Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Ekbom, Nels 1849 - 
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      NELS EKBOM is one of the prominent farmers of Swede Grove township. He was
born in Sweden on the 16th of December, 1849, and came to the United States in 1857,
with his parents, Anna and Andrew Ekbom. They settled in Carver county, Minn., where
Nels worked part of the time for his father, and the balance of the time for other
farmers. In 1865 they came to Meeker county, and from Nels Swanson they rented a
farm, on which the village of Litchfield is now located. A year later they removed
to Swede Grove township, and took a homestead on section 34, where Nels has since
lived. He has been industrious, and the results prove that he is an excellent
manager, as he has accumulated a fine property. He now has 120 acres of land, with
fine buildings located on the edge of a beautiful grove. lie has a goodly lot of
stock, and all the necessary farm machinery.

   Mr. Ekbom was married on the 16th of July, 1870, to Miss Betsev Nelson, a
daughter of Nels and Ellen Peterson, and the couple have had the following children—
Anna (deceased), born July 5, 1871, died September 15, 1871; Oscar, born July 22,
1873; Eugene, born August 15, 1875; Ellmer, born November 3, 1878; Anna, born May 8,
1882; and Joseph, born October 8, 1883. Mrs. Ekbom’s father is dead and her mother
is living in Sweden. Mr. Ekbom’s mother is dead, and his father resides with a
brother, Simon. Nels Ekbom and wife are members of the Baptist Church, in which he
is a deacon. Mr. Ekbom is a prohibitionist in political matters, and takes an active
interest in township matters. He has held various local offices, including those of
side-super-visor and road overseer.

   Mr. Ekbom is a man of the strictest integrity, and is held in high esteem by all.
He has been superintendent of the Sunday school for over fifteen years.


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


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