BIOGRAPHIES: John A. ANDERSON, Barron, Barron County, WI

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John A. Anderson, now deceased, was born in Norway Feb. 4, 1858, and came
to America in the early seventies, settling in West Salem, Wis., where he
clerked in a general store for some thirty years. In 1909 he came to
Barron, and entered the employ of Berg Brothers & Co. Department Store. He
remained with this concern until 1916. He died May 29, 1917. He was well
liked for his uprightness of character, his kindly disposition, and
obliging temperament. Fraternally, he was associated with the Masonic
order, being a charter member at West Salem, and with the Beavers. He was a
communicant of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Anderson was married Feb.
12, 1881, to Clara B. Berg, born in Norway, June 11, 1861, daughter of
Benjamin and Isabelle Berg, who came to America in 1872 and settled in
Lewis Valley, La Crosse county, where they farmed the remainder of their
lives. In the family there were three children, Clara, Peter and Andrew.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two daughters, Ida, now Mrs. John McKain, and
Beatrice, who married Clayton B. Richards.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 115.