. History of Clayton County, Iowa : from the earliest historical times down to the present : including a genealogical and biographical record of many representative families, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information. ve to the worthy young couple with whom he residesand who accord to him true filial afifection and care, he having nochildren of his own and his wife having passed away in 1905. was born in Norway, on the 19th of November, 1840, andis a son of Nels and Margot (Evanson) Anderson, his surnamebeing derived from the personal or Christian name of his f
. History of Clayton County, Iowa : from the earliest historical times down to the present : including a genealogical and biographical record of many representative families, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information. ve to the worthy young couple with whom he residesand who accord to him true filial afifection and care, he having nochildren of his own and his wife having passed away in 1905. was born in Norway, on the 19th of November, 1840, andis a son of Nels and Margot (Evanson) Anderson, his surnamebeing derived from the personal or Christian name of his father,in accord with the ancient custom in Norway. The parents cameto America in 1862 and they were residents of Iowa at the time oftheir death. Ole Nelson was reared and educated in his nativeland and on the 29th of July, 1861, a few months prior to his twenty-first birthday anniversary, he arrived in the United States. Fromthe national metropolis he forthwith made his way to Wisconsin,where he obtained employment at farm work. On the 19th of thefollowing November, however, he subordinated all else to tenderhis aid in defense of the Union—an action that shall ever reflecthonor upon his name and memory. He enlisted as a private in. OL?] NELSON THE NEW YORKPU&LIC LIBRARY ASTOB, LINOI ANDTILDEN rOUNDfcTlONB BIOGRAPHICAL 295 Company F, Fifteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with whichhe proceeded to the front and with which he served two years,during which he participated in numerous engagements and provedhimself a faithful and gallant soldier of the republic. In the battleof Stone River he received a severe gunshot wound in his leftleg, and the injury so incapacitated him that he was given an hon-orable discharge, at Nashville, Tennessee. After recovering fromhis injury Mr. Nelson went to Jasper county, Illinois, and soonafterward he gave evidence of his unabated loyalty and militaryardor by enlisting in Company I, 143rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry,with rank of corporal. With
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