Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Nelson, N. J. June 24, 1849 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 10, 2006, 4:05 am

Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

N. J. NELSON, grain merchant, Morris, was born in Skaanevig, Norway, on June 
24, 1849. In the summer of 1858, his parents emigrated to Canada, and in the 
same year came to Grundy County, Ill., and settled on the farm on which they 
lived for seven years, during which time, our subject received a common school 
education. In 1869, he came to Morris, where he worked at clerical work and 
bookkeeping until 1872, when he and O. J. NELSON, purchased the stock of UNDUM 
& Co., Liberty street, where they conducted business until the fall of 1875, 
when they closed out. Since 1875, he and his brother O. J. have engaged in the 
grain trade. They have an elevator on Canal street, and, in connection with 
Mr. M. N. HULL, have an elevator near the railroad depot. In October, 1879, 
Mr. NELSON was married to Miss Linda OSMAN, of Grundy County, Ill. She was 
born December 2, 1856, and died in Morris January 9, 1881. Joseph NELSON, 
father of N. J. NELSON, was born in Norway in 1815, and died in Kendall 
County, Ill., July 22, 1879. Anne NELSON, the mother was born in Norway in 
1822, and is now living in Kendall County, on the old homestead. Besides N. 
J., there are six children, two older and four younger than himself.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/nelson100nbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/

File size: 2.0 Kb