Horace Aloysius Nelson (February 16, 1878 – 1962)[1] was an Penobscot political leader and the father of dancer and actress Molly Spotted Elk.
He attended Old Town High School and, at age 22, was the second Penobscot to graduate (after baseball player Louis Sockalexis).
[1] In addition to trapping, fishing, and gathering sweet-grass for his wife, Philomene Saulis Nelson (1888–1977), to make baskets from,[4][5] which were standard tasks for Penobscot men, Nelson also contributed to the family household by keeping a vegetable garden and he had a variety of paid jobs such as ferry master to Indian Island, surveyor, security guard, and laborer working for a shipbuilder and a railroad company.
Music was his hobby and he occasionally played for the Penobscot Indian Band and encouraged his children to play music.
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