are active members of the Lutheran church and on account of their many estimable traits of character are greatly esteemed by all who know them.
Andrew C. Anderson was reared on the home farm, acquiring his education in the district schools and showing an application both as to work and study which gave favorable promise for a successful career. After arriving at twenty-one years of age he worked as a farm hand by the month for two years and then rented land on his own account, applying himself with such earnestness that in 1895 he had acquired sufficient capital to purchase the farm upon which he has since lived. It now consists of one hundred and fifty-four acres, the interurban railway cutting off six acres of the quarter section. He has improved his place with characteristic energy, setting out a good orchard, shade and ornamental trees, building large barns and a thoroughly modern residence, which he erected in the spring of 1910, supplying it with furnace heat and the most approved and up-to-date conveniences. He ranks as one of the most thorough farmers of the township.
In 1898 Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Lessie Chelswick, of Palestine township, a daughter of Peter Chelswick, one of the settlers of this township. Four children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson : Clara V., Palmer O., Willard E. and Leroy A.
Mr. Anderson and his estimable wife are firm believers in the authority and inspiration of the Bible and are stanch members of the Lutheran church. He votes for the candidates of the republican party and although not a politician in the sense of being an office seeker, he keeps well informed as to questions arising from year to year and also on the general progress of events in America and the world. He is recognized as a man of good judgment and fine business capacity and his opinion on subjects pertaining to agriculture or stock-raising is generally worthy of respectful hearing. His neighbors and friends recognize that he possesses the elements of character most essential in the attainment of success, therefore he is greatly respected by all who know him.
JOSEPH LANCASTER BUDD.
Ames has ever regarded Professor Joseph Lancaster Budd as one of the most prominent citizens that has ever lived within her borders. He was a man of international reputation because of his contribution to the world's work along horticultural lines. There is no one of prominence in horticultural circles that is not familiar with his name and what he accomplished as educator, writer and experimenter in the field to which he devoted his labors.
Professor Budd was born near Peekskill, on the Hudson river, in New York, July 3, 1835, and was one of the younger members in a family of eleven children, whose parents were Joseph and Maria (Lancaster) Budd,