Isaac Nelson was born in Belfast, was educated there, and ordained in Comber, County Down. He moved back to Belfast where he wrote The Year of Delusion, an account of the Revival movement in Ulster in 1859. He served as Home Rule member of parliament for Mayo from 1880 to 1885, and died in Belfast. He was buried in Shankill Cemetery, Belfast.

Born:	1809
Died:	8 March 1888