Iver C. Nielsen [20102]

  Notater:

IVER C. NIELSEN.
The history of the settling of America has been one of startling successes from the landing of Columbus up until the present day, and untold prosperity has been the lot of thousands of ambitious men. The great western states have furnished some splendid examples of this wonderful success, and among this number is the man whose name heads this review.
Iver C. Nielsen was born in Howard county, Nebraska, July 28, 1874, and was the fifth child in a family of seven, born to Niels and Mary Ann Enevoldsen, who were among the early settlers of Nebraska, the father dying on the homestead in Howard county in the fall of 1907, while the mother and four children still survive. Iver grew up in his home vicinity, following farming as a boy, living with his parents up to his eighteenth year.
He purchased land and begun farming on his own account when he was twenty-two years of age, locating on section eighteen, township thirteen, range eleven, where he owned eighty acres, which he operated until 1904, when he sold, and bought his present place in section fifteen, township thirteen, range eleven, where he now owns one hundred and forty-eight acres of finely-improved land, on which he has built a handsome residence, and all good, substantial barns, sheds and other farm buildings necessary for stock. His farm is situated on the table land, just adjacent to the Loup river bottom land, lying about two miles southwest of the town of Dannebrog. This was originally the old Schlytern farm and homestead, and our subject now has one of the best equipped and most productive places in his vicinity.
Mr. Nielsen was married on June 1, 1898, in Howard county, to Jennie S. Nelson, who was born in Sweden, but came to America with her parents when a very small child, the family being one of Howard county's pioneer settlers. Before her marriage, Mrs. Nielsen was a teacher in the public schools of Howard county, and was well known and a popular member of the younger social set of the locality. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen have one daughter, Esther.

788 COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY, REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY.

Small headstone which is almost completely covered with grass close to Hans Christian Enevoldsen's headstone.

Iver blev gift med Jennie S. Nelson [20641] [MRIN: 7305] den 1 Jun. 1898 i Howard, Nebraska, United States. (Jennie S. Nelson [20641] blev født den 22 Jan. 1878 i Sverige, døde den 22 Dec. 1932 i Nebraska, United States og blev begravet i Loup Fork Cemetery, Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska, USA.)