York County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Elmo Russell 1900 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Elmo Russell Anderson

Elmo Russell Anderson, manager and part owner of a leading grocery store at
York, has lived in this state for 11 years and is prominent in civic
organizations there. He was born at Ottumwa, Iowa, February 3, 1900, the son of
Loran Clare and Alma Idella (Johns) Anderson. His father, whose ancestry was
Scotch-Irish and Dutch, was born at Bloomington, Illinois, June 2, 1871, and
died at York, October 29, 1928. His mother was born of Scotch-Irish and Welsh
parentage at Moulton, Iowa, February 16, 1874.

Mr. Anderson attended rural schools in Iowa, and in 1921, was graduated from the
high school at Cambridge, Nebraska, where he was active in basketball. He was
graduated from the York Business College in 1922. He entered the business world
in the employ of the Allied Union Store Company, and almost immediately was made
manager of the local organization. He remained in that capacity until 1924, when
he bought a half interest in the business.

He is a member of the board of the York County Commercial Club, holds membership
in the Rotary Club at York, and is affiliated with the York Church of Christ. He
is a member of the Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Young Men's
Christian Association, and the Nebraskana Society. His favorite sport is fishing.

On May 7, 1925, he was united in marriage with Hazel Irene Larkin, at Sidney,
Iowa. Mrs. Anderson, who was a bookkeeper before her marriage, was born at
Tacoma, Washington, July 5, 1906, of Irish and English parentage. They have a
son, James, born May 27, 1926. Residence: York.


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

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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