Wife Cecelia Nehlsen.
Son Charles Nehlsen.
Daughters Augusta Nehlsen.
Rosa Nehlsen.
Daughter Amelia J. Nehlsen Newcomb.
Christian was a wheat buyer.
Christian D. Nehlsen Biography
CHRISTIAN D. NEHLSEN, a notable pioneer of Pepin village and county, who came here over 60 years ago, and who is now living in the village at the venerable age of 91 years, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (then a part of Denmark), July 1, 1827, only twelve years after the battle of Waterloo and six years after the death of the great Napoleon. His parents were Claus and Katherine Nehlsen. The father, who was a shoemaker in Rodenbeck, had, like most able-bodied men of that period, also been a soldier. The subject of this sketch, who was baptized and afterwards confirmed in the Lutheran church at Westensee, acquired a good education in the village school. At the age of 15 he began to learn the painter's trade at Kiel, Germany, and later he also learned that of carpenter. From Kiel he went to Norway, where he worked for four years, and then was called into service in the German army and fought in the war with Denmark from 1849 to 1851, being discharged with the rank of sergeant. In the same year, 1851, he set out for the United States, resolved to try his fortune in a land of greater opportunities. His first location on this side of the Atlantic was at Rochester, N. Y., from which city he went to Erie, Pa., and from the latter place to Davenport, Iowa. He now beheld the waters of the great Mississippi river as they came rolling down from the mysterious north, and it was not long before he felt a strong temptation to explore the upper country in search of a place to establish a home. Setting out in 1856 he arrived in Pepin, where there were then scarcely half a dozen houses. The locality, however, appealed to him, and he determined to give it a trial. There being no lumber in the settlement with which to build a house, he, with two other men, set out for Menomonie, which was the nearest place where it could be procured. The journey, of course, was through the wilderness, as there were no roads nor even a trail to follow. Their first night in the open was spent in a deserted lumber camp, and later they found a sugar camp, where they were given a night's lodging. At Menomonie they had to wait while the lumber was being sawed. Then, making it into a raft, they floated it down the Menomonie branch of the Chippewa river, and down the Chippewa to Pepin, that being the only available method of transportation. It was not long, however, before Mr. Nehlsen secured land and engaged in farming in Pepin township, being thus occupied for 13 years. Those years were crowded with hard work, for farming is not play even in these modern times, and what it was in pioneer days every old settler knows. Later, Mr. Nehlsen was identified with the business life of Pepin village, owning and operating a grain elevator here, and also a retail lumber yard. His proprietorship of these latter industries lasted about five years, at the end of which time he took up the carpenter's trade, for which there was now sufficient scope, as the place was growing with the advent of new settlers. During the time that he was engaged in contract work as a carpenter, Mr. Nehlsen built all the churches now standing in the village, together with many schools and residences, both in the village and the adjacent country. In 1903 he retired from active work, and has since resided in the village of Pepin as one of its best known and most honored citizens. He has been a member of the Republican party since it was first organized. Mr. Nehlsen was married in 1852, at Davenport, Iowa, to Cecelia Ladyhoff, daughter of Claus and Margaret Ladyhoff. She was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 26, 1835, her parents belonged to the wealthy class of farmers and were the owners of a large farm and fine orchard. On arriving in this country they settled in Davenport, Iowa, where the father died a few months later. She attended school in Davenport, Iowa, and was also confirmed in the Lutheran church in that city. Mrs. Ladyhoff survived her husband and lived to the advanced age of 82 years. Mr. and Mrs. Nehlsen had a family of ten children, namely: Augusta, John, Julia, Amelia, Lena, Rose, Sara, Charles, Edward and Lillian. Of these children four are now deceased. Augusta died in 1873, and John in infancy, while the death of Charles was a tragedy, he being drowned in Lake Pepin, in 1882. Julia married C. M. Hilliard, an attorney of Durand, and has three children, Ruth L., a school teacher, and Hugh Stanley and William C, who are farmers in Montana. Amelia was the wife of J. F. Newcomb, now deceased, and her children are: Glenn, who is in the office of the stock yard at South St. Paul, and Chester, who became an engineer on the Burlington road, later entered the United States army, but is now again engaged in railroad work. Lena became the wife of J. W. Hamilton, a merchant of Durand, but is now deceased. She left a son, William H. Hamilton, who was a teacher in manual training, but is at present in the United States service. Rose, a teacher, followed her profession four years in her home town, seven years at Neenah, Wis., and for an equal length of time at Bloomer, this state, and is still occupied as a teacher. Sara is the wife of J. J. Young, a merchant of Chandler, Minn. Edward, who is a merchant at Creighton, Neb., married Emma Hahn, and has one child, George Edward. Lillian is the wife of H. H. Berg, of Towner, N. Dak., her husband being vice president of the First National Bank there. She has two children, Marguerite and Eileen. Thus, after a long and eventful life, this venerable couple are taking their repose, with most of their children still living, and some of them the parents of families. Though well advanced in years, they take an interest in the younger generation, who will do well if in years to come they equal their honorable record. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919), pg 830-832 tr by M. Saggio]
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Son Charles Nehlsen.
