Bio of Nordine, John  (b.1852) Wabasha Co., MN
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Nordine, John (page 651), vice president of the Jewell Nursery Company of
Lake City, and one of the leading horticulturists of Wabasha county, was
born in Vermland, Sweden, July 22, 1852, son of John Pearson Nording and
his wife, Britta K. (Anderson) Nordine. His parents lived and died in
their native land, and there he, himself, remained for a number of years,
acquiring his education in the public schools, and also spending three
years in the army officers; school. He early made a practical acquaintance
with farm work, and also to some extent with nursery work. In 1882, having
then been married six years, he came with his family to Minnesota, and at
once located in Lake City, beginning work as a laborer for the Jewell
Nursery Company. Three years later he became one of the department
foremen. His next promotion was to the position of superintendent of the
propagation departments, and this he still holds. In 1917 he was made vice
president of the company, and in 1918 was elected manager of all outside
work. In 1908 Mr. Nordine built his present fine residence, situated near
the plant, thoroughly modern, and beautifully surrounded by flowers and
shrubbery. For many years he has been a member of the State Horticultural
Society. His rise in life has been the result of close study and
unremitting industry, and he is today one of the leading authorities on
arboriculture and horticulture in the state. Mr. Nordine has also various
other activities which with his regular work keeps him busy. For nine
years he was a member of the Board of Education of Lake City, and is now
chairman of the Swedish Baptist church. He also belongs to the Masonic
order, in which he has advanced as far as the Commandery, and to the
Modern Woodmen of America and the Equitable Fraternal Union. He was
married in Sweden, January 24, 1876, to Ida C. Carlson, who, like himself,
was born in Vermland, December 12, 1854. The issue of this marriage are
five children: Charles G., born February 27, 1877; Louis F., October 19,
1884; Martha V., March 12, 1892; Edith E., March 24, 1894, and Paul R.,
November 20, 1898. Charles G. married Marie Olson of Stockholm, Wis., and
has seven Roy M., Grace M., Carl F., Margaret R., Donald E., James and
Marion. Louis F., who is superintendent of the sales department of the
Moline Vacuum Heat Co., at Moline, Ill., married Mildred G., Anderson, of
Brookings, S. D., and has three children; Florence, Louis and John Jr.
Martha V. is the wife of Rev. P. Alfred Peterson, a minister of the
Swedish Baptist church at Brainerd, Minn. Edith E. and Paul R. are still
residing at home.