Person:Nels Nelson (2)

Need to verify endowment date and marriage date. They don't coinside with each other.

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia (Online).

   Nelson, Nels August, a High Councilor in the Jordan Stake of Zion, is the son of John and Annetta Nelson, and was born May 8, 1857, at Eringa, Hallands lan, Sweden. With his parents he emigrated to Utah in 1864. He was baptized May 5, 1865, by Niels Mickelsen; ordained a Deacon in 1870 by Niels Hansen; ordained a Teacher in 1873; ordained an Elder Dec. 31, 1883, by Nephi Howard; ordained a Seventy Feb. 20, 1887, by Apostle Abraham H. Cannon, and ordained a High Priest and set apart as an alternate High Councilor in the Jordan Stake by Apostle Anthon H. Lund Jan. 21, 1900. Later (May, 1, 1901), he was set apart as a regular High Councilor by Apostle John Henry Smith. Elder Nelson has ever been an energetic worker in the various organizations of the Church, having held many responsible positions in both the Sunday school and mutual improvement association. In his youth he had to spend much of his time laboring in mining camps and other rough places, but he always acknowledged that he was a "Mormon," and never felt so happy as when he was defending the principles of the gospel against the attacks of skeptics and unbelievers. Jan. 24, 1884, he married Fidelia Ellen Koffoed, who has been his faithful helpmate ever since. Bro. Nelson has had many trials and obstacles to overcome, but he bears testimony that the Lord has never failed to help him when he humbly called upon Him in faith. His greatest desire is to live in such a manner that he may be worthy of the blessings which have been promised to the faithful.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Utah Death Index, 1905-1951 (Ancestry.com Online database). (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2003).

   Name: Nels August Nelson
   Death Date: 7 September, 1935
   State file number: 1935003620
   Gender: Male
   Age: 78
   County of Death: Salt Lake

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook.

   SANDY--Funeral services for Nels August Nelson, 78, who died at his home in Sandy Saturday morning, were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Sandy First ward chapel.
   Bishop Harold Bradley officiated. Speakers were Edward Fairbourn, former bishop of Crescent of where Mr. Nelson spent most of his life; A. G. Brown of Crescent. Crozier Kimball of Draper, president of East Jordan stake high priests quorum; Heber J. Burgon. president of East Jordan stake, and Bishop Harold Bradley.
   Musical numbers included vocal trio, Mrs. Alma McCleary, Mrs. Herbert Bartlett and Miss Claire Van Dam; vocal solo, Mrs. Eunice Nelson; vocal solo, L. E. Van Dam; violin solo, Gordon Ohison, accompanied on the piano by his wife. The invocation was by James A. Muir, with benediction by John H. Shaw. Interment was in Crescent cemetery under direction of the Deseret mortuary. The dedication of the grave was by Mr. Nelson's eldest son, A. L. Nelson, of Cheyenne, Wyo.
   Tues. Sept. 16

4. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868. (SLC, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2007).

   Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
   Nelson, Nels August
   
   Birth Date: Unknown
   Death Date: Unknown
   Gender: Male
   Age: 7
   Company: William B. Preston Company (1864)
   
   Pioneer Information: from Sweden
   
   Sources: Nelson, Nels August, Autobiography [ca. 1926], 5-6.
   
   Source of Trail Excerpt:
   Nelson, Nels August, Autobiography [ca. 1926], 5-6.
   Read Trail Excerpt:
   In due time boys and wagons from Utah arrived and everything was loaded for the trip. There was a stove and tent in each wagon. Then the luggage and two families were piled in and we were off for Zion.
   
   At first there was an abundance of grass. I liked to watch the donkeys in the train. Day after day we traveled and the only living thing of any size was an occasional stage coach and the stations built along the way. One day I got out of the wagon and ran ahead until noon. After that I had to walk most of the way. One day two young women sat down to rest. All at once they screamed and jumped up. Then a man killed a large rattler where they had been. I have seen families take a corpse out of the wagon, dig a shallow grave and then huriedly catch up to the train which did not stop. Then we got a glimpse of the mountains in the distance. We also saw large herds of buffalo. While camping one noon a herd was coming directly towards us. Some men rode out and turned them. To avoid a stampede of our oxen we started out and the teamsters were able to keep them under control.
   
   The first Indians I saw was at a stage station. There must have been several hundred of them and we could see their wigwams in the distance. We were now getting into great sagebrush flats and every body was warned against starting fires. One day at noon we yoked up in a hurry because someone had let their fire get the best of them.
   
