Anderson, Erick 1827 – 1906

ANDERSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:42

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer June 29, 1906, FP, C5

The Decorah papers report the death of two of Decorah’s pioneers on Saturday last, June 23rd, John W. Stiles and Erick Anderson. Mr. Stiles was born in New York in 1818, and located in Decorah in 1856, just at the birth of the town, and entered into the stage business, operating stages from Decorah to Dubuque long before railroads traversed the state.
Previous to this, he had driven stages out of Chicago, Milwaukee, Omaha, St. Louis, Galena, and Dubuque, and for the old M. O. Walker stage line which at one time run through this section. In 1870, he established the Stiles’ Hotel which he has conducted ever since. His funeral was held Monday afternoon, Erick Anderson was born in Norway in 1827, and came to Chicago in 1839. After working as a compositor on various Norwegian papers for several years, he came to Winneshiek County in 1850, and entered land in Springfield Township. He was elected sheriff of that county in 1860, and served two terms.

Transcriber’s Note: His gravestone in Washington Prairie Norwegian Methodist Cemetery shows his birth date as January 20, 1827,

Washington Prairie Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
 

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