Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Nelson, John 1857 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  JOHN NELSON owns a farm on the west shore of Okabena lake, three miles from

Worthington. He has lived in Nobles county twenty-one years. Mr. Nelson was born

in Sweden Feb. 12, 1857, the son of Andrew Nelson, now of Worthington, and

Nellie Nelson, who died in Sweden in 1868.



  In his native country John Nelson secured his education and worked at farm

work until 1880. That year he came to America and on April 13 took up his

residence at Burlington, Iowa. There he took employment in the building

department of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, with which he was

connected seven years. On the thirteenth of April, 1887, Mr. Nelson came to

Nobles county and located on section 16, Elk township, where he bought 240 acres

of land and engaged in farming until 1900. Disposing of his Elk township

property at that time he bought the northeast quarter of section 28, Worthington

township, and has since made his home there. During his residence in Elk Mr.

Nelson served four years-as a township supervisor.



  Mr. Nelson was married in Elk township March 11, 1892, to Annie Anderson. To

them has been born one child, A. Ruht.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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