Bio of Anderson, John F. (b.1870) Wabasha Co., MN
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Anderson, John F. (page 378), proprietor of the National Nursery, one of
the important and growing business concerns of Lake City, was born in
Sweden, May 22, 1870, and came to America in 1872 with his parents, the
family settling in Lund, Wisconsin. The father was a tailor by occupation,
and the family numbered twelve children, of whom six are now living. The
parents also survive and reside in a comfortable home next to that of
their son John. At the age of fourteen years John F. Anderson entered the
employ of the Jewell Nursery co. at Lake City, and remained with them
altogether for 29 years. He also spent some time with the Rose Hill
Nursery Co. of Minneapolis, and with these two concerns learned every
detail of the business. In the fall of 1910 he, with his brother, Axel
Anderson, and Emil Bellman, started in the nursery business on Iowa
street, in the south end of Lake City, beginning on sixteen acres of land.
Two years later Mr. Bellman sold his interest to Edward Anderson, a
brother of John and Axel , and the business was then organized as the
National Nursery Co. In 1918 John F. Anderson became the sole proprietor
and has retained the old name of the concern. The business has grown to
considerable dimensions, and draws its supplies principally from territory
in Wisconsin and North Dakota. Previous to the entrance of the United
States into the World War, the concern employed eight traveling salesmen,
but the war took some of its men, and since then they have done a large
wholesale business, supplying other nurseries with stock, which they grow
on contract. Frugal and industrious, Mr. Anderson has accumulated all he
has through his own personal efforts. He owns a comfortable home at 414 S.
Sixth street. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the
Equitable Fraternal Union, and is also a member of the Swedish Sick
Benefit Co., all of Lake City. Politically he is Independent, voting for
the man rather than with any particular party. Mr. Anderson was married
October 26, 1896, to Alma Soderstrom, who was born in Pepin County,
Wisconsin, one of the seven children (three daughters and four sons) of
Peter and Mary Soderstrom. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been the parents of
six children, three of whom died in infancy. The other three who are
living, are: Glenn A., born January 26, 1898; Helen V., born July 4, 1903,
and Maurice W., born May 8, 1913. The family are members of the Swedish
(or Second) Congregational Church of Lake City.