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Nels Jons Skoog

Birth	:	10 Oct 1852 Dalby, Lunds kommun, Skåne län, Sweden
Death	:	6 Sep 1926 Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Valley View Cemetery, Genoa, Nance County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4317017, -97.7319031
Description	:	From the Nance County Web site, via NEGenWeb Project Resource Center, On-Line Library: Nels J. Skoog, a hardy and typical representative of the hosts from Sweden who have done so much to make the Nebraska wilderness blossom as a rose through their earnest efforts to develop the country which they have adopted as a permanent home, is a prosperous merchant of Genoa, Nebraska. Mr. Skoog was born in Sweden, on October 18, 1852, and is a son of Nels and Hannah Johnson, his early years being spent in his native vicinity. He was married in the spring of 1874,... Read More	From the Nance County Web site, via NEGenWeb Project Resource Center, On-Line Library: Nels J. Skoog, a hardy and typical representative of the hosts from Sweden who have done so much to make the Nebraska wilderness blossom as a rose through their earnest efforts to develop the country which they have adopted as a permanent home, is a prosperous merchant of Genoa, Nebraska. Mr. Skoog was born in Sweden, on October 18, 1852, and is a son of Nels and Hannah Johnson, his early years being spent in his native vicinity. He was married in the spring of 1874, to Kjersti Jensen, also born and reared in Sweden, and they came to America about 1882, accompanied by a little son. Their first location was in Minnesota, and after a few months in that state, came on to Nebraska, settling in Nance county. Their house was one of the first built in Genoa, and our subject secured employment on the section of the Union Pacific railroad company, and also worked as a day laborer at the Genoa Indian school. He worked in a meat market for a considerable length of time, finally purchasing the business and carried it on for several years. In 1889 he bought a quarter section of land in Genoa township, and farmed for about a year, but on account of Mrs. Skoog's poor health was obliged to give it up and again moved to Genoa and purchased his old meat market. He also kept his farm and personally superintended its management, and besides these interests was engaged in the stock business buying and shipping to market. In 1894 he sold his market and bought one hundred and thirty-five acres of partly improved land on section twenty-three, township seventeen, range four, and went into the stock business on a larger scale, feeding from four to five hundred head of cattle annually. In 1901 Mr. Skoog organized and financed what was known as the McFadden-Wilson & Skoog General Merchandise Company, and the following year bought his partners' interests and reorganized the concern under the firm name of N. J. Skoog & Son, and they still continue the business. The first year their gross trade amounted to $36,000, and in 1908 were doing an $85,000 business. Their store is the largest in Genoa, having a frontage of forty-four feet by eighty in depth, and at the present time our subject is making extensive improvements in the building, adding to it a very fine ladies' rest room patterned after those of other large establishments in different cities, and which will include every convenience and comfort that can be conceived. Mrs. Skoog died in 1898, survived by her husband and two sons, Nels, who is married and with his wife and child lives in Genoa, and August, living with our subject. In January, 1900, Mr. Skoog was married to Anna Pearson, and to them two daughters were born, Esther and Wilma, both at home, and charming little misses. On July 7, 1906, Mrs. Skoog died, her demise being deeply lamented by her sorrowing family and many friends. Mr. Skoog was married again on July 8, 1909, to Esther Smith, of Platte county, Nebraska, a lady of very pleasing personality. The family occupy one of the handsome homes in Genoa, and all are popular members of the social life of the little city. ---------------- Nance County Naturalization Record; 2-24-1888 Naturalization

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Nels Jons Skoog death on 6 Sep 1926 in Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.4317017
Longitude: -97.7319031

Family Members:

Spouse

Anna Person Skoog

(1871 - 1906)

Esther W. Smith Skoog

(1882 - 1967)

Kjersti Jonsdotter Skoog

(1853 - 1899)

Children

Child Skoog

(unknow - 1897)

Nels N. Skoog

(1875 - 1958)

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