Background
Nelson, William Hamilton was born on April 6, 1878 in New Orleans. Son of Henry and Mary (Castleraegh-Casserley) Nelson.
Nelson, William Hamilton was born on April 6, 1878 in New Orleans. Son of Henry and Mary (Castleraegh-Casserley) Nelson.
Student Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana (now at Shreveport), Doctor of Divinity, 1922. Student Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, University of Chicago.
Marian; married second, Geraldine Mary Guill, June 26, 1916. Children—William Hamilton, Fitzgerald C., Hollis Mary. Ordained minister Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1902.
Pastor successively San Antonio, Palacios, Portuguese Lavaca, Cuero, Angleton and Houston, Texas, Santa Rosa, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Chico and Yuba City, California until 1918.
Editor Pacific Methodist Advocate, San Francisco, 1918-1934. Western correspondent The Christian Advocate, Nashville, 1934-1938.
Also pastor Southern Methodist Church, Woodland, California.
Member Ecumenical Conference Methodism, London, 1920.
Married Emma Vandenbark, 1904 (died 1913). Married second, Geraldine Mary Guill, June 26, 1916. Children: William Hamilton, Fitzgerald C., Hollis Mary.