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NELSON C. MANSKER. An honorable position among the agriculturists of township 8, range 6, Randolph County, is held by the gentleman above named, who is the fortunate possessor of a fine tract of land. The well tilled farm is devoted to raising mixed crops and the ordinary amount of stock, both grain and animals being of good quality. A homelike dwelling and various outbuildings indicate to the passer-by that the land is occupied by a family of enterprise and good judgment.

Our subject is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Nelson) Mansker, whose life history will be found elsewhere in this volume. He was born on section 2 of this township, November 3, 1858, and was reared on the home farm receiving a good education in the Clifton district schools. When starting out for himself in life at the age of twenty-one years, he began by working a tract of one hundred and forty-six acres of his father’s land. He worked hard, and gradually accumulated the means with which to purchase his present fine estate. The family residence is located on a tract comprising one hundred and seventy-seven acres among the hills, while another piece of one hundred and twenty acres on the river bottom is owned and cultivated by him. His attention is principally given to the raising of wheat, and a goodly amount of corn is also raised each year. The marriage of Mr. Mansker and Miss Emma Moore was solemnized September 20, 1880, at the home of the bride’s parents. Mrs. Mansker is a daughter of Owen and Eliza (Sievert) Moore, natives of Illinois and Indiana, respectively. The father was a son of Robert and Lavisa (Miller) Moore, probably natives of North Carolina, while the mother was the daughter of William and Barbara (Tinney) Sievert, natives of Pennsylvania.

To our subject and his estimable wife seven children were born, as follows: Alonzo E., born July 9, 1881, and died October 3, 1881; Cora B., born September 17, 1882; Murray, May 25, 1884; Charles E., November 9, 1886; Elva R., October 22, 1888; Una, born October 2, 1890, and died November 3, 1891; and Claudie A., born October 12, 1892. Mr. Mansker is an ardent Democrat in his political views, and upholds the principles of that party on every occasion. He has never been an aspirant to office, preferring the quietude of domestic life.