Frank Nelson

As printed in 1916

FRANK NELSON.

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['rank Nelson was educated in the public schools of his native land and was reared on his father's farm. When he was old enough be engaged in farming, and in 1869 came to America on a steamship. Upon his arrival in the United States, be settled first at Litchfield, Minnesota, where F01.1 time be worked on a railroad. Frank was the first member of the Nelson family who came to America. In 1871 be removed to Otter Tail county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 29. of

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Clitherall township. The farm was heavily timbered at the time Mr. Nelson purchased it. and it was necessary to clear this land before crops could be raised, hi the meantime he erected a log house, which has since been destroyed. For about twenty years after coming to America. Mr. Nelson was engaged in clearing and improving his land, and his farm is now in good condition, and he has occupied it ever since his removal to this county. He is a general farmer and stockman, and has been most successful in his operations.

In 1875 Frank Nelson was married to Annie Peterson, who died in [886, leaving four children: Leonard, who is a clerk in a hardware store in Clitherall; Joseph, a farmer living in Dakota: Oscar, who lives at home, works on neighboring farms; Emily, who died in 1905.

In [887 Mr. Nelson was married to Hannah Peterson, and to this union have been born eight children: Agnes, the wife of Richard L. Gilles; George, who is a telegraph operator at Black River Falls, Wisconsin; while five children. Eddie, Harry, Arthur, Esther and Ernest, are living at home with their parents. John, another child, died in infancy.

Mr. Nelson has always voted the Republican ticket since coming to the United States. He and his family are earnest and devoted members of the Swedish Lutheran church of Eagle Lake township, and take an active interest in religious affairs, and contribute liberally to the support the church.

As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.