NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG4527.AM: Nelson Korner, 1848-1931
Papers: 1863-1865; 1931
Gage County, Neb.: Homesteader
Size: 0.2 cu.ft.; 1 box
BACKGROUND NOTE
Nelson Korner was born near Flat Rock, Seneca County, Ohio. His education ended after one year at Heidelberg College, Ohio. In 1867 he began teaching, but gave it up in 1868 and went to Nebraska, settling near the Blue River in Gage County. He taught at Rulo and farmed his acreage, and in 1870 he married Anna Rosenberry from Pawnee County whom he divorced in 1877. He was remarried in 1879 to Ella Turner. In 1903 they moved to Lincoln where he worked as a solicitor, first for the gas company and later for the Lincoln Telephone Company.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of two folders: 1) Autobiography of Nelson Korner, 1931; 2) Correspondence from Wilson Korner, 1863-1865. The autobiography is an interesting account of life on a homestead in the southeast corner of Nebraska. The letters describe in detail troop movements and battles of Company D, 34th Virginia Zouaves, as well as others.
DESCRIPTION
Box 1
Folder
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- Autobiography of Nelson Korner, 1931
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- Correspondence from Wilson Korner, 1863-1865
ADDED ENTRIES:
Farm life — Nebraska — Gage County
Frontier and pioneer life — Nebraska — Gage County
Gage County (Neb.) — History
Homesteads and homesteading — Nebraska — Gage County
Korner, Nelson, 1848-1931
Korner, Wilson
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Personal narratives
United States. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 34th (1862-1865)
HEK/js 09-09-1965
Encoded TMM 05-25-2010