many years he was intimately identified with the public interests of that county. He served the people of the county for ten years as jailer; six years as sheriff, and three years as master commissioner, resigning the latter office after he removed to Paducah, in 1882. He was twice married in Marshall County, first to Miss Minerva Warner, who bore him six children, viz.: Mary, Thomas, David, Minerva, Nelson and an infant that died unnamed. His present wife, to whom he was married in 1863, was Lucinda N. Cutchens. Their union has resulted in the birth of six children, as follows: Sallie, Irene, Minnie, Jack, Leroy and an unnamed infant Mr. Nelson is now one of the substantial business men of Paducah, located on the corner of Locust and Clark Streets, and doing an extensive business in groceries and provisions, besides keeping a wagon-yard and feed stable.