Andrew Peter Anderson

As printed in 1905

ANDREW PETER ANDERSON.

Among the many citizens of Swedish birth, to whose virile strength, endurance, and ability to overcome all hardships of nature Des Moines county owes so much of her present-day prosperity, the name of Andrew P. Anderson stands out prominently as a worthy example of what a man can accomplish by his own unaided effort, when he is gifted by nature with pluck and determination to succeed. From the most lowly of beginning, Mr. Anderson has fought his way up the ladder of success, round by round, till now he occupies a position that many a man, not handicapped in the beginning as Mr. Anderson was, may well envy.

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His excellent management, constant industry, and careful economy made his success certain from the start, and by 1892 he had accumulated enough money to purchase from John Swanson a large farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Section 27, which he now owns. His prosperity has never left him, but has increased from year to year, as is evidenced by the many improvements that he has made on the place since it came into his possession. He has built a large and comfortable dwelling-house, now barns, and other farm buildings: lias purchased the old parsonage and moved it onto the farm; and so tended the land as to increase rather than diminish its fertility; as well as making many other improvements.

Besides carrying on a very successful general farming business, he has begun to take an interest in stock-raising, having twenty-seven head of Shorthorn cattle, and twenty-eight head of Poland China hogs.

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Mr. Anderson is possessed of a genial disposition, which, together with the reputation he enjoys for strict uprightness and integrity in all his dealings, has won for him the friendship of many, and the respect of all who know him. The record of his life achievements, showing how by constant effort and rigid determination a man may overcome obstacles of poverty and misfortune that seem almost insurmountable, may well serve as a lesson of encouragement to the young of this and succeeding generations.

Mr. Anderson has never had any trouble in any way, never allowing anything to be brought into court. He believes that honesty is the best policy, and to avoid trouble saves money.

As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.