Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....March, Nelson J. 1828 - 
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     NELSON J. MARCH is a native of Ackworth, Sullivan county, N. H., and was born
in 1828. He is a son of George and Hannah (Nelson) March, the former of whom was
born in Londonderry, N. H., and the latter in Georgetown, Mass. They were married in
1808 and a year later settled in Ackworth, where they spent the balance of their
days, Mr. March dying about the first of the year 1832, and his widow in 1850.

   Nelson J. remained at home with his parents until he was about sixteen years of
age, at which time he went to Boston, where he spent some six years. From there he
removed to New York city, where he made his home until 1852, in which year he
emigrated to Illinois, where he was in the employ of a railroad company, and had his
headquarters in the cities of Springfield and Bloomington. In August, 1855, with a
view to the betterment of his financial condition, he came to Minnesota, and
followed the trade of carpenter at St. Paul. In the summer of 1861, and through the
following fall and winter, the subject of our sketch was engaged in recruiting men
to fill various Minnesota regiments, at the front and in the process of
organization, and continued in this employment until July, 1862, when he was
appointed deputy provost marshal of the second district, and served in that capacity
until released from duty in July, 1865. Mr. March then engaged in the market
gardening business on some seven acres of ground in St. Paul, and remained in that
city until 1867, when, having purchased a tract of 160 acres of wild land in the
town of Cedar Mills, this county, he came here and broke a part of it, and got it
ready for seeding. In the fall he returned to St.Paul, where he spent part of the
winter in getting ready for removal. In January, 1868, Mr. March moved his household
goods and belongings to this farm where he made his home until 1874, when having
been elected to the office of sheriff of the county he removed to Litchfield, on
taking up the duties of that position. He was reelected at the expiration of his
term of office, and served, in all, four years, in a very satisfactory manner. About
1876, our subject disposed of his farm in Cedar Mills, but shortly after invested in
240 acres on section 30 of the same town, which he owned until 1885. In 1880,
however, he took up a tree claim in Spink county, Dak., and bought lots in the
village of Mellette. In 1885 he purchased 80 acres on section 1, Litchfield
township, which he now cultivates. In 1862 Mr. March married Miss Mary J. Morrison,
who was born in Bradford, N. H., in 1842, and is the daughter of Moses and Mary
(Cressey) Morrison, representatives of two of the oldest families of the “Old
Granite State.” Her parents settled at St. Anthony, Minn., in 1855, but a year later
removed to St. Cloud, where Mr. March and Miss Morrison were married. By this
marriage there have been born five children—Frank M., born October 22, 1863; Nelson
D., born February 26, 1866; George K, July 26, 1868; Charles H., October 20, 1870;
and Mary N., July 1, 1874. Mr. March is a member of the city council of Litchfield,
and of Frank Daggett Post, No. 35, G. A. R., and of the Masonic fraternity, having
joined the latter order in St. Paul, in 1857.

   Mr. March has been a prominent and active public man wherever he has lived. In
the spring of 1858 he was appointed assessor of the third ward in the city of St.
Paul; in the spring of 1859 was appointed market master for one year by the common
council of St. Paul; in June, 1862, was appointed enrolling agent of Dakota county,
Minn., by Governor Ramsey. These positions all came to him unsolicited, as was also
the case with his appointment as provost marshal. Mr. March was engaged at
“enrolling” in Dakota county when he first learned of the Indian outbreak.


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


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