Daughters Augusta Nehlsen.
Rosa Nehlsen.
Daughter Amelia J. Nehlsen Newcomb.
Christian was a wheat buyer.
Christian D. Nehlsen Biography
CHRISTIAN D. NEHLSEN, a notable pioneer of Pepin village and county, who came here over 60 years ago, and who is now living in the village at the venerable age of 91 years, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (then a part of Denmark), July 1, 1827, only twelve years after the battle of Waterloo and six years after the death of the great Napoleon. His parents were Claus and Katherine Nehlsen. The father, who was a shoemaker in Rodenbeck, had, like most able-bodied men of that period, also been a soldier. The subject of this sketch, who was baptized and afterwards confirmed in the Lutheran church at Westensee, acquired a good education in the village school. At the age of 15 he began to learn the painter's trade at Kiel, Germany, and later he also learned that of carpenter. From Kiel he went to Norway, where he worked for four years, and then was called into service in the German army and fought in the war with Denmark from 1849 to 1851, being discharged with the rank of sergeant. In the same year, 1851, he set out for the United States, resolved to try his fortune in a land of greater opportunities. His first location on this side of the Atlantic was at Rochester, N. Y., from which city he went to Erie, Pa., and from the latter place to Davenport, Iowa. He now beheld the waters of the great Mississippi river as they came rolling down from the mysterious north, and it was not long before he felt a strong temptation to explore the upper country in search of a place to establish a home. Setting out in 1856 he arrived in Pepin, where there were then scarcely half a dozen houses. The locality, however, appealed to him, and he determined to give it a trial. There being no lumber in the settlement with which to build a house, he, with two other men, set out for Menomonie, which was the nearest place where it could be procured. The journey, of course, was through the wilderness, as there were no roads nor even a trail to follow. Their first night in the open was spent in a deserted lumber camp, and later they found a sugar camp, where they were given a night's lodging. At Menomonie they had to wait while the lumber was being sawed. Then, making it into a raft, they floated it down the Menomonie branch of the Chippewa river, and down the Chippewa to Pepin, that being the only available method of transportation. It was not long, however, before Mr. Nehlsen secured land and engaged in farming in Pepin township, being thus occupied for 13 years. Those years were crowded with hard work, for farming is not play even in these modern times, and what it was in pioneer days every old settler knows. Later, Mr. Nehlsen was identified with the business life of Pepin village, owning and operating a grain elevator here, and also a retail lumber yard. His proprietorship of these latter industries lasted about five years, at the end of which time he took up the carpenter's trade, for which there was now sufficient scope, as the place was growing with the advent of new settlers. During the time that he was engaged in contract work as a carpenter, Mr. Nehlsen built all the churches now standing in the village, together with many schools and residences, both in the village and the adjacent country. In 1903 he retired from active work, and has since resided in the village of Pepin as one of its best known and most honored citizens. He has been a member of the Republican party since it was first organized. Mr. Nehlsen was married in 1852, at Davenport, Iowa, to Cecelia Ladyhoff, daughter of Claus and Margaret Ladyhoff. She was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 26, 1835, her parents belonged to the wealthy class of farmers and were the owners of a large farm and fine orchard. On arriving in this country they settled in Davenport, Iowa, where the father died a few months later. She attended school in Davenport, Iowa, and was also confirmed in the Lutheran church in that city. Mrs. Ladyhoff survived her husband