History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . re theygrew- up, were married and established their home; in fact, spent all oftheir lives there. The mother died in early womanhood, but the fathersurvived to an advanced age, dying about the year 1915. To these parentsseven children were born, all of whom are living at this writing, namely:Pehr. Elizabeth. Nels. Lena, Tilda, Nellie and .Axel. Nels Thompson spent his boyhood in Sweden, where h
History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . re theygrew- up, were married and established their home; in fact, spent all oftheir lives there. The mother died in early womanhood, but the fathersurvived to an advanced age, dying about the year 1915. To these parentsseven children were born, all of whom are living at this writing, namely:Pehr. Elizabeth. Nels. Lena, Tilda, Nellie and .Axel. Nels Thompson spent his boyhood in Sweden, where he attended thepublic schools and where he made his home until 1882. when he crossedthe Atlantic to the great western republic, locating first in North Dakota,w here he worked at different places, in railroad service. During this period,while not actively at work, he made his headquarters in Moorhead, Minne-sota. He followed railroading for about ten years for the Northern Pacificand the Great Northern and was section foreman at different places, mostlxbetween Moorhead and various points in different directions. He saved hiswages and in 1894 began fanning, but still continued to maintain his home. 3 75 3 73 1^
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