Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 482] L. D. NELSON has been a member of the farming community of Cherokee Township since 1878. He was born at Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, January 23, 1836, and is a son of DAVID and MARY E. (KEMP) NELSON, natives of Massachusetts. Reared to agricultural pursuits, he remained upon a farm until the breaking out of the late Civil War, when he enlisted in August, 1862, while on a visit to Iowa, in the Twentieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company H, and served to the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Vicksburg, Fort Morgan, Mobile, Alabama, Blakely and other minor engagements. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, and returned to Linn County, Iowa, where he lived for four years. Mr. NELSON was married in Linn County, July 4, 1866, to Miss HATTIE GIBSON, a native of the State of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of JOHN GIBSON, Esq. Returning to his native State, Mr. NELSON resided there eight years, engaged in farming and in other work at Hoosac Tunnel. When he came back to Iowa he bought eighty acres of land, and as his means increased he added to his farm until he now owns 237 acres; 100 acres are under cultivation, and the remainder is in pasture and meadow land. His house is a comfortable story and a half structure, and his barn and other farm buildings are well suited to the purpose of stock and grain raising. One of the best springs in the county is on the NELSON farm, and furnishes an abundance of water for all purposes. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. NELSON: LINDLEY L., FRANK O., DELBERT O., KENDALL J., WILBER R., EDDIE E., ERNEST L., MINNIE and MYRTLE, twin daughters. Mr. and Mrs. NELSON are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is Republican. He is honest and upright in all his dealings, and has the good will of a large circle of acquaintances. ===========================================================================