Marshall-Riley County KS Archives Biographies.....Anderson, Herman J. 1862 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 21, 2007, 11:48 pm Author: Emma E. Forter (1917) HERMAN J. ANDERSON. Among the native sons of Sweden who have come to the United States and settled in Cottage Hill township, Marshall county, and here successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, is Herman J. Anderson, who was born in the west part of Sweden on March 20, 1862, being the son of Jacob and Lottie (Swenson) Anderson. The parents of Herman J. Anderson were also natives of Sweden and there they received their education in the public schools and grew to maturity and were married. They continued to live in the land of their nativity until 1869, at which time they decided to come to America. On their arrival in the United States they came direct to Kansas, where they established their home in Riley county. Here the father homesteaded a tract of land which he later developed and improved into a splendid farm, and there he engaged in general farming and stock raising until the time of his death in 1879, at the age of fifty-five years. His wife was born in 1826 and died in 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were excellent people and were held in the highest regard and esteem by all who knew them. Herman J. Anderson received his education in the district schools of Riley county and there grew to manhood on the home farm, where as a lad and young man he assisted his father with the farm work. After the death of the father, Mr. Anderson assumed the management of the home place, where he remained until 1886, when he came to Marshall county and purchased a part of his present large farm of some eight hundred acres. The farm was much smaller at the start, but he has added to the original tract, as he could and as he prospered. He has two sets of farm buildings, which are most substantial and well kept. It was in 1884 that Herman J. Anderson was united in marriage to Mary Isaacson, a native of Sweden, and who came to the United States with her parents at the time the parents of her future husband came to this country. The family settled in Riley county and there her father homesteaded a farm which he developed and improved, and there he engaged in general farming and stock raising until the time of his death in 1904, at the age of seventy years. The widow of John Isaacson is now living at her home in Riley county at the age of eighty years. To Herman J. and Mary Anderson have been born the following children: Edward, William, Elmer, Mabel and Alice. Edward, who is now thirty years of age, is farming a part of his father's farm; William, twenty-eight years of age, is engaged in general farming on a part of his father's farm; Elmer, nineteen years of age, and Mabel, sixteen years old, are both at home; Alice died at the age of five months. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and long prominent in the social life of the township, where they were held in high regard and esteem. Mrs. Anderson, a most estimable woman and one who made many friends, was born on September 22, 1864, and departed this life at her home in Cottage Hill township on January 21, 1916. Politically, Mr. Anderson has always taken a keen interest in the civic life of his home township and county, although not an office seeker, has held the position of justice of the peace for one term. He is a man of pleasing qualities, and because of his progressive spirit and excellent judgment his advice is often sought on matters of public importance. He is a stockholder in the County Fair Association and in the State Bank at Waterville, and also in the Elevator Company, the Telephone Company and the Lumber Company at Waterville. He has always used his best interest in the development of his home district and is a strong advocate of the building of good roads and the support of the best schools, and in these matters his influence has been fraught with much good. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions by Emma E. Forter Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/marshall/bios/anderson468gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb