"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jul. 11, 1968, p 12. Charles A. Nelson, 88, well known Milton area resident, carpenter and retired farmer, died unexpectedly Saturday, July 6, in his home at 372 Madison Avenue. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery with Robert Hurley, Allison Davis, Leman Rood, Kenneth Page, Gary Hess, John Kelly, Kenneth Nelson and Ronald Ohmann as pallbearers. The son of Nels and Caroline Olson Nelson, he was born March 31, 1880, in Dell Rapids, S. D., coming to the Milton area as a youth. He was married to the former Mabel Severance Aug. 19, 1909 at Elcho, Wis. Mr. Nelson, a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, had served as deacon since 1911. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Verna) Klein, Chicago, and Mrs. Reva Thielen, Madison; two sons, Erlo, Milton, and Nolan, Grand Rapids, Mich.; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Julius, Milton; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Frederick, Milton, and Mrs. Lyda Hurley, Madison. "The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 21, 1990, p 32. Mabel Nelson, 101, died Tuesday, June 12, 1990, at Rock Haven. She was born Aug. 25. 1888, in Moody County, S. D., the daughter of Hector and Emma (Ellis) Severance. She married Charles A. Nelson Aug. 19, 1909, in Elcho, Wis. Mrs. Nelson was a longtime resident of Milton and a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Surviving are her two sons, Erlo of Milton and Nolan of Austin, Texas; 2 daughters, Vera Klein of Elgin, Ill., and Reva Stump of St. Paul, Minn.; seven grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Myra Haskins of Long Beach, Calif.; one brother, Harlan Severance of Medical Lake, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charles; 2 sisters; and four brothers. Funeral services were held Friday, June 15, at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery. Albrecht Funeral Home in Milton handled the arrangements. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders