Rev Ole Tobias Nelson
Born - Jul 8, 1854 Lyngdal kommune, Vest-Agder fylke, Norway
Died - Feb 11, 1937 (aged 82) Dunseith, Rolette County, North Dakota, USA
Buried - Pontoppidan Cemetery, Hendrum Township, Norman County, Minnesota, USA
Dunseith Journal, Dunseith, North Dakota, February 18, 1937.
Rev. O. T. Nelson Pioneer Minister Dies at 83
Although his death has not altogether been unexpected, this community was grieved last Thursday when it became known that the Rev. O.T. Nelson had passed away at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kirkwold after an illness with cancer that had confided him to his bed since early last fall.
For forty-five years Rev. Nelson served as a pioneer minister of the Gospel in North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Alberta, Can., and all testimony state that he was a kindly shepherd, a Godly man, serving the Lord with fervor, a loving husband and father and a generous neighbor whose kindly deeds and words endeared him to all who came in contact with him. The writer of these few words knew him but slightly, having met him but a few times since coming here, but what we knew of him fore out the general verdict of the public as to his virtues.
His long years of service are over but his memory and influence will long be remembered and felt in the fields which he has served and especially in the community in which his last declining days were spent. This community can ill afford to lose such men as O.T. Nelson, for they are few and far between and his life and character has been and will continue to be an influence for good in this settlement north and west of this city.
His funeral was held in the Community Church of this city last Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock under the direction of the Douglas Funeral Home. Rev. D. Stoeve, of Fargo, President of the North Dakota District of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, preaching a very consoling sermon in which he paid the highest tribute to the eminent Christian character of the deceased. He was assisted in the service by Rev. L. B. Brakke, resident pastor of the Lutheran Church of this city who also paid tribute to the virtues of the departed. The church was well filled with friends, neighbors and relatives in spite of the terrible roads that prevailed after the storm on Saturday, who gathered to pay their last respects to a friend whom they all loved and revered.
The deceased leaves to mourn his death, his aged wife, two daughters and a son who accompanied his body on Monday to Hendrum, Minn., where it was laid to rest in the old family vault on Tuesday afternoon. Pallbearers who acted here were: Messrs. Oscar Evenstad, Abraham Nelson, Martin Semling, John Halstead, Arthur Korbel and Frank Atherton.
Rev. O. T. Nelson
Final summons to Pastor O.T. Nelson, a retired pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church came on Thursday, February 11, (1937) at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirkwold. He had been failing in health ever since he retired from the ministry in September 1934 but it was not until this last fall that he had become bedridden. Pastor Nelson at the time of his death was 82 years, seven months and three days old.
Ole T. Nelson was born at Lister, Norway on July 8, 1854. His parents were Jakob Tobias Nelson and Guline Elisabeth Abrahamsen. He immigrated to the United States in 1867 at the age of thirteen. He received his education at Augustana Seminary, Calmer, Iowa and at Beloit Seminary, Beloit, Wisconsin. He was granted the degree of (C.T.) Candidate of Theology in 1888 by the later institution. He was ordained in the Holy Ministry in 1889. He served Pastorates from 1889 until his retirement in 1934. He served congregations at Sioux Falls and Elk Point, S.D., at Atwater, Minnesota at Buxton, Bottineau, Stanley and Williston, N.D. and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He served as President of the Norwegian American Mission Society form 1894 to 1903 and was the editor and treasurer of the “Kinamissionaeren” from 1897 to 1903. It is of interest to us who are assembled to know that thirty-six years ago he organized what is known as Little Prairie Congregation situated 11 miles north of Dunseith. Since he retired from active service he has made his home on his farm about ten miles northwest of Dunseith.
He as married on November 25, 1876 to Anne A. Jacobson. Four children were born to this union: Ole who died in infancy, Marie, Mrs. M. O. Wee of Saint Paul, Minn., Hanna, Mrs. Thomas Kirkwold of Dunseith and Ole of Stanley, ND. Reverend and Mrs. Nelson enjoyed a long wedded life. Last fall they observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
Pastor Nelson was a zealous and faithful worker in God’s vineyard. The influence of his strong Christian character was felt by all with home he came in contact. After his retirement he was a regular in his attendance at divine worship until sickness kept him away. Nelson was always willing to help and faithful to visit and comfort the sick and sorrowing. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord!”
Transcribed by J.B.Mogren, F.A.G. #46783109
Born - Jul 8, 1854 Lyngdal kommune, Vest-Agder fylke, Norway
Died - Feb 11, 1937 (aged 82) Dunseith, Rolette County, North Dakota, USA
Buried - Pontoppidan Cemetery, Hendrum Township, Norman County, Minnesota, USA
Dunseith Journal, Dunseith, North Dakota, February 18, 1937.
Rev. O. T. Nelson Pioneer Minister Dies at 83
Although his death has not altogether been unexpected, this community was grieved last Thursday when it became known that the Rev. O.T. Nelson had passed away at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kirkwold after an illness with cancer that had confided him to his bed since early last fall.
For forty-five years Rev. Nelson served as a pioneer minister of the Gospel in North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Alberta, Can., and all testimony state that he was a kindly shepherd, a Godly man, serving the Lord with fervor, a loving husband and father and a generous neighbor whose kindly deeds and words endeared him to all who came in contact with him. The writer of these few words knew him but slightly, having met him but a few times since coming here, but what we knew of him fore out the general verdict of the public as to his virtues.
His long years of service are over but his memory and influence will long be remembered and felt in the fields which he has served and especially in the community in which his last declining days were spent. This community can ill afford to lose such men as O.T. Nelson, for they are few and far between and his life and character has been and will continue to be an influence for good in this settlement north and west of this city.
