Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 309.
 
A. C. NELSON

     A. C. Nelson, one of Salem's substantial business men, has achieved
note-worthy success as a plumbing and heating contractor and sheet metal worker
and is also doing important work as a city builder. He was born January 19,
1887, near Herman, Minnesota, and is a son of Olaf and Johanna Nelson. His
mother died in 1893 and in the same year the father went to Colorado. He
followed the occupation of farming in that state until 1903, when he came to
Oregon and secured work in a Portland sawmill. He was similarly employed in
Falls City, Polk county, and is now living retired in Dallas, Oregon.

     The public schools of Colorado afforded A. C. Nelson his educational
advantages and at the age of fourteen he entered a sheet metal shop, completing
his apprenticeship five years later. He followed the trade as a journeyman until
he reached the age of twenty-three, also becoming a plumber, and then joined A.
B. Nelson in establishing the firm of Nelson Brothers. They were associated
until 1918, when the partnership was terminated by the death of A. B. Nelson,
and his brother has since continued the business. It was started at Seventeenth
and Oak streets and the next location was at No. 233 North Liberty street. In
January, 1914, it was moved to Nos. 355-61 Chemeketa street and here the
business has since been conducted in a one-story building fifty-one by
eighty-three feet in dimensions. In February, 1927, the business was
incorporated and the present officers are: A. C. Nelson, president; and E. E.
Ling, secretary and treasurer. The firm of Nelson Brothers executes orders for
plumbing, heating, roofing and sheet metal work with promptness and efficiency
and is the largest organization of the kind in Salem. The partners installed the
plumbing and heating systems in the Adam-Engle apartment house and the heating
plant in the Fraternal Temple. They furnished the sheet metal equipment for all
of the large canneries and turn out over two carloads of fire-proof roofing- per
month. The firm puts on the roofing and does a general jobbing business,
excelling in the lines in which it specializes. On March 1, 1927, the business
was expanded by the opening of the Eugene branch, which is under the capable
management of A. J. Jacobs, who directs the activities of twelve persons, while
a force of thirty is employed at Salem. The success of the concern is largely
attributable to the wisdom and administrative power of its executive head, who
is also working earnestly and systematically to upbuild and improve the Capital
city. Mr. Nelson has a half interest in a one-story brick building which is used
for a bowling alley. It is sixty-one by one hundred and sixty-five feet in
dimensions and is located at No. 361 North High street. He is also half owner of
a fine building of two stories which is eighty-three by one hundred and fourteen
feet in extent. The structure was completed in 1927 and is occupied by the
Fitzgerald Sherwood Motor Company and other large firms. In association with E.
E. Ling and A. J. Jacobs, Mr. Nelson erected the Capital Garage, a concrete
building, eighty-two by one hundred and sixty-five feet in dimensions. It is
situated on High street, between Center and Chemeketa streets, and has already
proven a profitable investment.

     In 1911 Mr. Nelson married Miss Hilda A. Ling, of Salem, and they now have
a son, Richard. Mr. Nelson is an adherent of the republican party and his
fraternal connections are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. He also
belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. He is a man of forceful
personality and a citizen who would be a valuable acquisition to any community.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2016 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.