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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  HENRY NELSON, retired farmer and capitalist of Ellsworth, was a homesteader

in, and one of the early settlers of Grand Prairie township, having come to the

county in the spring of 1874.



  Mr. Nelson is a Norwegian by birth, having been born in Gran Hadeland Sept.

18, 1845, the son of Nels and Maran (Erickson) Nelson, both of whom died in

their native country. He came to the United States in 1867 and located in

Winneshiek county, Iowa, near the town of Decorah. There he lived two years, and

then moved to Lafayette county, Wis., which was his home until he came to Nobles

county. During his residence in Iowa and Wisconsin Mr. Nelson worked at

different occupations—on farms, in the pineries and at other pursuits.



  April 10, 1874, was the date of the arrival of Mr. Nelson to Nobles county. He

at once filed a homestead claim to the southeast quarter of section 22, Grand

Prairie, upon which he resided thirty-two years. At the time of settlement there

he erected a house, 14x18 feet, eight feet high, which at the time was one of

the most pretentious in the neighborhood. During the grasshopper days he lost

nearly every crop and suffered many hardships common to the lot of the settlers

of that date. In 1906 Mr. Nelson rented his farm to his sons and moved to the

village, where he now lives a retired life.



  Mr. Nelson was married in Grand Prairie township April 23, 1874, to Carrie

Larson, who was born in Norway and came to America in 1869. She is the daughter

of Lars Larson, deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have been born eight children,

all living.



  In the early days Mr. Nelson served several terms on the Grand Prairie

township board and was on the school board of his district there for many years.

He is now a member of the Ellsworth board of education.



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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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