His funeral was held in the Community Church of this city last Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock under the direction of the Douglas Funeral Home. Rev. D. Stoeve, of Fargo, President of the North Dakota District of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, preaching a very consoling sermon in which he paid the highest tribute to the eminent Christian character of the deceased. He was assisted in the service by Rev. L. B. Brakke, resident pastor of the Lutheran Church of this city who also paid tribute to the virtues of the departed. The church was well filled with friends, neighbors and relatives in spite of the terrible roads that prevailed after the storm on Saturday, who gathered to pay their last respects to a friend whom they all loved and revered.
The deceased leaves to mourn his death, his aged wife, two daughters and a son who accompanied his body on Monday to Hendrum, Minn., where it was laid to rest in the old family vault on Tuesday afternoon. Pallbearers who acted here were: Messrs. Oscar Evenstad, Abraham Nelson, Martin Semling, John Halstead, Arthur Korbel and Frank Atherton.
Rev. O. T. Nelson
Final summons to Pastor O.T. Nelson, a retired pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church came on Thursday, February 11, (1937) at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirkwold. He had been failing in health ever since he retired from the ministry in September 1934 but it was not until this last fall that he had become bedridden. Pastor Nelson at the time of his death was 82 years, seven months and three days old.
Ole T. Nelson was born at Lister, Norway on July 8, 1854. His parents were Jakob Tobias Nelson and Guline Elisabeth Abrahamsen. He immigrated to the United States in 1867 at the age of thirteen. He received his education at Augustana Seminary, Calmer, Iowa and at Beloit Seminary, Beloit, Wisconsin. He was granted the degree of (C.T.) Candidate of Theology in 1888 by the later institution. He was ordained in the Holy Ministry in 1889. He served Pastorates from 1889 until his retirement in 1934. He served congregations at Sioux Falls and Elk Point, S.D., at Atwater, Minnesota at Buxton, Bottineau, Stanley and Williston, N.D. and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He served as President of the Norwegian American Mission Society form 1894 to 1903 and was the editor and treasurer of the “Kinamissionaeren” from 1897 to 1903. It is of interest to us who are assembled to know that thirty-six years ago he organized what is known as Little Prairie Congregation situated 11 miles north of Dunseith. Since he retired from active service he has made his home on his farm about ten miles northwest of Dunseith.
He as married on November 25, 1876 to Anne A. Jacobson. Four children were born to this union: Ole who died in infancy, Marie, Mrs. M. O. Wee of Saint Paul, Minn., Hanna, Mrs. Thomas Kirkwold of Dunseith and Ole of Stanley, ND. Reverend and Mrs. Nelson enjoyed a long wedded life. Last fall they observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
Pastor Nelson was a zealous and faithful worker in God’s vineyard. The influence of his strong Christian character was felt by all with home he came in contact. After his retirement he was a regular in his attendance at divine worship until sickness kept him away. Nelson was always willing to help and faithful to visit and comfort the sick and sorrowing. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord!”
Transcribed by J.B.Mogren, F.A.G. #46783109
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Anne Jakobsen Semling Nelson
Born - May 26, 1858 Vestre Slidre kommune, Oppland fylke, Norway Died - Jan 12,941 (aged 82) Dunseith, Rolette County, North Dakota, USA Buried Pontoppidan Cemetery, Hendrum Township, Norman County, Minnesota, USA Dunseith Journal, Dunseith, North Dakota, January 16, 1941. Answers Last Call! Mrs. O. T. Nelson, Passed away on Sunday, January 12, 1941. This community was grieved last Sunday when it became known that Mrs. O. T. Nelson, widow of Rev. O.T. Nelson, former pastor of the Little Prairie Lutheran Church, had passed away following a stroke she suffered a few days earlies. Anne Jacobson Semling was born in Valdus, Norway, on May 26, 1858 and came to American in the early 1860’s. She was married to rev. O. T. Nelson on November 25, 1876. After their marriage, they lived at the following places, Sioux Falls and Elk Point in South Dakota; Atwater, Minnesota; Buxton, Bottineau, Stanley and Williston, all in North Dakota. Her death occurred on Sunday, January 12, 1941 at 10:20 a.m. and funeral servers were held in the Lutheran Church of this city on Monday, January 13, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. P.C. Danielson preaching very consoling sermon in which he paid generous tribute to her life as a thorough Christian woman whose kindly and neighborly solicitude for the welfare of others had endeared her to all who claimed her acquaintance. The remains were shipped to Hendrum, Minnesota where it will be interred by the side of the husband who preceded her but a short time ago. The deceased leaves to mourn her death, two daughters and a son, Mrs. Mary Wee, wife of Prof. M. A. Wee, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn.; (Hannah) Mrs. Thomas Kirkwold of Dunseith and Ole Nelson of Stanley, ND. a sister, Mrs. Mary Evenstad of Dunseith and a brothers Edwin Semling of Canada, then grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Douglas Funeral Home of this city and pallbearers were: Oscar Evenstad, Abe Nelson, Frank Atherton, Martin Semling, Adolph Hanson and Johannes Nelson. Music by Mrs. S. R. Cook of Kelvin at the piano and Mrs. Victor Tooke and Mrs. P. C. Danielson. Quite a large attendance of friends and neighbors filled the church who had come out to pay the last sad tribute of love and respect to the passing of a dear friend and neighbor. The floral offerings were beautiful and a large number of charitable offerings were read in her memory. The bereaved daughters and brother and other relatives have the sympathy of all in their sorrow in which the Journal joins. Transcribed by J.B. Mogren, F.A.G.#46783109 |