Nelson, O. B.

NELSON

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/4/2008 at 16:31:57

O. B. Nelson

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.138, Knox Twp.)
O. B. Nelson, merchant, Avoca, came to Avoca in the spring of 1871; commenced business in 1873, and clerked for two years. He is a native of Denmark; his mother,c oming here last year, is still living. He married in 1877, Angie Reynolds, of Avoca, who is a native of New York. They have two children, viz., Edna, five years old; and Meta, four. He carries a large stock, doing a business of $33,000 and employs four clerks; handles dry goods, boots and shoes, a full line of groceries, and also some of the leading sewing machines. Is a member of the I. O. O. F.; been Deputy for two terms, Conductor and Past Grand. In 1873, his brother, M. B., came and engaged in the hardware business, but died in 1879, leaving a wife and one child.