Nels Nelson Egge

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Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 9/21/2005 at 20:35:25

Nels Nelson Egge is a farmer by occupation and a blacksmith by trade. He was born in Norway, in 1844. In 1868 he went to Winnebago Co., Iowa, where he worked at the trade of blacksmith for two years. He then located at Forest City, in that county. Where he rented a shop and worked at his trade two years. He then engaged in farming, which he followed in connection with blacksmithing until the spring of 1880, when he settled on section 6, in Fertile township. He is now engaged in farming and blacksmithing. His farm comprises eighty acres. Mr. Egge was married, in 1871, to Emma A. Fellorig, also a native of Norway. They are the parents of five children – Annetta, Edward, Nichole, Sophia M. and an infant not named. The family is connected by membership with the Lutheran Church.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 767