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Born 1877
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
CHRIS NELSON (1908), proprietor of the Garvin meat market, was born in Denmark December 29, 1877. In the old country he worked at the brick mason's and butcher's trades and in 1901 came to America. He settled in Redwood county and for two or three years worked as a farm laborer and in a livery stable at Milroy.
Mr. Nelson went to Lake Shetek in 1905 and for the next three years worked in a hotel. He located in Garvin in 1908 and for several years worked as a mason and butcher. He bought the meat market in March, 1911. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and the M. W. A. lodge.
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Mr. Nelson was married at Tracy September 13, 1911, to Emma M. Nelson. She was born in Lyon county and is the daughter of one of the early settlers, Thomas Nelson, who lives near Garvin.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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