   Now we began to meet companies of soldiers. They generally led horses with empty saddles. Next we saw where a fire had burned some wagons in the company in which grandmother crossed in 1862. The whole country round was black and the grass had not started. When we crossed rivers if they were not to deep, the men and women waded. Two government wagons were caught in the quick sand near where we foreded. As we got into the hills there was a lot of elk, dear and antelopes. One man on a gray horse did the hunting for the group. Several times the oxen tried to stampede. On parts of the trail men had to hold the wagons up to keep them from tipping over. The most interesting of all to me was at Echo Canyon where we were told how the Mormon scouts had marched round the cliff and made Johnston's army believe there were a whole lot of them when in fact there were very few. We found chokecherries along the road but they were too green. The last hill seemed the longest and steepest and we did not reach the top until late in the evening. Next morning everyone was happy. Cherries were riper and so good to eat they failed to choke. Happy beyond expression we hastened to get a view of Canaan and Joseph's land, where the Elders of Israel reside, and Prophet's and Apostles to guide the Latter-day Saints.
   
   Having seen some of the big cities of the world you may imagine our dissappointment when we looked down from Emmigration Canyon upon Great Salt Lake City by the Great Salt Lake.

5. ↑ United States Census Office. Ancestry - Online Census Images. (Washington, DC: The National Archives)
   4th Ward; pg. 108Bl dn81/fn80.

   ln 34; Nelson, John; age 42; m; w; farmer; $150/$150; b. Sweden; parents of foreign birth ln 35; Nelson, Annie; age 37; f; w; keeping house; b. Sweden; parents of foreign birth ln 36; Nelson, Jons D.; age; 18; m; w; works on farm; b. Sweden; parents foreign birth ln 37; Nelson, Neils A.; age 11; m; w; works on farm; b. Sweden; parents foreign born; school ln 38; Nelson, Annie; age 6; f; w; at home; b. UT; parents foreign born; school ln 39; Nelson, Joseph H.; age 3; m; w; at home; b. UT; parents foreign born;

   3 DATE 27 Jul 1870
   
   
   1870 - Logan City, Cache, UtahTerritory

6. ↑ United States Census Office. Ancestry - Online Census Images. (Washington, DC: The National Archives)
   ED 54 pg. 286B; dn49/fn56.

   ln 56; Nelson, N. A.; head; Own w/morg.; M; W; age 62; md.; citizenship: 1867; NA; 1878; b. Sweden; Swedish; parents b. Sweden; farmer; dairy farm; OA ln 57; Nelson, Fidelia E.; wife; M; W; age 61; md.; b. UT; Fb. Denmark; Mb ? ln 58; Nelson, Lawrence E.; son; M; W; age 33; S; b. UT; Fb Sweden; Mb. UT ln 59; Nelson, Fidelia E.; dau.; F; W; age 22; S; b. UT; Fb Sweden; Mb UT

   3 DATE 9 Jan 1920
   
   
   Prec. 8 [farm]

7. ↑ United States Census Office. Ancestry - Online Census Images. (Washington, DC: The National Archives)
   ED 115; pg 249B/250A; dn 146/fn154.

   ln 94; Nelson, Niels A.; head; own home; m; w; age 73; md. age 26; b. Sweden; parents b. Sweden; 1864/NA; ln 95; Nelson; Fidelia; f; w; age 72; md. age 25; b. UT; Fb Denmark; Mb Illinois; ln 96; Nelson, Unice E.; dau.; f; w; age 41; md. age 25; b. Utah; Fb Sweden; Mb UT ln 97; Nelson, Woodrow E.; grandson;m; w; age 11; S; b. Ariz.; parents b. UT ln 98; Nelson, Rene E.; grandson; m; w; age 10; S; b. UT; parents b. UT ln 99; Nelson, Rachiel; granddau.; f; w; age 8; S; b. UT; parents b. UT ln 100; Nelson; Charlotte; granddau.; f; w; age 7; S; b. UT; parents b. UT ln 1; Nelson, Annetta; granddau.; f; w; age 6; S; b. UT; parents b. UT ln 2; Nelson, Ellwood E.; grandson; m; w; age 3; S; b. UT; parents b. UT ln 3; Nelson, John D.; grandson; m; w; age 1y6m; S; b. UT; parents b. UT

   3 DATE 18 Apr 1930
   
   
   1930 - Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah
   977 2nd So. St.