Carl Anderson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 540-543 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				CARL ANDERSON. 

	Carl Anderson, cashier of the First National Bank of Vermillion 
and a prominent and well known figure in the financial circles of his 
section of the state, was born in Norway in 1872, a son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Anders Stubberud, both of whom are still living in Norway, the father 
now having retired from business life. In their family are four 
children, who still survive. Hans has, with the exception of a period 
of four years, served as cashier of the First National Bank at Canton, 
South Dakota, since 1882. Mrs. O. O. Dorum is living at Fort Edward, 
New York, where her husband is a merchant tailor. Anton is engaged in 
merchandising at Gjovik, Norway. 

	Carl Anderson, the youngest of the family, acquired his early 
education in his native country and when fourteen years of age came to 
America, settling in South Dakota, where he attended school for two 
years. In 1888 he became identified with the Hanson County Bank of 
Alexandria, South Dakota. Later he spent one year with the Union 
Banking Company of Beresford, South Dakota, and afterward was connected 
for eighteen years with the Union County Bank at Elk Point as assistant 
cashier and cashier. In the fall of 1910 he became cashier of the First 
National Bank of Vermillion, which position he is still filling, and he 
is one of the bank's leading stockholders. The institution was 
organized in 1874 and was operated as a private bank until 1891 by D. 
M. Inman & Company. In the latter year the bank was reorganized as the 
First National with D. M. Inman as president; M. D. Thompson, as vice 
president; and M. J. Lewis, cashier. The bank has a capital of fifty 
thousand dollars and its present surplus and undivided profits amount 
to fifteen thousand dollars. The officers at this writing, in 1914, 
are: M. D. Thompson, president; W. H. Inman and E. M. Hart, vice 
presidents; and Carl Anderson, cashier. The bank has its home in one of 
the finest business blocks in the town and is a most flourishing 
institution, capably and successfully conducted and liberally 
patronized. 

	In 1901 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Mabel Perry, who was 
born near Potsdam, New York, and when three years of age was brought to 
South Dakota by her parents. Freeman H. Perry, her father, was at the 
time of his death in 1902, conducting a real-estate business in Sioux 
Falls in company with his brother, G. H. Perry. His widow now resides 
in Kansas City. In their family were four children and the two brothers 
and the sister of Mrs. Anderson are also residents of Kansas City. Mr. 
and Mrs. Anderson have become parents of a son, Robert J., born 
November 20, 1909, and a daughter, Helene Louise, born July 10, 1914. 
Mrs. Anderson is a graduate of the State University at Vermillion of 
the class of 1898, was the first president of the T. B. D. Society and 
is a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta. She has been a high school 
teacher at Elk Point and was teacher of history in the State University 
at Vermillion. She holds membership with the Daughters of the American 
Revolution and is prominent in the social and literary circles of the 
city. 

	Mr. Anderson gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party where national issues are involved, but casts an independent 
local ballot and has never been an office seeker. He and his family are 
members of the Congregational church and they rank high socially, while 
in business circles Mr. Anderson has attained through his own efforts 
to a most creditable and enviable position.