ANDERSON, Jesse A.

ANDERSON, BENTLEY

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Date: 10/17/2001 at 16:13:41

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BROOKFIELD TWP.

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

JESSE A. ANDERSON, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Elwood; Mr. Anderson was born Sept. 5, 1839, in Rockingham Co., Va., where he remained until 1852, then removed to Clinton Co. with his parents. In 1864, Mr. Anderson married, in Jackson Co., Iowa, Miss Annie, daughter of David E. and Lorinda Bentley, pioneer settlers of Iowa; they have had three children, two now living-David E and Myrtle E. Mr. A. owns 280 acres of well-improved land; is a Democrat.