Bio of Nelson, Oliver (b.1835) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Nelson, Oliver, came to Wabasha county in 1854, and was probably the first
settler in Highland township. He was born in Norway January 27, 1835. His
parents were Nels and Anna (Oliverson) Olson; Oliver, according to the
custom of his native country, taking the given name of his father and
appending thereto the suffix "son" for his surname. He was fifteen when he
came with his parents to America. The family first settled near Madison,
Wisconsin, and remained two years. In 1852 removed to Decorah, Iowa,
coming from there to Wabasha county in 1854. The subject of this sketch
was married to Isabella Hulgerson in 1856. She died October 28, 1868, and
two years thereafter he again married, this time to Mary Ann Halverson,
also a native of Norway. Mr. Nelson is the father of a numerous family; of
those born to the first wife only three survive, namely, Nicholas, Mary
Christina and Anton C.; of the second marriage there are living, John
Henry, Albert, Otis, Joseph, Alfred and Cyrus. In 1855 Mr. Nelson
pre-empted the farm on which he now resides, one hundred and sixty acres
on section 32, to which he has added, by purchase, forty acres. The first
year of his sojourn in Wabasha county he went to mill twice, to Decorah,
Iowa, a distance of one hundred miles, and the nearest neighbors were ten
or twelve miles distant. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Methodist church
and votes the republican ticket.
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