Judge Dan M. Anderson

ANDERSON, DOUGLAS, HARROW, HUNT, LEAHY

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 5/19/2005 at 06:25:41

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa Volume IV 1931

JUDGE DAN M. ANDERSON, of Albia, who for twenty years was on the district
bench, has done much to confer distinction upon a name that has long enjoyed
honors in the legal profession.

His father, Daniel Anderson, practiced law all his adult life in Iowa.
Daniel Anderson was born in Indiana, April 5, 1821. The Andersons came to America in the early 1700s, and George Anderson, great-grandfather of Judge Anderson, was born in Virginia, in 1745, and served with a Virginia regiment in the Revolutionary war. In religious matters the Andersons have been members of either the Methodist or Presbyterian churches. Daniel Anderson, Sr., moved to Iowa in 1848, so that the family name has been identified with the bar almost continuously since the beginning of Iowa statehood. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, and became colonel of the First Iowa Cavalry. For six years he was a member of the Iowa State Senate. Col. Daniel Anderson married Amanda Harrow, of a Kentucky family of Scotch-Irish ancestry.

Their son, Judge Dan M. Anderson, was born at Albia, December 25, 1861.
Albia has been his home nearly all his life, except for a few years spent in
South Dakota. After graduating from the high school in 1882 he entered his
father's law office, was admitted to the bar in 1883, and at once joined his
father in practice. From 1886 to 1891 he was in South Dakota and while there
served four years as state's attorney of his county. For nearly thirty years now
he has been engaged in the work of his profession at Albia, either
practicing law or serving on the bench. For four years he was mayor of Albia, for six years a member of the city school board, held the office of postmaster eight years, and his service on the district bench ran from 1907 to 1927.

Judge Anderson is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His many years of
service to his county and state are a fine tribute to his ability and mental attainments.

Judge Anderson married, March 18, 1891, Miss Maud C. Hunt, whose parents, Henderson W. and Charlotte (Douglas) Hunt, were early settlers in South Dakota. Mrs. Anderson was a graduate of Beloit College and taught in the public schools of South Dakota until her marriage. She died August 20, 1927, leaving one daughter, Charlotte. Charlotte Anderson is the wife of Richard C. Leahy, and their home is in Hankow, China, where she has been secretary to Bishop
Alfred Gilman, president of the Central China Christian College. Mr. and Mrs. Leahy are the parents of one daughter.

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