Saunders County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Anton L. 1867 - ************************************************ 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, 2:00 am Source: Nebraskana Author: See below Anton L. Anderson Born in Sweden, October 26, 1867, Anton L. Anderson has lived in Nebraska for forty-six years. He is the son of Johannas and Cecilia (Larson) Anderson. His father, who was a custom shoemaker, was born in Sweden, June 23, 1836, and died there on December 18, 1930. His mother, who lived in Sweden all her life, was born August, 1833, and died in February, 1914. Anton Anderson attended grade school in Sweden, and night school at Lincoln, Nebraska. He was married to Hildegard Nelson at Lincoln, July 3, 1889. Mrs. Anderson was born in Sweden on August 23, 1863. They have two children, Margaret Ellen, born December 17, 1890, now the wife of Bernard E. Warner; and Ferd Emanual, born October 1, 1892, and now married to Helga Torell. Coming to America in 1885, Mr. Anderson worked on a farm two years and then was associated with the following firms, Harpham Brothers, H. R. Nessley and Company, and Mayer Brothers, all at Lincoln. In 1901 he started in business at Wahoo, Nebraska, where he is now treasurer and general manager of Smith-Hultin-Anderson Company. During the World War he was active in Red Cross, sold Liberty Bonds and War Saving Stamps, was on the advisory board of the Salvation Army, and was merchant representative of the Saunders County Food Administration. Mr. Anderson was president of the Federation of Nebraska Retailers, 1919-20, president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1921, serving on the executive board of the latter organization, and was a board member in the insurance department fifteen or twenty years. He holds membership in the Lions Club, of which he was president 1928-29, the Ancient Order of United Workmen the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Lutheran Brotherhood, of which he was president 1926-27. He is affiliated with the Bethlehem Lutheran Church at Wahoo. Residence: Wahoo. 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/saunders/bios/anderson88gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb