D.H. Anderson

GOODENOW

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Date: 1/31/2019 at 07:24:26

The History of Jackson County, Iowa, containing A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc.,
Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Jackson County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c. Illustrated. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, page 621

D.H. ANDERSON, of the firm of Derby & Anderson, general merchants, Main street, Maquoketa; is a native of Rockingham Co., Va.; born Aug. 24, 1843; with his parents, came to Iowa and located in Jackson Co. in 1854; he grew up to manhood here, and in 1863, engaged in mercantile business, in Maquoketa, and continued for nine years; he was on the road for five years, selling goods, and in June, 1879, he associated with W.S. Derby, in mercantile business; he held the office of Town Treasurer for five years. Aug. 15, 1871, he married Miss Mary L. Goodenow daugther of John E. Goodenow, one of the oldest and most honored settlers of Jackson Co. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children--Alice and Bertha.