"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 16, 1965, p 5. Funeral services for Martin L. Nelson, 81, Lima Center, were held Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 2:30 p.m. in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery. Mr. Nelson, a retired farmer and resident of the village of Lima Center since 1957, died at 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in Edgerton Memorial Hospital following an illness of several months. Born Jan. 27, 1884, in Dell Rapids, S. D., he was the son of N. P. and Caroline Olson Nelson. He came to the Milton area with his family in 1906. He was married to Esther R. Rood in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rood, in North Loup, Neb., March 24, 1909. The couple observed their 55th wedding anniversary in March 1964. He farmed most of his life, moving to the Sharon, Wis. - Capron, Ill. area in 1918 where he resided until retiring in 1957 and moving to Lima Center. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Max (Clara) Basler of Wisconsin Rapids, and Mrs. Ray (Virgie) Johnson of Cushing, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charles and Julius, both of Milton; and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fredericks of Milton, and Mrs. Lydia Hurley of Madison. A daughter, Julia, and four sisters predeceased him. "The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 9, 1988, p 24. Esther Nelson, age 105 1/2, died Wednesday, June 1, at Cedar Crest Nursing Home where she had resided for several years. Mrs. Nelson was born Nov. 16, 1882 in North Loup, Nebraska, the daughter of Charles and Rosa Rood. She married Martin Nelson on March 24, 1909. He died October 12, 1965. They farmed all their life until he retired to Milton. She was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church. Mrs. Nelson is survived by two daughters, Clara Basler of Wisconsin Rapids, and Virgie Johnson of Cushing; one sister, Eunice Harman of Beaver City, Neb.; nine grandchildren; 23 Great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter and a granddaughter. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Rev. Don Sanford will officiate. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders