(Ref: 1860 Washington Co. VA Census) son of Andrew Lee Nelson, born 1828 and his wife, Frances B. Crosswhite, born 1828, North Carolina, d/o Robert Crosswhite and Anna Stultz. Walter was one of six known children born in this family and was 32 at the time of his marriage to Caldonia
Laura Caldonia Nelson died of birth complications thirteen days after the birth of her son, Charles Bryan Nelson. buried Nelson Cemetery Washington Co. VA,
Charles Nelson, son of Charles Bryan Nelson shared information on the Nelson Family