Kearney County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Ira C. 1883 - 
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Ira C. Anderson

Born at Gothenburg, Nebraska, August 24, 1883, Ira C. Anderson is the son of
Harriet Elizabeth (Munns) and William Glover Anderson, the latter a
distinguished leader in political and civic affairs in his community. The
father, born at Fairfield, Indiana, December 28, 1852, died at Wood River,
Nebraska, May 28, 1916. He was a pioneer farmer in Nebraska and later engaged in
business as a furniture dealer; he received his education at Hartville College,
was in the police service for a time, and during his residence in Nebraska
served as state representative, a member of the United States Rifle Guard, and
the school board; his parents came to this country from County Cork, Ireland.
His wife, Harriett, whose parentage was Pennsylvania German, was born in Decatur
County, Illinois, September 26, 1853, and died at Kearney, June 4, 1926.

Mr. Anderson attended rural school, was a student at Fremont College, Fremont,
Nebraska, and studied embalming at the University of Minnesota. He entered the
furniture business at Cozad, Nebraska, where he was employed by the Davis
Furniture & Undertaking Company, and a little later conducted a similar business
of his own at Wood River, Nebraska. For a time he was employed as salesman for
the Orchard Wilhelm Company at Omaha, and for the past 12 years has been the
owner and active manager of his own business at Kearney, Nebraska.

He is a trustee and active manager of the William F. Crossley Estate. He has
been a director of the Chamber of Commerce at Kearney, for the past 11 years,
and holds membership in the Nebraska Funeral Directors Society, the National
Funeral Directors Association, the Red Cross, and the Kearney Kiwanis Club. His
fraternal organizations include the Elks, Masons, and Odd Fellows Lodges, while
his social club is the Kearney Country Club. His religious affiliation is with
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Kearney; for several years he has held
membership in the Young Men’s Christian Association and the Boy Scouts of
America, acting as director of the latter.

He married Ada Roseline Mercer, who died at Kearney, December 3, 1921. They have
one daughter Margaret Elizabeth Anderson, born December 20, 1915, who is at the
present time a student in the Corvallis High School. On June 19, 1924, his
marriage to Wilma Ruth Crossley occurred at Kearney. Mrs. Anderson, who was born
at Kearney, June 7, 1889, the daughter of W. F. Crossley and Mary A. (Calhoun)
Crossley, was graduated from the University of Nebraska, and before her marriage
was a school teacher and business woman. Residence: Kearney. 


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

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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