Bio of ANDERSON, S. A. (b.1856), Wright Co., MN
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374 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

S. A. Anderson, a prominent farmer of section 32, Chatham township, 
was born in Sweden, December 2, 1856, son of S. A. Anderson, Sr., and 
Mary (Mattson) Anderson, and great-grand-son of Mat Mattson, who fought 
in the Norwegian war of 1814. The children in the family were S. A., 
Anna and Erick C.  S. A. was the first of the family to come to America. 
He arrived in New York in 1880, did railroad work for a while, and then 
located in Escanaba, Mich. In 1884 he came to Wright county and pur- 
chased eighty acres in section 32. Twenty acres had been cleared and a 
small shack stood on the place. It was this year that the rest of the 
family came to America. The subject of this sketch made a home for his 
parents for many years. His mother still lives with him, having been 
totally blind for the past six years. His father died in 1898 at the age 
of seventy. Mr. Anderson cleared up his place, erected buildings and became 
a prosperous farmer. To his original tract he had added another twenty, 
so that he now owns 100 acres of good land, with a modern farm house, 
roomy barns and a good silo. He carries on general farming, and makes a 
specialty of raising good stock. For twenty-five years past he has been 
a member of the school board of his district. Mr. Anderson was married in 
1885 to Carrie Mattson, a native of Wright county, daughter of Peter and 
Mary (Errickson) Mattson, who were born in Sweden and settled in Marysville 
township. Mrs. Carrie (Mattson) Anderson died eight years after her 
marriage, at the age of twenty-four, leaving three children: Alexander, 
Mamie and Emma. For his second wife Mr. Anderson married Martha Anderson, 
a native of Sweden. She died three years after their marriage, at the age 
of twenty-seven. The present Mrs. Anderson was Anna M. Carlson, widow of 
Louis Anderson, of Sweden. By this union, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have three 
children, Edith, Roy and Hilda. By her previous marriage Mrs. Anderson has 
two children, Lawrence and Arnold.