Fred Nelson was born October 30, 1889 in Manning, son of Frederick F. and Jane (Knudson) Nelson.
He served in WWI as a private, Company B, 23rd Engineer Corps, US Army.

Fred was a farmer in Palo Verde, Riverside County, California according to the 1920 Census.
On the 1930 Census, he was a carpenter in Los Angeles, California, married to Louise Zimmerman and they had a 3 year old son named Fred Z. Nelson.
Fred Z. Nelson had a son, also named Fred.