Bio of Charles F. Anding (b.1873) Wabasha Co., MN

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Charles F. Anding, proprietor of one of the best farms in Gillford 
Township, situated in section 23, was born in this township, October 21, 
1873, son of William and Magdalena (Kirchner) Anding. He is a grandson 
of Moritz Anding, who settled in section 13, Gillford Township, in 1866,
and is therefore a member of one of the pioneer families of the county. 
His literary education was acquired in the school of district No. 19, 
and he subsequently attended the Minnesota Agricultural College at St. 
Paul from the fall of 1893 to the spring of 1895. Afterwards, until the 
fall of 1900, he continued to assist his father on the home farm, and 
in the last year mentioned started in for himself on his present farm in 
section 23. This farm contains 160 acres, of which 140 acres are under 
cultivation, the soil being very productive. There is a comfortable frame 
house, and in 1920 Mr. Anding built a modern frame barn, the main part 
of the building (for cattle) measuring 40 by 80 by 12 feet, with a full 
tile basement of 8 ˝ feet, and the best steel equipment, to which he 
added an “L” 24 by 40 by 12 feet, for horses, also equipped in modern 
style, and with running water in every stall. In the same year he built 
a tile silo 14 by 47 feet in size. Mr. Anding does diversified farming, 
growing grain and hay and other products of the soil, and breeding pure 
blood and high grade Holstein cattle, pure blood Poland-China hogs and 
White Plymouth Rock Poultry. A thoroughly practical man in his line of 
business, he has made good financial progress and is well to do. He was 
one of the organizers and builders of the Zumbro Falls Telephone Company, 
which he served as president for three years and in which he is now a 
stockholder; is a member of the Zumbro Falls Shipping Association, and 
has stock in the Farmers’ Elevator Co. of the same place. He has served 
nine years as a member of the Gillford Town Board, and has been clerk of 
school district No. 88 since 1902. On December 13, 1905, Mr. Anding was 
united in marriage with Florence E. Boyce, who was born in Gillford 
Township, August 18, 1884, daughter of Frederick and Mary (Flannigan) 
Boyce. OF this union four children have been born: Floyd C., on January 4, 
1907; Sylvester F., January 8, 1909; Mildred F., December 25, 1910; and 
Moritz W., November 20, 1915. Mr. Anding and his family are affiliated 
religiously with the Jacksonville congregation of the Evangelical 
Lutheran church. In politics he is Independent. Frederick and Mary Boyce, 
the parents of Mrs. Anding, were both born in Wabasha County, Minnesota, 
and were prosperous farmers here. Mrs. Boyce died in 1903, and in 1911 
Mr. Boyce sold his farm in this county and moved to Dodge Center, Dodge 
County, Minn., where he owns a farm on which he is now residing.

Note: This biography was taken from the book “History of Wabasha County” 
copyrighted in 1920,