ANDERSON, George H.

ANDERSON, HORST

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/17/2001 at 16:11:53

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BROOKFIELD TWP.

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

GEORGE H. ANDERSON, Jr., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 10; P.O. Maquoketa, was born in Rockingham Co., Va., July 14, 1845; he emigrated to Clinton Co., with his parents, in 1852. Dec. 27, 1870. he married Miss Amanda Horst, of Bloomfield Township; she was a native of Ohio; they have three children -- Ella Maria, Emma Jane and George Alvin. Mr. A. and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is an active, enterprising citizen; he owns 200 acres of well-improved land; much of his attention is devoted to the improvement of his horses, cattle, etc.; his stock of all kinds are unsurpassed and seldom equaled in the West; in fact, his well-merited success has won him a reputation as a scientific farmer and stock-raiser; he has the largest and finest herd of thoroughbred Durham cattle in Clinton Co.