Biographical Sketch of Robert D. Anderson - Andrew County, Missouri

From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

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ROBERT D. ANDERSON
	Farmer and stock-breeder, resides two miles west of Penrith, 
Stevens county.  Born in Andrew county, Missouri, June 25, 1855, he is the
son of William F. and Anna (Fox) Anderson, natives of Ohio.  When they were
married they removed to Indiana, remaining in that state eighteen years,
going thence to Missouri, where they died.  They were the parents of thir-
teen children, of whom the following survive: Mary A., wife of C.M. Clemens,
of Portland, Oregon; Levi, in Deer Park, Washington; Thomas, in Portland;
James L., in Kansas; Silas P., in Portland; Sarah C., married to Enos Mann;
Emma, wife of Absalom Pollock, in Andrew county, Missouri; Robert D., our
subject; William A., in Kansas; and Lydia E., wife of Charles Coburn, of 
Washington.
	At the age of nineteen years, having received a common school
education in Andrew county, our subject began farming in Missouri.  In 1879
he went to the Black Hills, prospected and engaged in other employments,
during which time he experienced a number of exciting adventures with
hostile Indians.  In 1881 he came to Portland, Oregon, going thence to
Walla Walla, Washington, then back to Portland where he worked four years
industriously in the truck and dray business.  Disposing of his interests
in this locality, he returned to Missouri, but subsequently came to Latah,
Washington, remained four years, and then came to his present home in Stevens
county, in 1890.  He now has four hundred acres of land, all fenced and a
portion under cultivation.  His present location is one of the best in the
county.
	On January 14, 1886, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Mary J.
Cross, daughter of Levi and Sarah J. (Moore) Cross, the father a native of 
Ohio, the mother of Indiana. Following their marriage they settled in Iowa,
and later moved to Kansas.  Afterward they came to Spokane county, Washington
and thence to Stevens county in 1889, where the mother died.  The father 
still lives here.  They had these children, Mary j., James B., Alice,
wife of Willard F. Belknap; Ella, married to John McEvers, and Ada, wife of 
John Ravens.
	Mr. Anderson is a Republican.  He has received frequent offers of
nomination for office at the hands of his party, but has invariably refused
them.  He has served as delegate to several county conventions, and in 1891
served one term as justice of the peace.