Benjamin "Ben" Nelson
Marriages
Augusta Swanson Nelson - 1885
at Red Cliff, Colorado.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - July 17, 1931
[Name Benjamin found in his son's obituary, EVE May 27, 1965 p.1: "He was the son of Benjamin and Augusta Swanson NELSON, born April 3, 1899 in Minturn."]
DEATH ANGEL CALLS ANOTHER EAGLE COUNTY PIONEER. Ben Nelson Passed Away Suddenly Sunday Morning at Breakfast Table--Fifty One Years a Resident of Colorado, by Mae Cox.
Minturn, Colo. July 15. The community was suddenly shocked Sunday morning by the death of Mr. Ben NELSON who passed away very suddenly of heart trouble about 7 oclock while at the breakfast table at his ranch home near Minturn. Mr. NELSON had not been in the best of health for some time, but was able to be about his affairs all the time and his condition was not considered serious.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Minturn, and were conducted by Reverend Mr. PIPER. A mixed quartet composed of Mesdames PANCOAST and COX and Messrs. BAYER and CLARK rendered two vocal numbers and Mrs. PANCOAST sang a solo, "No Night There." Pall bearers were H. W. LUBY, D. BRADLEY, Howard PHIPPIPS, O. W. DAGGETT, O. J. TIPTON, and Jerry MAHONEY, nearly all the men whom Mr. NELSON had known all of the many years he has been a resident of Eagle county.
The family has the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement.
Ben NELSON was born at Falkenburg, Sweden, December 16, 1862, and died at his home at Minturn, Colo., July 12, 1931, at the age of 68 years, 6 months and 26 days. He came to the United States in 1880. He was engaged in the timber business for five years at Georgetown, Colo. From Georgetown he came to Minturn and soon settled on the ranch which he had developed into one of the best farms in Eagle county. In 1884 he returned to Sweden and a year later returned with a cousin and Miss Augusta SWANSON. They came direct to Eagle county and he and Miss SWANSON were married at Red Cliff. Mr. NELSON was engaged in farming and cattle raising. When the head lettuce industry struck this county, Mr. NELSON devoted most of his farming operations to the raising of that product and was most successful.
He is survived by his widow and four children--two sons, Sigfred and Arthur; and two daughters--Mrs. Harriett WHITMORE and Mrs. Esther DAKIN, living in Honolulu; and three granddaughters. Also two brothers, Swen NELSON of Sweden, and Elot NELSON of Oak Creek, Colo., and a number of uncles and nephews.
