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The Nelson Brothers, who are dairy farmers of Somers township, are two of the most energetic and enterprising business men of Westchester county. They embarked in the dairy business about 1878, under the firm name of Nelson Brothers, but business is now conducted under the name of W. H. Nelson. On starting out they had only twenty-five cows, but as their trade gradually grew they purchased more, and now have from five to six hundred head. They have established a large milk depot at No. 210 West Thirty-fifth street, New York city, where they dispose of most of their product in a wholesale business. Their large farm comprises about twenty-five hundred acres of valuable land, and in connection with its operation they have been extensively engaged in raising fine horses, and have some excellent specimens of the noble steed upon their place. Both brothers are natural mechanics, and upon their farm they have shops equipped for making all necessary repairs on machinery, etc. They also manufacture their own wagons and have turned out some fine carriages from their factory. They devote about three hundred acres to the raising of corn, which large area implies that the product is the largest amount of that cereal raised on any farm in the county. They started at the very bottom of the ladder financially, but by their combined efforts, industry and determination to succeed, they have built up a most extensive and profitable business, now furnishing employment to about fifty men all the year around.

The parents of these gentlemen were Henry G. and Prudy K. (Sarles) Nelson. The father died in 1860, at the age of forty-seven years, but the mother is still hale and hearty, at the age of eighty. Our subjects were their only children, William being born in 1846, and George in 1850. Both were principally educated in the public schools, though they pursued a business and collegiate course for a short time. They are wide-awake, energetic men of known reliability, and occupy an enviable position in the business world of this part of the country. Both vote the Democratic ticket, but George takes a more active part in political affairs than his brother. He was married February 17, 1898, to Miss Katie L. , daughter of Samuel and Emma Lounsbury, and they reside on the old Nelson homestead, two miles west of Katonah.