Jeff Nelson Stories

True stories from one of America's great fortunes — and beyond.

My family helped build the country. The Armours ran what was once the largest company in the world. My grandparents lived in a quieter, more controlled version of that wealth, and I grew up between worlds — close enough to see how it worked, far enough to see what it cost.

I'm Jeff Nelson. These are the stories I've been collecting my whole life. Some are from the family record. Some I watched happen. Some were told to me at dinner tables I wasn't supposed to remember.

The current series, House of Armour, traces the family from 1825 to today. New episodes regularly. If you like memoir, family history, and the kind of stories that don't quite make it into the public record, you're in the right place.