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George Elias Nissen
George Elias (1839-1913) was the eldest son of John Phillip Nissen, founder of the Nissen Wagon Works in 1832 in the Waughtown area of Winston-Salem. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, George Elias returned home, married Sarah (Sallie) Stafford in 1866, and settled in Lewisville Township, where he established a successful gristmill, one of the largest industries in Forsyth County at that time.
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George Elias Nissen
George Elias (1839-1913) was the eldest son of John Phillip Nissen, founder of the Nissen Wagon Works in 1832 in the Waughtown area of Winston-Salem. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, George Elias returned home, married Sarah (Sallie) Stafford in 1866, and settled in Lewisville Township, where he established a successful gristmill, one of the largest industries in Forsyth County at that time.
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George Elias Nissen was born in 1839, and died at age 74 years old in 1913. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Elias Nissen .
G. E. Nissen was one of the most important early business leaders in the area, operating a grist mill and saw mill in Lewisville and eventually running Nissen Wagon Works with his brother after his father's death. These businesses were instrumental in the economic development of the Piedmont area and southeastern U.S.
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