History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . MRS. H. I. H. I DEVOE. f 1 WEXFORD COUNTY. MICHIGAN. 487 XELS XIlILSOX. Nels Neilsoii, who has Ijcen engaged inkimbering and farming during tl:e greaterpart of his residence in Wexford county—covering thirty-one years—was born inSweden, liis natal day being December 17,[IS52. His education was there acquirciland he continued to make iiis home inSweden until eighteen years of age, when,being an ambitious young man, he resohedto try his fortune in a la
History of Wexford County, Michigan : embracing a concise review of its early settlement, industrial development and present conditions . MRS. H. I. H. I DEVOE. f 1 WEXFORD COUNTY. MICHIGAN. 487 XELS XIlILSOX. Nels Neilsoii, who has Ijcen engaged inkimbering and farming during tl:e greaterpart of his residence in Wexford county—covering thirty-one years—was born inSweden, liis natal day being December 17,[IS52. His education was there acquirciland he continued to make iiis home inSweden until eighteen years of age, when,being an ambitious young man, he resohedto try his fortune in a land of broader op-portvuiities, where efifort is unhampered bycaste of class. Accordingly he sailed forthe United States, and in 1872, when twentyyears of age, he came to Wexford county,Michigan, wdiere he has since made his first entered the employ of the GrandRapids & Indiana Railroad Compan}-, con-tinuing in that service for two years, on theexpiration of which period he sought otheremployment and has since ])cen engaged infarming an<l in working in the lumber re-gions. It has been in theis way that he hasgained a comfortable li
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