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George Severt Nelson

Birth	:	10 May 1860 Bergen, Bergen kommune, Hordaland fylke, Norway
Death	:	29 Aug 1920 Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.2360992, -85.3953018
Description	:	Although he has been a resident of Story County but eleven years, George Severt Nelson is recognized as one of its leading agriculturists and business men. He was born in Norway in 1859 and is a son of Severt and Julia (Anderson) Nelson. After the death of the father, which occurred in Norway, the mother married O. O. Oleson. The family came to the United States in May 1866, and located at Grinnell, Iowa, where they remained for only three months, and then came to Story county. The first five years of their residence in this county they lived on... Read More	Although he has been a resident of Story County but eleven years, George Severt Nelson is recognized as one of its leading agriculturists and business men. He was born in Norway in 1859 and is a son of Severt and Julia (Anderson) Nelson. After the death of the father, which occurred in Norway, the mother married O. O. Oleson. The family came to the United States in May 1866, and located at Grinnell, Iowa, where they remained for only three months, and then came to Story county. The first five years of their residence in this county they lived on a rented farm but during that period were able to accumulate sufficient capital to enable them to buy eighty acres of land north of Slater in 1871. Owing to their thrifty habits and industry they were later able to add another forty to this. Mr. Oleson has now retired from active farming and is living in Roland, enjoying in the evening of his life the ease and comfort denied him during the hard working days of his early manhood. George Severt Nelson was only a lad of seven years when the family located in Story County, therefore his boyhood and youth were passed here and in the district schools he acquired his education. He remained a resident of Iowa until 1883, when he went to South Dakota and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. Two years later he filed on a tree claim and in 1898 he bought another quarter section, making the aggregate of his realty holdings in that state four hundred and eighty acres. He sold his property in 1900 and the following year returned to Story county and bought two hundred and twenty-one acres. He has since added to his property and now has two hundred and ninety-four. In addition to his landed interests Mr. Nelson is a stockholder in the canning factory at Cambridge and the Charles Publishing Company, of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Nelson wedded Miss Carrie Tesdall and they have become the parents of seventeen children, eight sons and nine daughters, fourteen of whom are living. They are as follows: Gertie; Leslie Morris; Mattie; Sivrie; Orville; Clarence; Chester, deceased; one who died in infancy; Jessie and Bessie, twins; Benjamin; Florence; Alvin; Verna; Laura; Lillian; and Beulah. Mr. Nelson is a member of the socialist party and has always taken an active interest in politics. In 1899, while a resident of South Dakota, he represented the sixteenth district in the state legislature and was renominated by the populist party for another term but was defeated. He was also elected to the office of county assessor in Buffalo County, South Dakota, and served as clerk of his township for ten years and two as treasurer. During his residence in Iowa he has been the candidate of the socialist party for the office of railway commissioner of the state, but was defeated because of the minority of his party. Wherever he has lived Mr. Nelson has shown himself to be a public-spirited, progressive and enterprising citizen. From: History of Story County, Iowa: a record of organization, progress..., Volume 2, published 1911, By William Orson Payne [Thanks to contributor #47012902 for the birth and death dates and locations.]

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George Severt Nelson's memorial is located at: Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford County, USA.
When did George Severt Nelson death?
George Severt Nelson death on 29 Aug 1920 in Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 44.2360992
Longitude: -85.3953018

Family Members:

Spouse

Caroline “Carrie” Tesdahl Nelson

(1862 - 1944)

Children

Gertrude Malinda Nelson

(1886 - 1971)

Leslie Morris Nelson

(1887 - 1918)

Mattie Dora Nelson Switzer

(1889 - 1954)

Sevrie Clara Nelson Seymour

(1890 - 1925)

Orville Francis Nelson

(1891 - 1966)

Chester Severt Nelson

(1894 - 1895)

Infant Son Nelson

(1896 - 1896)

Alvin Rueben “Jim” Nelson

(1902 - 1936)

Laura Belle Nelson Garrett

(1905 - 1987)

Lillian Berniece Nelson James

(1906 - 2010)

Beulah Amanda Nelson

(1908 - 1912)

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Coordinate: 44.2360992, -85.3953018

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Coordinate: 44.2947006, -85.5385971

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Coordinate: 44.1172220, -85.3827780

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Coordinate: 44.1457700, -85.2760600

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Coordinate: 44.1239014, -85.3078003

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Coordinate: 44.2840220, -85.2148060

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23. Burdell Township Cemetery South
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