My
great-grandfather, Nathan Elias Albertson, worked as a blacksmith.
This photo from about 1912 shows him with his youngest son, Ernest.
Nathan
was born 5 Feb 1849 in Hancock County, Indiana, the oldest son of
Benjamin and Sabina (Marsh) Albertson. By the time of the 1850
census, the family was in Hamilton County Indiana and by 1856 in
Hardin County Iowa. It was in Hardin County at the County seat
Eldora, that Nathan, age 21, married 15 year old Mary Magdalene
Hockett in Oct 1870. Although both were Quakers, their marriage was
officiated by a justice of the peace, which was contrary to
discipline. However they appear to have been reinstated and are shown
in later Quaker records.
In
the 1880 census in Hardin County, Nathan is listed as a farmer and a
blacksmith. In the Iowa state census of 1885, his occupation is
listed as blacksmith.
It
was soon after that, in September 1886, that Nathan made application
for homestead land in Sherman County, Kansas. The homestead file
shows they took up residence in March of 1887. I intend to write more
about his homestead during the coming week. But as a homesteader,his
occupation in 1900 and 1905 is shown as farmer. However by 1915 he is
again a blacksmith.
Nathan
died 30 Jun 1917 in Sherman County, Kansas and he is buried at the
Goodland Cemetery.
Tomorrow
I plan to tell you about Nathan's venture into politics.
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