Milford Lorenzo Nelson was born in Montpelier May 24, 1896, the son of Nels and Katherine Marguretta Jensen Nelson. He was a member of the Montpelier High School class of 1915, however he did not graduate. He married Clara Dean July 8, 1920 in Paris, Idaho. He died March 20, 1956 in Ogden, Utah and was buried in the Washington Heights Memorial Park Cemetery in Ogden.