Early Life
Nelle was of Scots-English ancestry, the oldest of seven children born to Mary Ann (née Elsey) and Thomas Wilson. She met Jack Reagan in a farm town along the Illinois prairie. The two were married in Fulton, Illinois in November 1904. They had two children: Neil "Moon" Reagan and Ronald Wilson Reagan. After the birth of her second son, Nelle was told not to have any more children. The Reagan family moved from Tampico to many small Illinois towns, and Chicago, depending on Jack's employment.
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