David H. Anderson(1843-1924)

ANDERSON, GOODENOW, KREPPS, LARGE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/21/2008 at 07:31:45

Jackson Sentinel
April 22, 1924

Another Honored Pioneer Answers the Final Call
Was for Years Among Maquoketa’s Prominent Business Men.
Funeral on Wednesday Morning.

One by one the sturdy pioneers, who amid the hardships and discouragements of early day life in our community, laid the foundation upon which now rests the pride and beauty of Maquoketa, are laying down their working tools and entering into the eternal rest and their just reward. Hardly a week passes without a call from the Supreme summoning one or more of our honored citizens, and we who are left are continually reminded that ‘twill not be long until the last of our city’s founders will have joined their co-workers in the Great Beyond.

David H. Anderson passed away at his home on East Locust street at 2:15 o’clock Monday morning, and while his death was not unexpected, there was a cloud of sorrow overcasting the entire city when the sad news came forth from the saddened home. A man had died who had contributed toward the betterment of a grand community, and who had by his jovial, whole-souled personality won the respect of countless friends.

We knew Mr. Anderson, and are proud that he called us “friend.” To converse with “Uncle Dave” was an hour of interest and education. His life was so mingled with the growth and development of our city and its people to inspire one to become greater and better. He would point with pride to the boys and girls of his day who came, saw and conquered, always leaving unsaid the things that might tend to blight or injure the character of anyone.

His work is done and has been done well. He in business was co-operative to the common good; in his home he was a worshiper of his family circle; in his fraternities he endeavored to enact the every written virtue taught, and in his mingling man among men he was a true friend and neighbor. ‘Tis not too much then, when we, in behalf of a citizenship, say that one of Maquoketa’s best men has gone from us, and that his loss will be keenly felt by a sorrowing community.

David H. Anderson was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, August 24, 1843, and in 1852 with his parents and six brothers and sisters came by four-horse team and covered wagon to Clinton county, and in Brookfield township south of Maquoketa, the father purchased a farm of 20 acres and also a 480 acre tract in the adjoining Bloomfield township. Mr. Anderson attended district school and finished his education at Cornell college, at Mt. Vernon. When a young man he spent some time in travel, returning to Maquoketa where he embarked in the grocery business in which he was engaged until 1874, when he became connected with a wholesale grocery firm of Chicago. Unsatisfied with the work of traveling representative, Mr. Anderson again engaged in business here, building up one of the most prosperous commercial enterprises in the city. Acquiring a well-earned competence, Mr. Anderson retired from active business life in 1909, and had since enjoyed the pleasures of home and his many social associations.

On August 15, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Goodenow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Goodenow, the “parents of Maquoketa,” and to this union two daughters were born, Mrs. Alice Krepps, and Mrs. Bertha Large, both of this city, and who with the faithful wife are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. Besides these, there survive two grandchildren, Dillon Krepps and David Large of Maquoketa, also one brother, George, of Redlands, California.

Mr. Anderson was an honored member of the Masonic and K. of P. orders and his kindly counsel in these fraternal circles will be keenly missed. Several weeks ago he, with his wife, visited California, but he was taken ill enroute and the change of climate did not seem to be of benefit, and upon his return home he began to fail even more rapidly until the end.

The funeral will be held from the late home Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. A. H. Sinden assisted by Rev. D. Fergusen officiating. The committal service will be in charge of the local Masonic order, and the body will be then laid to rest in the mausoleum.