Now he has one of the best farms in this section of the county, containing all of the most modern improvements. He has made a specialty of cattle feeding, in which he has met with unusual success.
The marriage of Mr. Robison took place April 4, 1888, when he was united to Miss Mattie Whitaker, a daughter of Samuel and Harriett (Miller) Whitaker, of Indian Creek township. Her mother was a native of Indiana, while her father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. The latter came to Story county in 1855 and is now a resident of Maxwell. To Mr. and Mrs. Robison have been born four children, two of whom survive, namely : Edith, and Clay A. The daughter is now a teacher in the district schools. She is a graduate of the Maxwell high school and attended the Iowa State Normal school at Cedar Falls.
In politics Mr. Robison is a republican and he has served for several years as a member of the school board. He is affiliated with Maxwell Lodge, No. 465, I. O. O. F. Mrs. Robison, prior to her marriage, was a teacher in the public schools and is a highly accomplished woman. She is a member of the United Evangelical church.
OLEY NELSON.
Among the well established citizens of Story county there is none who deserves more honorable mention than Oley Nelson, who is now living retired at Slater. He is a native of Rock county, Wisconsin, born August 11, 1845, and son of Nels and Aase (Chrestensdotter) Olson Evensrue, both of whom were natives of Rollag, Numedal, Norway. They were married in Norway and came to America in 1843, locating at Jefferson Prairie in Rock county, Wisconsin. The father entered forty acres of government land and in 1845 declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. In the spring of 1848 he removed to Primrose, Dane county, Wisconsin, and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he proceeded to improve. On August 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, known as the Sugar River Rifles, of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the regiment gaining a wide reputation as the Live Eagle Regiment. The regiment left Camp Randall at Madison, Wisconsin, about October 1, 1861, and went to St. Louis, from there going to Iron Mountain, Missouri, where they drove out the rebels and secured the ore for the use of the government. They then went to Raleigh and from that place to St. Louis and thence down the Mississippi river, assisting in the capture of Island No. to. The regiment was then ordered to Corinth and after the capture of that city to Vicksburg. On the way from Corinth to Vicksburg the father of our subject received a sixty day furlough to enable him to visit his home as his health had been seriously impaired. He went aboard a boat at Memphis and came as far north as Keokuk, Iowa, when