Bio of ANDERSON, John D. M.D. (b.1883 d.1922), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

JOHN D. ANDERSON, M. D. - Vol III, pg 118-121
A life of substantial usefulness and of value to his fellowmen was ended 
when Dr. John D. Anderson was called to his final rest on the 30th of 
September, 1922. He had long figured as one of the able physicians of 
Minneapolis, where he located in January, 1883. He was then a young man 
of twenty-seven years, his birth having occurred in Victoria county, 
Ontario, June 29, 1855, his parents being John and Janet (McLaren) 
Anderson. He pursued his education in the public schools of his native 
province and attended the high school at Oakwood, from which he was 
graduated with the class of 1872. He then took up the profession of 
teach­ing, which he followed for several years, but regarded this merely 
as an initial step to other professional labor, as it was his purpose and 
desire to become a physician. Accordingly he studied in the Trinity 
Medical School, the medical department of Toronto University, and also 
spent some time as a student in Trinity College and in the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, being a graduate of all these institutions. In 
1879 he went to Edinburgh, Scotland, and there continuing his preparation 
for a professional career, was graduated from the Royal College of 
Physicians, standing at the head of his class with a one hundred per cent 
record in both oral and clinical examinations. Thus splendidly equipped 
for his chosen life work, he returned to the new world and entered upon 
active practice in Minneapolis in January, 1883. Throughout the 
intervening years to the time of hs demise Dr. Anderson remained a most 
worthy and capable follower of his profession in this city. He always 
kept abreast with the times through study and investigation and his 
ability was manifest in the excellent results which followed his labors. 
He was ever very careful in the diagnosis of his cases and seldom, if 
ever, at fault in fore­telling the outcome of disease. His ready sympathy 
enabled him to understand his patients and his correct analysis of a case 
enabled him readily to supply the necessary remedy. He enjoyed to the 
fullest extent the confidence and high regard of the general public and 
of his fellow members in the Hennepin County Medical Society, the 
Minnesota State Medical Association and the British Medical Associa­tion.

In January, 1896, Dr. Anderson was married in Minneapolis to Miss Jessie 
C. MacGregor, a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a daughter of 
Archibald and Isabel (Clifford) MacGregor. Her father was born in 
Scotland and her mother in Maine and they have both passed away. Dr. and 
Mrs. Anderson became the parents of two daughters, Jean and Mary. The 
family circle was broken by the hand of death when on the 30th of 
September, 1922, Dr. Anderson passed away, at the age of sixty-seven 
years. He was a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club, gave his 
political allegiance to the republican party and held membership in the 
First Presbyterian church. His life was ever guided by high and honorable 
principles and his sterling manhood found expression in his continuous 
and unfaltering effort to do good and serve his fellow travelers upon the 
journey of life.