Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Danielson, Nils 
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NILS DANIELSON, deceased, was a respected citizen and an old settler in the western
part of the county. The township of Danielson was so named in honor of him. He came
to this country with his parents in 1855, and first settled in Rock county, Wis.
They moved from there to Meeker county, Minn., in 1857, in company with Kittel
Haraldson, Ole Amundson and Gilbert Zackson. They first settled in the town of
Acton, and, in 1863, Nils Danielson took his homestead on section 2, town of
Danielson, and was the first settler in the township, and the town was afterward
named in honor of him. Nils Danielson died in 1869. The widow and six children
survive him, all living in this county. There are four boys and two girls: the
eldest, Helen, is married to E. Evenson, of the town of Greenleaf: the next eldest,
Mary, is married to Ole K. Nelson, of the town of Danielson. Then comes D. N.
Danielson, who is mentioned elsewhere. The next eldest is Henry, who is married, and
lives in the town of Cedar Mills. The next is Hans, who is a single man, and lives
with Daniel. The youngest, Anthony, also single, lives on the old homestead with his
mother.

   As will be seen, the family were here at the time of the Indian outbreak. The
father took an active part in the whole of it; was one of the band who went on the
night of the 17th of August to Acton, where Jones, Baker and the others were
murdered. Nils Danielson started out in company with Andrew Olson, to their
respective farms, on the morning when Olson was shot by the Indians, and the two
wore only about fifty rods apart when Olson fell.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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