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Nelson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Thomas_H_Nelson.jpg/220px-Thomas_H_Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Thomas_H_Nelson.jpg/330px-Thomas_H_Nelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Thomas_H_Nelson.jpg/440px-Thomas_H_Nelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="644" data-file-height="926" /></a><figcaption>Hon. Thomas H. Nelson, circa 1894.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Thomas Henry Nelson</b> (October 24, 1821 – March 14, 1896)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> diplomat and politician from <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson was born in <a href="/wiki/Minerva,_Kentucky" title="Minerva, Kentucky">Minerva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky" title="Mason County, Kentucky">Mason County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> to Dr. Thomas W. Nelson and Frances Doniphan Nelson. On Dec 11, 1843 in Aberdeen, Ohio, Thomas married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Key, the daughter of Marshall Key and Harriet Sellman Key. She was a student of <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe" title="Harriet Beecher Stowe">Harriet Beecher Stowe</a>. </p><p>The Nelsons moved to <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Indiana" title="Rockville, Indiana">Rockville, Indiana</a>, where he set up a law practice. A few years later, the couple moved to <a href="/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana" title="Terre Haute, Indiana">Terre Haute, Indiana</a>. In 1852 he was on the Board of Commissioners for the construction of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Springfield_and_Terre_Haute_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Springfield and Terre Haute Railroad (page does not exist)">Springfield and Terre Haute Railroad</a>. During the 1850s, he was tasked with organizing the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> in Indiana. In 1860, he unsuccessfully ran for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>. He was appointed U.S. Envoy to <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> in 1861 by <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>. On December 8, 1863, he organized rescue operations during the catastrophic <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Company_Fire" title="Church of the Company Fire">Church of the Company Fire</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a> and was called "a true hero of Chile" for doing so. </p><p>He was made U.S. Envoy to <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> from 1869 to 1873 by <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>. 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Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Yale_Beach" title="Moses Yale Beach">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_L._Thompson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilbert L. Thompson (page does not exist)">G. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Shannon" title="Wilson Shannon">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Slidell" title="John Slidell">Slidell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Conner_(naval_officer)" title="David Conner (naval officer)">Conner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Clifford" title="Nathan Clifford">Clifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Letcher" title="Robert P. Letcher">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Greenhow" title="Robert Greenhow">Greenhow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_G._Goss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George G. Goss (page does not exist)">Goss</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_W._Slacum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George W. 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