NELSON, Oliver

NELSON, HALVERSON, LAWSON

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Date: 10/17/2001 at 13:47:47

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OLIVE TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

OLIVER T. NELSON, farmer, Sec. 14; P. 0. Grand Mound. Owns 160 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Son of Thor and Engebor (nee Halverson) Nelson; born Oct. 18, 1835, in Norway, emigrated to this county in July, 1857. Married Miss Martha Lawson Sept. 29, 1860; she was born in Norway June 28, 1839; have six children living—Maggie
H., Thor H., Cornelius, John H., Elizabeth A. and Bertha M. Mr. N's father died here in October, 1869. Member Lutheran Church; Republican.