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Born 1858
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
NELS HANSON (1891), Heron Lalce township farmer, was born in Sweden July 3, 1858, the eldest of a family of four children born to Jens and Elna (Nelson) Hanson, now deceased.
Until 1882, at the age of twenty-four years, Nels lived in his native land. He began working out at the age of ten years and followed several occupations. He came to the United States in 1882, lived one year in Connecticut, one year in Livingston county, Illinois, and seven years in Ford county, Illinois, during which time he worked as a farm hand and as an employe of tile factories. Mr. Hanson came to Jackson county in 1K91. He farmer a rented place in Heron Lake township two years, and then moved onto his own "farm, the west half of the southeast quarter of section 26, which he had bought before coming to the county. He has resided upon that farm ever since. In addition to the eighty acres he owns he farms rented land.
Mr. Hanson was married in Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 1887, to Matilda Bjork, who was born on March 28, 1803. The following four children have been born to this union: Ernest, a graduate of the Globe Business college of St. Paul, now a resident of St. Paul; Ledia (Mrs. Frank Palmer), of Lakefield; Annie, a high school student; Harry, residing at home. Mr. Hanson is a member of the A. 0. U. W. lodge.
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.
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