Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Nels Magneson 1856 - 
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File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 10:30 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

Nels Magneson is a son of Magnus Magneson, who came from Wisconsin and
settled on a farm in Rock Dell township in 1856, where Nels was born the
same year. He was reared on the farm and engaged in storekeeping in the
village, which he  continued till 1870. He was postmaster during all
that time. He was appointed county commissioner to fill a vacancy caused
by the resignation of A. E. Aaby, and after filling out that term was
elected and served five years in all.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910. Page 178.

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