BIOGRAPHIES:   Alfred NELSON, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  18 June 2005
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Alfred Nelson, an energetic farmer owning a part interest in 80 acres in
Section 13, west, Maple Grove Township was born on the home farm, Jan. 17,
1888, son of Edward and Dena (Amundson) Nelson, early settlers.  He was
educated in the district schools, and learned farming at home with his
family.  In 1904 he started out for himself, and was employed for several
years in lumber camps and on farms, in Minnesota and the Dakotas.  He was
inducted into the United States service Sept. 19, 1917, from Polk County,
this state, and was assigned first to a supply company and then to the
quartermaster's corps, and after due training in camps, was sent to France,
where he served for a year.  He was discharged June 1, 1919, and returned
home.  In 1920 he and his brother Henry purchased the home place.  He is
popular in the neighborhood, and is held in high regard by all who know him.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 459.

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