Bio of Nels LIND (b.1861 d.1905), Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson ========================================================================= This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II, Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge. Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html Under HISTORY. NOTE: This file was scanned and changed to text so there may be some typos. 471 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY Nels Lind, the pioneer, was born in Kjattbo, Sweden, December 22, 1861, son of Stor Per Nelson, a real estate dealer in Sweden. Nels Lind was reared in Sweden, and was there married December 22, 1886, to Anna Peterson, who was born July 9, 1867. Their oldest child, Gustave, was born in Sweden, July 25, 1887. In May, 1888, they arrived with this child, in Ironwood, Mich. In April, 1889, they located on forty acres in Middleville township. An old barn, and part of a frame house stood on the place, and two or three acres had been cleared. With a yoke of oxen, Nels Lind started clearing the place. He added two tracts of forty acres each, and by gradual improvements, brought his place to a high degree of development. He was on the town and school boards, and a director in the Farmers' Elevator at Waverly. His fraternal associations were with the Modern Brotherhood of America. He died July 5, 1905, and his wife January 26, 1910. The children born in America were: Sophia, born January 29, 1890; Oscar, born October 29, 1891; Signie, born September 25, 1893; Wallace and William, twins. born June 5, 1895; Amanda, born April 12, 1897; and August, born November 21, 1899.