Bio of WIFF, Nelson A. (b.1871), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 538-541
NELSON A. WIFF
Nelson A. Wiff, president of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company of
Hopkins, was born in Pierce county, Wisconsin, on the llth of April, 1871, a son
of John C. and Anna (Hovde) Wiff. They were early settlers of Wisconsin and the
father engaged in farming there for many years. To their union two sons and one
daughter were born, Nelson A. being the second in order of birth.
In the acquirement of his education Nelson A. Wiff attended the public schools
of Pierce county and subsequently enrolled in a business college. After putting
his textbooks aside he made his initial step into the business world as an
employe of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, an association he
maintained until 1894. In that year he entered the employ of the Minneapolis
Threshing Machine Company in the capacity of general agent. His close
application to the thing at hand, innate ability and laudable ambition won him
constant promotion and from general agent he became house manager, in 1909 was
made sales manager, in 1912, vice president, and in 1920 became president of the
company. He is well fitted to discharge the duties of this office, for he has
worked in every department of the concern, is familiar with the kind of business
handled in each department, and gives every department his personal supervision.
Aside from the Minneapolis
Threshing Machine Company Mr. Wiff is prominent in financial circles, being a
director in the First National Bank of Minneapolis.
On the 6th of September, 1899, in Wisconsin, was celebrated the marriage of
Nelson A. Wiff to Miss Emma Guiser, a daughter of Louis and Sarah (Carter)
Guiser, pioneers of New York and later of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Wiff have one
son, John L., who is ten years of age. Mrs. Wiff is a woman of much culture and
refinement and she is active in the club and social circles of this city.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Wiff has followed an independent course in
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office,
without regard to party principles. Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason and
a noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Minneapolis Club, the
Automobile Club and the Minneapolis Manufacturers Club. He is a Methodist in
religious faith, belonging to Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. For
recreation Mr. Wiff turns to the great outdoors and is particularly fond of
fishing.