and lived to the advanced age of 82 years. Mr. and Mrs. Nehlsen had a family of ten children, namely: Augusta, John, Julia, Amelia, Lena, Rose, Sara, Charles, Edward and Lillian. Of these children four are now deceased. Augusta died in 1873, and John in infancy, while the death of Charles was a tragedy, he being drowned in Lake Pepin, in 1882. Julia married C. M. Hilliard, an attorney of Durand, and has three children, Ruth L., a school teacher, and Hugh Stanley and William C, who are farmers in Montana. Amelia was the wife of J. F. Newcomb, now deceased, and her children are: Glenn, who is in the office of the stock yard at South St. Paul, and Chester, who became an engineer on the Burlington road, later entered the United States army, but is now again engaged in railroad work. Lena became the wife of J. W. Hamilton, a merchant of Durand, but is now deceased. She left a son, William H. Hamilton, who was a teacher in manual training, but is at present in the United States service. Rose, a teacher, followed her profession four years in her home town, seven years at Neenah, Wis., and for an equal length of time at Bloomer, this state, and is still occupied as a teacher. Sara is the wife of J. J. Young, a merchant of Chandler, Minn. Edward, who is a merchant at Creighton, Neb., married Emma Hahn, and has one child, George Edward. Lillian is the wife of H. H. Berg, of Towner, N. Dak., her husband being vice president of the First National Bank there. She has two children, Marguerite and Eileen. Thus, after a long and eventful life, this venerable couple are taking their repose, with most of their children still living, and some of them the parents of families. Though well advanced in years, they take an interest in the younger generation, who will do well if in years to come they equal their honorable record. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919), pg 830-832 tr by M. Saggio]
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Wife Cecelia Nehlsen.
Son Charles Nehlsen.
Daughters Augusta Nehlsen.
Rosa Nehlsen.
Daughter Amelia J. Nehlsen Newcomb.
Christian was a wheat buyer.
Christian D. Nehlsen Biography
CHRISTIAN D. NEHLSEN, a notable pioneer of Pepin village and county, who came here over 60 years ago, and who is now living in the village at the venerable age of 91 years, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (then a part of Denmark), July 1, 1827, only twelve years after the battle of Waterloo and six years after the death of the great Napoleon. His parents were Claus and Katherine Nehlsen. The father, who was a shoemaker in Rodenbeck, had, like most able-bodied men of that period, also been a soldier. The subject of this sketch, who was baptized and afterwards confirmed in the Lutheran church at Westensee, acquired a good education in the village school. At the age of 15 he began to learn the painter's trade at Kiel, Germany, and later he also learned that of carpenter. From Kiel he went to Norway, where he worked for four years, and then was called into service in the German army and fought in the war with Denmark from 1849 to 1851, being discharged with the rank of sergeant. In the same year, 1851, he set out for the United States, resolved to try his fortune in a land of greater opportunities. His first location on this side of the Atlantic was at Rochester, N. Y., from which city he went to Erie, Pa., and from the latter place to Davenport, Iowa. He now beheld the waters of the great Mississippi river as they came rolling down from the mysterious north, and it was not long before he felt a strong temptation to explore the upper country in search of a place to establish a home. Setting out in 1856 he arrived in Pepin, where there were then scarcely half a dozen houses. The locality, however, appealed to him, and he determined to give it a trial. There being no lumber in the settlement with which to build a house, he, with two other men, set out for Menomonie, which was the nearest place where it could be procured. The journey, of course, was through the wilderness, as there were no roads nor even a trail to