In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. A few names of people born after 1905 are withheld for privacy. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
IVER NELSON (1876) is the owner and manager of a 209-acre farm on section 2, Lucas township. He has made his home on that farm thirty-six years, having moved there with his parents when two and one-half years of age. He has made a success of farming and stock raising and is one of the influential men of his precinct.
His parents were pioneers of Minnesota and of Lyon county. Iver Nelson, the father, was born in Norway, came to America in 1845, and shortly afterward enlisted in the army and fought in the war with Mexico. He served five years in the army and during the late forties was stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Later Mr. Nelson was a resident of Wisconsin and later still of Fillmore county, Minnesota. He located in Yellow Medicine county in an early day, and in the spring of 1876 he came with his family to Lyon county, purchased a homestead right to the farm now conducted by his son in Lucas township, and resided there until his death in 1895 at the age of eighty years. Aase (Frygne) Nelson, our subject's mother, was also born in Norway; she died in Lyon county in 1889.
Besides our subject there are six other children in the Nelson family, as follows: Nicholas, of Ada, Minnesota; Thomas, of Williams county, North Dakota; Henry, of Lucas township; Martha (Mrs. Thomas Joel), of Canada; Anna (Mrs. Erick Roti), of Vallers township; and Caroline (Mrs. John Prestegaard), of Yellow Medicine county.
Iver Nelson of this review was born in Yellow Medicine county October 2, 1873. He was brought with the family to Lyon county in 1876 and has ever since lived on the farm in Lucas township. He attended the district school until eighteen years of age and then took a one-term course in Willmar Seminary. He worked for his father until he attained his majority and in the fall of 1894 assumed control of the farm, of which he later became the owner.
For a number of years Mr. Nelson was a member of the Lucas Township Board of Supervisors, part of the time being chairman, has been township treasurer the past three years, has been clerk of school district No. 19 for the past twelve years, and was road overseer one year. He is a member of Silo Norwegian Lutheran Church of Cottonwood. Iver Nelson was married in Yellow Medicine county December 1, 1897, to Mary Cole. His wife is a native of Columbia county, Wisconsin, and was born January 9, 1872. Her parents, Lars and Johanna (Dahl) Cole, were pioneer settlers of Yellow Medicine county. The father still lives in that county, at the age of seventy-eight years; the mother died in 1893.
Six children have been born to Iver Nelson and his wife, their names and dates of births being as follows: Lloyd Ingren, born November 13, 1898; Arthur Joseph (deceased), born November 10, 1900; Herbert Ray, born November 24, 1902; Wilbur Vernand, born June 2, 1905; [name withheld], born November 10, 1907; [name withheld], born February 23, 1910.
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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