George E. Nelson

As printed in 1910

GEORGE E. NELSON (1876) is a member of the firm of Nelson Bros., clothing merchants and tailors of Heron Lake. He was born in Norway August 3, 1876, the son of Herman and Bertha (Olson) Nelson. Herman Nelson was a carpenter and cabinet maker and followed those occupations all his life. He emigrated to America and to Jackson county in 1876 and died in Heron Lake in 1882, at the age of 34 years. The mother of our subject lives in Heron Lake and is 61 years of age. They were the parents of four children, of whom Mrs. Gilbert Johnson died September 18, 1906, aged 34 years, and George, Hugbert and Julia are living.

George came to Jackson county when an infant and this has been his home ever since with the exception of a year and a half, in 1901 and 1902, when he was engaged in farming in Becker county, Minnesota. He was educated in the schools of Heron Lake. After his school days he worked on the farm until after his marriage in 1897. Then he engaged in farming on his own account on rented land. He bought the southwest quarter of section 24, Weimer township, in January. 1902, and has since added to his holdings by the purchase of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the same section. He engaged in farming until 1908. In February, 1909, he formed a partnership with his brother,' Hugbert Nelson, and embarked in the clothing and tailoring business in Heron Lake.

Mr. Nelson was married in Jackson April 29, 1897, to Jlinnie Seines, a native of Iowa

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As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.