follow. Their first night in the open was spent in a deserted lumber camp, and later they found a sugar camp, where they were given a night's lodging. At Menomonie they had to wait while the lumber was being sawed. Then, making it into a raft, they floated it down the Menomonie branch of the Chippewa river, and down the Chippewa to Pepin, that being the only available method of transportation. It was not long, however, before Mr. Nehlsen secured land and engaged in farming in Pepin township, being thus occupied for 13 years. Those years were crowded with hard work, for farming is not play even in these modern times, and what it was in pioneer days every old settler knows. Later, Mr. Nehlsen was identified with the business life of Pepin village, owning and operating a grain elevator here, and also a retail lumber yard. His proprietorship of these latter industries lasted about five years, at the end of which time he took up the carpenter's trade, for which there was now sufficient scope, as the place was growing with the advent of new settlers. During the time that he was engaged in contract work as a carpenter, Mr. Nehlsen built all the churches now standing in the village, together with many schools and residences, both in the village and the adjacent country. In 1903 he retired from active work, and has since resided in the village of Pepin as one of its best known and most honored citizens. He has been a member of the Republican party since it was first organized. Mr. Nehlsen was married in 1852, at Davenport, Iowa, to Cecelia Ladyhoff, daughter of Claus and Margaret Ladyhoff. She was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 26, 1835, her parents belonged to the wealthy class of farmers and were the owners of a large farm and fine orchard. On arriving in this country they settled in Davenport, Iowa, where the father died a few months later. She attended school in Davenport, Iowa, and was also confirmed in the Lutheran church in that city. Mrs. Ladyhoff survived her husband and lived to the advanced age of 82 years. Mr. and Mrs. Nehlsen had a family of ten children, namely: Augusta, John, Julia, Amelia, Lena, Rose, Sara, Charles, Edward and Lillian. Of these children four are now deceased. Augusta died in 1873, and John in infancy, while the death of Charles was a tragedy, he being drowned in Lake Pepin, in 1882. Julia married C. M. Hilliard, an attorney of Durand, and has three children, Ruth L., a school teacher, and Hugh Stanley and William C, who are farmers in Montana. Amelia was the wife of J. F. Newcomb, now deceased, and her children are: Glenn, who is in the office of the stock yard at South St. Paul, and Chester, who became an engineer on the Burlington road, later entered the United States army, but is now again engaged in railroad work. Lena became the wife of J. W. Hamilton, a merchant of Durand, but is now deceased. She left a son, William H. Hamilton, who was a teacher in manual training, but is at present in the United States service. Rose, a teacher, followed her profession four years in her home town, seven years at Neenah, Wis., and for an equal length of time at Bloomer, this state, and is still occupied as a teacher. Sara is the wife of J. J. Young, a merchant of Chandler, Minn. Edward, who is a merchant at Creighton, Neb., married Emma Hahn, and has one child, George Edward. Lillian is the wife of H. H. Berg, of Towner, N. Dak., her husband being vice president of the First National Bank there. She has two children, Marguerite and Eileen. Thus, after a long and eventful life, this venerable couple are taking their repose, with most of their children still living, and some of them the parents of families. Though well advanced in years, they take an interest in the younger generation, who will do well if in years to come they equal their honorable record. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919), pg 830-832 tr by M. Saggio]
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Son Charles Nehlsen.
Daughters Augusta Nehlsen.
Rosa Nehlsen.
Daughter Amelia J. Nehlsen Newcomb.
Christian was a wheat buyer.
