Biographies:   Anton M. ANDERSON, Porter's Mills, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Anton M. Anderson, Register of Deeds for Eau Claire county, is the son of 
Brede and Marie (Erickson) Anderson.  His father was a merchant in Norway, 
where he spent his life and there died.

Anton M. was born at Kongsvinger, Norway, May 25, 1863, and is the eldest of 
a family of seven children, as follows:  Emil resides in Eau Claire, Hannah 
is the wife of Jens Munthe Dahl and lives in Christiania, Norway, Bernhard 
lives in Minneapolis, Minn., and Jacob at Eau Claire, Wis.  Those deceased 
are Harry and Carl.  Mr. Anderson received his education in the high schools 
at Kongsvinger, Norway.  After leaving school he clerked in his father's 
store for one and one-half years, and in 1880 came to America.  He located 
at Porter's Mills, in Eau Claire county, and spent one season at saw mill 
work, and for the following five years was engaged in mercantile pursuits.  
He then became associated with the Northwestern Lumber Company, and for 
twelve years was manager and bookkeeper for that concern in its various 
departments.  In 1900 he was elected to the office of Register of Deeds, and 
has been re-elected to the office every two years since.  Fraternally he is 
a Mason, a member of the Chapter and Commandery; he is a member of the 
Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the I. S. W. A. and the Sons of Norway.

On November 9, 1885, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Shanette Berg, 
daughter of Christian Berg, of Eau Claire, Wis., and they have six children, 
as follows:  Bertha M., wife of William Dungan; Harry M., Dana M., Walter M., 
Robert M., and Anton M. Anderson, Jr.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 637.