Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Nelson, F. E. 1855 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

F. E. NELSON.

    Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising city of
Lowell than F. E. Nelson, the president of the Lowell National Bank. His success
in all his undertakings has been so marked that his methods are of interest to
the commercial world. He has based his business principles and actions upon
strict adherence to the rules which govern industry, economy, and strict,
unswerving integrity. His enterprise and progressive spirit have made him a
typical American in every sense of the word, and he well deserves mention in
history. What he is to-day he has made himself, for he began in the world with
nothing but his own energy and willing hands to aid him. By constant exertion,
associated with good judgment, he has raised himself to the prominent position
which he now holds, having the friendship of many and the respect of all who
know him.

    Mr. Nelson is a native son of Lake county, his birth having occurred in West
Creek township, February 4, 1855. His father, Truman Nelson, was born in Oswego
county, New York, came to Lake county, Indiana, in 1850, and after about six
years' residence here was called to his final rest, his death occurring in 1856.
His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sena French, was a native of Ohio and died
in Lake county, Indiana, in 1879. They were the parents of seven children, two
daughters and five sons, of whom F. E. Nelson was the sixth child and fifth son.

    Reared in his native township, Mr. Nelson acquired his education in the
common schools and in Valparaiso, where he studied for two years. He also
engaged in teaching, first having charge of a school when eighteen years of age.
He continued in educational work until twenty-five years of age, spending two
years as principal of the schools of Lowell. He was very capable in his work in
the schoolroom, being an excellent disciplinarian and at the same time having
the ability to impart clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had
acquired. When twenty-five years of age he began farming in the southwestern
part of West Creek township, where he remained for eleven years. On the
expiration of that period he removed to Lowell and was chosen cashier of the
State Bank in 1893, filling that position in an acceptable manner until 1900,
when the institution became the State National Bank of Lowell. He was retained
as cashier until 1903, when he resigned his position, and in May of the same
year joined other prominent business men in the organization of the Lowell
National Bank, of which he was chosen president. He has since remained at the
head of this institution, which is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars.
The other officers are George B. Bailey, vice president, and P. A. Berg,
cashier, and the directors are Frank E. Nelson, George B. Bailey, C. E. Nichols,
George M. Death and Henry Suprise. In addition to his financial interests Mr.
Nelson has farming property in West Creek township, Lake county, and in Monroe
county, Indiana.

    In 1879 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Nelson and Miss Emeline Foster, a
daughter of Liman and Lucy Foster, early settlers of West Creek township, where
Mrs. Nelson was born and reared. Six children graced this union, two sons and
four daughters, namely, Raymond L., Bernice S., Ned E., Julia F., Emily and
Marion, all of whom are natives of Lake county, Indiana.

    Mr. Nelson has been a life-long Republican and for five years served as
trustee of West Creek township. He is a member of Colfax Lodge, F. & A. M., also
of Lowell Lodge No. 300, K. of P., and is true and loyal to the teachings of
these fraternities. He has been an important factor in educational and financial
circles in Lake county, and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are
embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and
industry that never flags.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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