Boyd County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Theodore 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Theodore Anderson 

A merchant and landowner at Bristow, Nebraska, Theodore Anderson has lived in
this state all his life and has always taken an active interest in community and
civic affairs. His father, Anders Peter Anderson, who was a pioneer in Burt
County, Nebraska, was born at Westphalia, Sweden, May 21, 1833, and died at
Oakland, Nebraska, May 23, 1889; he was prominent in church and school affairs
at Oakland for many years. His mother, Sarah Gertrude (Adolphdotte) Anderson,
who was a leader in the Baptist Church, was born at Mortala, Sweden, in 1833,
and died at Oakland, August 19, 1917.

Mr. Anderson completed the eighth grade school and later was a student at
Fremont Normal School where he studied commercial subjects. He has cared for the
home farm and for the past 20 years has been a merchant at Bristow, and recently
served as postmaster there. He is a member of the Yeoman Lodge at Bristow, has
served as a member of the school board for 20 years, and is a member of the
Commercial Club. During his residence at Oakland he was a member of the school
board and the Young Men’s Christian Association, and during the World War he was
local chairman of the Red Cross, assisting in various loan drives. He is
affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church and is acting superintendent of
the Sunday School.

His marriage to Ollie Sofia Blomquist occurred at Oakland, October 28, 1897.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Sweden. They have two children: Francis, born July 
16, 1898, who is manager of the Farmers Co-operative Oil Company of Boyd County;
and Florence, an adopted daughter, who married Lyle Webster. Residence: Bristow.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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