J.V. Anderson

ANDERSON, CARLSON, JOHNSON, KING, CROSS

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 10/19/2010 at 19:50:47

Another of the sons of Sweden who have come to northwestern Iowa and, by persistent and indefatigable industry along well directed lines, as well as by careful management of their resources, have won prosperity, is J. V. Anderson, who is now retired from active business and is living in Spencer in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden on the 12th of December, 1842, and is a son of Andrew and Christina Anderson. He was reared under the parental roof and secured his education in the public schools of his home neighborhood. In 1870 he came to the United States and located near Springfield, Iowa, where he was employed as a farm hand for three years. He then went to Illinois, where he rented a farm for ten years. In 1883 he came to Clay county, Iowa, and in the following year bought a farm, to the improvement and cultivation of which he devoted his energies with such success that he was enabled to buy more land, until he is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of rich and well improved land. He remained on that place until 1911, when he retired from active farming and came to Spencer, where he has since lived and where he owns a fine home.

In 1865, in Sweden, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Carlson, whose parents spent their entire lives in Sweden, both being now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were born twelve children, four of whom are deceased, the survivors being: Carolina, the wife of Axel Johnson; Andrew J.; George W.; Frank A.; Effa M.; the wife of James A King; Ervin E.; Elsa, the wife of George Cross; and Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Anderson is in the truest sense a self-made man and because of his achievements in a material way and his true, consistent life he has long commanded the respect and good will of his fellow citizens throughout this community.

Contributed by: Debbie Clough Gerischer. Source: Northwestern Iowa, Its History and Tradition, Volume III, 1804-1926.