Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Anderson, August 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 3, 2006, 11:46 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) AUGUST ANDERSON. Among the pioneer settlers of Nobles county is August Anderson, of Indian Lake township, who has resided permanently on the northwest quarter of section 28, since the spring of 1872. He has a finely improved farm and one of the handsomest farm residences in the county, which was erected in 1905. For many years he served as treasurer of Indian Lake township and he is now clerk of the school district in which he lives, having held the office during the last eighteen years. Mr. Anderson is the son of A. E. Larson (1813-1853) and Marie Charlotte (Peterson) Anderson (1821-1898). He was born in Orebro, Sweden, August 17, 1841, in which place he lived twenty-eight years. He worked on his father's farm until twenty-five years of age, securing seven years' schooling during this time. In the fall of 1866 he began work in his brother-in-law's tannery, about 27 miles from Orebro, at which work he was employed until the spring of 1869. He then decided to come to the new world, and arrived in New York April 28, 1869. He went at once to Chicago, intending to seek work in a tannery and complete his apprenticeship in that trade. He spent two weeks in Chicago, looking for that kind of work, but was unsuccessful. He went to Lansing, Iowa, arriving there May 16. There he hired out on a farm and worked that summer. He was married in Allamakee county Dec. 23, 1869, to Clara Josephina Peterson, daughter of John Peterson, of that county. Immediately after his marriage he rented a farm, and for the next two years was employed in agricultural pursuits. Ambitious to secure a home of his own, and not possessing the means to purchase one, he decided to seek one in the new country of Nobles county, where a few people from Allamakee county had already been. In September, 1871, he drove up to Indian Lake township, looked the country over, liked the looks of it, and decided, to locate there. He filed a homestead claim to the northwest quarter of section 28, and then returned to his home in Iowa. He came up again in March, 1872, built a small cabin, and in June brought up his family, There he has made his home ever since, a period. of thirty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of six children: Frank Aldrich, Indian Lake township; Emma Augusta (Mrs. Peter Norberg), Sioux Falls, S. D.; David, Seattle, Wash.; Delia (Mrs. N. Nelson), Minneapolis; Willie Roy, Indian Lake township; Ansel Alven, Indian Lake township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Swedish Baptist church of Indian Lake, of which his children, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law are also members. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/anderson221gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb