Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Anderson, Peter C. 1849 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  PETER C. ANDERSON is a stockraiser and farmer of Bigelow township, having made

his home there for the last twenty years. He is the owner of 240 acres of land

on sections 8 and 5 and 200 acres in Kandiyohi county, Minn.



  Mr. Anderson is a native of Skane, Sweden, where he was born Dec. 13, 1849. He

was the son of Andrew Olsen and Catherine (Swenson) Olsen, both deceased. His

father came to the United States in 1870 and located in Knox county, Ill. He

later resided in Henry county, Ill., and after the death of his wife made his

home with his son. He died in Nobles county in November, 1894, aged 85 years.

Our subject's mother died in Henry county in 1882, aged 63 years.



  P. C. Anderson came to America in 1868 and settled in Ford county, Ill., where

for nine years he worked at farm work. During the next three years he farmed on

rented land; then he bought a farm and conducted it eight years. In 1888 he sold

out his Illinois property and moved to Nobles county, where he bought a part of

his present farm, and where he has ever since resided. He engages extensively in

stock raising, making a specialty of cattle and hogs. Mr. Anderson is a member

of the Bigelow township board, having held the office five years. He has also

been treasurer of school district No. 80 ever since the district was organized,

and for three years served as township assessor.



  At Gibson City, Ford county, Ill., on Feb. 10, 1878, Mr. Anderson was united

in marriage to Miss Fannie Larson, who was born in Sweden and who came to

America in 1870. They are the parents of the following children: Albert, born

June 30, 1878, now engaged in managing his father's Kandiyohi county farm;

William, born Aug. 23, 1879; Lynn, born Oct. 4,. 1881, in the implement business

at Pennock, Minn.; Victor, born July 5, 1884; Jodie, born July 15: 1886; Chloe,

born Sept. 3, 1887; George, born July 4, 1889; Harry, born Jan. 13, 1891; Amel,

born Aug. 11, 1895; Bennie, born July 25, 1898; Raymond, born May 3, 1902. Mr.

and Mrs. Anderson and family are members of the Swedish Lutheran church of

Worthington.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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