Christian D. Nehlsen Biography
CHRISTIAN D. NEHLSEN, a notable pioneer of Pepin village and county, who came here over 60 years ago, and who is now living in the village at the venerable age of 91 years, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (then a part of Denmark), July 1, 1827, only twelve years after the battle of Waterloo and six years after the death of the great Napoleon. His parents were Claus and Katherine Nehlsen. The father, who was a shoemaker in Rodenbeck, had, like most able-bodied men of that period, also been a soldier. The subject of this sketch, who was baptized and afterwards confirmed in the Lutheran church at Westensee, acquired a good education in the village school. At the age of 15 he began to learn the painter's trade at Kiel, Germany, and later he also learned that of carpenter. From Kiel he went to Norway, where he worked for four years, and then was called into service in the German army and fought in the war with Denmark from 1849 to 1851, being discharged with the rank of sergeant. In the same year, 1851, he set out for the United States, resolved to try his fortune in a land of greater opportunities. His first location on this side of the Atlantic was at Rochester, N. Y., from which city he went to Erie, Pa., and from the latter place to Davenport, Iowa. He now beheld the waters of the great Mississippi river as they came rolling down from the mysterious north, and it was not long before he felt a strong temptation to explore the upper country in search of a place to establish a home. Setting out in 1856 he arrived in Pepin, where there were then scarcely half a dozen houses. The locality, however, appealed to him, and he determined to give it a trial. There being no lumber in the settlement with which to build a house, he, with two other men, set out for Menomonie, which was the nearest place where it could be procured. The journey, of course, was through the wilderness, as there were no roads nor even a trail to follow. Their first night in the open was spent in a deserted lumber camp, and later they found a sugar camp, where they were given a night's lodging. At Menomonie they had to wait while the lumber was being sawed. Then, making it into a raft, they floated it down the Menomonie branch of the Chippewa river, and down the Chippewa to Pepin, that being the only available method of transportation. It was not long, however, before Mr. Nehlsen secured land and engaged in farming in Pepin township, being thus occupied for 13 years. Those years were crowded with hard work, for farming is not play even in these modern times, and what it was in pioneer days every old settler knows. Later, Mr. Nehlsen was identified with the business life of Pepin village, owning and operating a grain elevator here, and also a retail lumber yard. His proprietorship of these latter industries lasted about five years, at the end of which time he took up the carpenter's trade, for which there was now sufficient scope, as the place was growing with the advent of new settlers. During the time that he was engaged in contract work as a carpenter, Mr. Nehlsen built all the churches now standing in the village, together with many schools and residences, both in the village and the adjacent country. In 1903 he retired from active work, and has since resided in the village of Pepin as one of its best known and most honored citizens. He has been a member of the Republican party since it was first organized. Mr. Nehlsen was married in 1852, at Davenport, Iowa, to Cecelia Ladyhoff, daughter of Claus and Margaret Ladyhoff. She was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 26, 1835, her parents belonged to the wealthy class of farmers and were the owners of a large farm and fine orchard. On arriving in this country they settled in Davenport, Iowa, where the father died a few months later. She attended school in Davenport, Iowa, and was also confirmed in the Lutheran church in that city. Mrs. Ladyhoff survived her husband and lived to the advanced age of 82 years. Mr. and Mrs. Nehlsen had a family of ten children, namely: Augusta, John, Julia, Amelia, Lena, Rose, Sara, Charles, Edward and Lillian. Of these children four are now deceased. Augusta died in 1873, and John in infancy, while the death of Charles was a tragedy, he being drowned in Lake Pepin, in 1882. Julia married C. M. Hilliard, an attorney of Durand, and has three children, Ruth L., a school teacher, and Hugh Stanley and William C, who are farmers in Montana. Amelia was the wife of J. F. Newcomb, now deceased, and her children are: Glenn, who is in the office of the stock yard at South St. Paul, and Chester, who became an engineer on the Burlington road, later entered the United States army, but is now again engaged in railroad work. Lena became the wife of J. W. Hamilton, a merchant of Durand, but is now deceased. She left a son, William H. Hamilton, who was a teacher in manual training, but is at present in the United States service. Rose, a teacher, followed her profession four years in her home town, seven years at Neenah, Wis., and for an equal length of time at Bloomer, this state, and is still occupied as a teacher. Sara is the wife of J. J. Young, a merchant of Chandler, Minn. Edward, who is a merchant at Creighton, Neb., married Emma Hahn, and has one child, George Edward. Lillian is the wife of H. H. Berg, of Towner, N. Dak., her husband being vice president of the First National Bank there. She has two children, Marguerite and Eileen. Thus, after a long and eventful life, this venerable couple are taking their repose, with most of their children still living, and some of them the parents of families. Though well advanced in years, they take an interest in the younger generation, who will do well if in years to come they equal their honorable record. [Source: History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin, vol 2; compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, published by H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., (1919), pg 830-832 tr by M. Saggio]
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