“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


ANDREW NELSON,  farmer, Secs. 6, 7 and 8;  P.O. Christiana, Dane 
Co.; was born in Norway Dec. 24, 1842, and, with his father and mother, 
Nels and Carried Nelson, the former a native of Norway, came to Illinois 
in the spring of 1843; there his parents located and bought a farm, where 
they lived till the fall of 1843, when they moved to Oakland Township 
and bought a farm, which they worked until the date of the old 
gentleman’s death, which occurred in August, 1845.  Andrew, at the age 
of 15, went to Bloomington, Ill., where he remained, working on a farm, 
until Aug. 22, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. B, 3d Ill. V.C., and gained a 
fine record, having been present at every battle in which his regiment 
participated; he was mustered out at Springfield Oct. 14, 1865.  He then 
returned to Wisconsin, locating in Clinton Village, Dane Co., where he 
built a hotel, which he controlled until March, 1869, when he traded it 
for the farm he now owns of 263 acres, 160 of which are under 
cultivation.  He married, in Clinton, Dec. 2, 1866, Anna Anderson, born 
in Norway June 16, 1843; had four children – Carrie, Otto, Jennie and 
Olga.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)