Nelson Samuel Mercer

Nelson Samuel Mercer
BornMay 23, 1874
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedOctober 17, 1963(1963-10-17) (aged 89)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Burial place
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
SpouseAnna Mary Mulholland (–1963; his death)
RelativesSamuel David Mercer (father)
Sam Mercer (son)
Mark Mercer (grandson)

Nelson Samuel Mercer (May 23, 1874 – October 17, 1963) was a noted American physician from Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

Early life

Mercer was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1874 to Dr. Samuel David Mercer and Elizabeth Covert Hulst.[1] He was one of their six known children, alongside George, Emma, Carrie, Mary and Robert.[1][2] Emma and Robert died in infancy; Carrie drowned, in her early 30s, in 1911, having fallen overboard from the SS Minneapolis. She had been suffering from suicidal mania. Nelson was also a passenger.[3]

When Nelson was 11, his father had built what is now known as the Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House.[4]

Mercer graduated from Yale Medical College.[5]

Personal life

Mercer married Anna Mary Mulholland, with whom he had three known children: Margaret, Nancy and Samuel.[6][7]

He lived in London, England, for a period of the early 20th century.[8]

Portraits of Mercer, his wife and his father, the work of J. Laurie Wallace, are in the possession of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[9]

Death

At the time of his death, in 1963, Mercer, then aged 89.[6] He had been living at his father's former home, at 3920 Cuming Street, which by that point had been converted into the Mercer Apartments.[6]

He was interred in Omaha's Forest Lawn Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b The Nebraska State Medical Journal. Nebraska State Medical Association. 1927. p. 168.
  2. ^ Wakeley, Arthur Cooper (1917). Omaha: The Gate City, and Douglas County, Nebraska. S.J. Clarke publishing Company.
  3. ^ "MISS MERCER WAS ILL.; Young Woman Lost from Steamship Had Something Akin to Suicidal Mania". The New York Times. 1911-09-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
  4. ^ by, Written (2025-02-20). "Dr. Samuel Mercer's Walnut Hill Mansion". Omaha Exploration. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
  5. ^ Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112105618687 and Others. 1894. p. 345.
  6. ^ a b c Omaha World-Herald, October 18, 1963, p. 54
  7. ^ "Sam Mercer - Omaha Magazine". omahamagazine.com. 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
  8. ^ The Nebraska State Medical Journal. Nebraska State Medical Association. 1927. p. 120.
  9. ^ "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-05.

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