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NORTHWESTERN
IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
J. V. ANDERSON
Another of the sons of Sweden who have come to northwestern Iowa and, by
persistent and indefatigable industry along well directed lines, as well as by
careful management of their resources, have won prosperity, is J. V. Anderson,
who is now retired from active business and is living in Spencer in the
enjoyment of a well earned rest. Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden on the 12th of
December, 1842, and is a son of Andrew and Christina Anderson. He was reared
under the parental roof and secured his education in the public schools of
his home neighborhood. In 1870 he came to the United States and located near
Springfield, Iowa, where he was employed as a farm hand for three years. He
then went to Illinois, where he rented a farm for ten years. In 1883 he came
to Clay county, Iowa, and in the following year bought a farm, to the
improvement and cultivation of which he devoted his energies with such success that
he was enabled to buy more land, until he is now the owner of three hundred
and twenty acres of rich and well improved land. He remained on that place
until 1911, when he retired from active farming and came to Spencer, where he
has since lived and where he owns a fine home.
In 1865, in Sweden, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Matilda
Carlson, whose parents spent their entire lives in Sweden, both being now
deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were born twelve children, four of whom are
deceased, the survivors being: Carolina, the wife of Axel Johnson; Andrew J.;
George W.; Frank A.; Effa M.; the wife of James A King; Ervin E.; Elsa, the
wife of George Cross; and Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the
Lutheran church. Mr. Anderson is in the truest sense a self-made man and
because of his achievements in a material way and his true, consistent life he has
long commanded the respect and good will of his fellow citizens throughout
this community.
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
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