Andrew Nelson was born near Oslo, Norway, April 23, 1847. He came with his parents to America as a young boy, and was confirmed in the historic Muskego Church in Wisconsin, which was later moved to the Seminary Campus in St. Paul, Minnesota. The family moved to Cottonwood County, Minnesota where in 1880 Mr. Nelson married Petrena Nelson. They moved to their homestead in southern Greenfield Township in 1882. His brother, CHARLES, had the homestead joining theirs.
To this union four children were born:
Death visited this home in June 1888 and took away the young wife and infant daughter leaving Mr. Nelson alone with three small children and help hard to get in those pioneer days. Mr. Nelson later married Jennie Thompson of Farmington, Minnesota Reverend Thoreson performed the ceremony at Dazey, North Dakota November 15, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson passed away in 1928 and 1929.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 305