WI BIO - Dane Co - NASETT, I. J.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol I, pp 174-175

I. J. NASETT, of Christiana Township, Rockdale post office, Dane County, WI, 
was born in Sogen [Sogne in Vest-Agder fylke?], Norway, 30 December 1833, a 
son of Johannes and Ella J. NASETT. His parents came to America in 1845, 
locating on section 25, Christiana Township, Dane County, Wisconsin. For the 
last ten years of his life his father was troubled with a diseased leg, which 
was afterward amputated, and both he and his wife are now dead. They had 
seven children, four daughters and three sons, of whom our subject was the 
fifth in order of birth.

I. J. NASETT came to this country at the age of 12 years, where he received a 
limited education, and has always been engaged in farming. He still resides 
on the old homestead of 160 acres, where he makes a specialty of raising 
tobacco. Mr. NASETT is a Democrat in his political views, and has held many 
of the minor offices of his township. Religiously he is a member of the 
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Dane County, WI, belonging [p 
175] to the society called the Norwegian Luthern Synod of America.

I. J. NASETT was united in marriage on 13 Nov 1855 to Anne S. LARSON, then of 
Christiana Township, Dane County, WI, but who came from Norway, her native 
State, to America, in 1843. They had six children, of whom five are now 
living: Lars, now a general merchant at Robbinsdale, [Hennepin County], MN, 
of the firm of Nasett & Linde; Gustav, a farmer at Utica [probably Utica in 
Dane County, but could be Utica in Waukesha County], WI; Adolph, a farmer; 
Hannah, now the wife of Nels ELLINGSON, a farmer at Utica, WI; and Josephine, 
who resides at home. The devoted wife and mother [Anne S. (LARSON) NASETT] 
died 08 September 1875, leaving many to mourn her loss. On 02 August 1879, 
I. J. NASETT married Maria JOHNSON, who left Norway for America on 06 May 
1878. They have six children: Abel, John, Otto, Ella, Anna (deceased), and 
Anna [the second of that name].

Submitted by Cathy Kubly