Nels Nelson

As printed in 1912

NELS NELSON (1886), of Coon Creek township, is a native of Jemtland, Sweden, where he was born December 31, 1858. He is a son of Nels and Mollin (Nelson) Erickson, the former being deceased and the latter residing in Sweden. Our subject received his schooling in the land of his birth, where he resided until twenty-eight years of age and then came to the United States. The first fifteen years of his life were spent in school, and from the age of fifteen until twenty-eight he worked out at farm labor.

In 1886 Mr. Nelson came to America, locating at Balaton, where he was employed for a year in a gravel pit. He then went to the northern part of Wisconsin, where he worked in a railroad camp four years. Then he returned to his old home in Sweden and remained a year. Returning again to America, he took up his residence in

Lyon county, buying the land in Coon Creek township upon which he still lives. He has a very fine home. In addition to general farming, he engaged in stock raising, such as Shorthorn cattle, Duroc-Jersey hogs and Langshang chickens. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges and has been treasurer of school district No. 92 five years. He is a stockholder of the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company.

In 1892 Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Katherine Lindstrom, a daughter of Henry Lindstrom. She was born in 1865 in Jemtland, Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are the parents of the following children: Nels, born August 23, 1892; Augusta, bom January 6, 1894; Oscar, born December 1, 1895; Ellen, born December 17, 1898; Mary, bom February 23, 1901; Eva, born March 9, 1903; Albert, born November 18, 1905. All the children except Augusta reside at home. Augusta is a member of the Royal Neighbors lodge, Nels of the M. W. A. lodge, and Mrs. Nelson is a member of the Degree of Honor.

Mr. Nelson owns 280 acres of fine land in Coon Creek township and is a successful farmer and stock raiser. He has two brothers and three sisters, as follows: Erick, of Pine county, Minnesota; Olaf, Mary, Ingeborg and Martha, all residing in Jemtland, Sweden. Mrs. Nelson has one sister, Mrs. Mathias Johnson, of Sweden.

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.