Horatio Nelson

29 Sep 1758 - 21 Oct 1805
Horatio (Horace) Nelson (1758-1805) was born 29 Sep. 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England. He was the son of Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling. He married Frances Herbert Woolward on 11 Mar. 1787 in Saint John Figtree, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis. He died 21 Oct. 1805 in Cádiz, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. He was one of the eminent men for whom Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple ordinance work in Aug. 1877.

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