Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 682.
 
SAMUEL S. NELSON

     a stockman residing about two miles southwest from Mitchell,and one of the
leading men of this part of the county, was born in La Fayette county, Missouri,
on January 1, 1862. His father, Rufus K. Nelson, was born in Kentucky, came to
Missouri when a young man, on to Nevada in 1874, and finally landed in Lane
county, Oregon, shortly after. In 1877 he came to the vicinity of Mitchell and
engaged in stock raising. He was killed while driving a band of horses to
Nebraska, in 1889. He had married Miss Mary C. Neil, who was born near Paris,
Kentucky.  She accompanied her husband across the plains. Our subject was
educated in Oregon, and here, also, he grew to manhood. When he had arrived to a
sufficient age, he entered into the stock business for himself, and since that
time has continued in it. He accompanied his father to this section and they
were among the very first to settle here. He is well acquainted with the country
and has handled stock all over it. Mr. Nelson now has a section and a half of
good land, which is a choice stock ranch, and he handles it and his stock
business with skill and care. Mr. Nelson has four brothers, Charles, W. F., P.
B., and E. W. They all came to this country together and have been much
associated in their business since. In the early days, they had to endure much
hardship and were accustomed to the rugged life of the frontiersmen, which they
met with fortitude. Mail and all supplies had to be brought from a distant point
and they had to be on the watch for the depredations .of the savages all the
time. However, they have weathered all of this and are well-to-do men and
representative citizens here at this time. They each have ranches and large
bands of stock on the range.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.