Douglas County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Charles Olof 1874 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 18, 2015, 12:48 pm Source: Nebraskana Author: See below Charles Olof Anderson Charles Olof Anderson, lawyer, was born in New York City, March 17, 1874, and for the past 45 years has been a resident of Nebraska. His father, Olof Anderson, who was a shoemaker and farmer, was born at Vase Parish, Sweden, November 21, 1836, and came to America in 1871. His death occurred at Malmo, Nebraska, May 9, 1909. Lena Peterson, wife of Olof Anderson, was born at Jonkoping, Sweden, January 17, 1843, and is still living. Mr. Anderson attended Luther College at Wahoo, Nebraska, during 1892-93 and in 1916 received the Bachelor of Laws degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. He is a member of Delta Theta Phi. For a time he engaged in the general merchandise business under the firm name of Holmes & Anderson, and later engaged in the real estate business. While in the latter work he platted the Anderson Addition to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and thereafter homesteaded in Tripp County, South Dakota. Since his admission to the bar in 1916 Mr. Anderson has practiced law, first as a member of the firm Battelle, Morgan, Strehlow & Anderson and more recently in the firm of Morgan & Anderson. He is secretary of the Evangelical Covenant Hospital and is affiliated with the First Covenant Church of Omaha. His marriage to Minnie Marie Isaacson occurred at Aurora, Nebraska, December 28, 1915. Mrs. Anderson whose ancestry is Swedish, was born at Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 28, 1886. They have four children, Hazel Virginia, born September 14, 1916; Lucile Marie, born August 8, 1918; Charles Donald, born July 27, 1920; and Edith Geraldine, born October 29, 1923. Mr. Anderson is a Democrat. He is a Mason, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and a member of the Omaha Bar Association. During the World War he served as a four minute man and was honorably discharged from the United States National Guard. Residence: Omaha. Additional Comments: Extracted from Nebraskana Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin The Baldwin Company Hebron, NE 1932 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/douglas/bios/anderson98gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb