Charles John Anderson

As printed in 1905

CHARLES JOHN ANDERSON.

Charles Johx Anderson, well kncAvn to many- of the people of Burlington as a worthy member of the Swedish element, which forms so large and valuable a portion of the city's population, was born Aug. 20, 1827, in Sweden, a son of Andrew and Sarah (Mansdaughter) Anderson. It was in his native land that he received his education, his teacher being his mother, as there were at that time no public schools in Sweden, now so justly famed for her marvelous educational system. The years of his youth and early manhood he devoted to the work on a farm, and also did considerable repair work for neighboring property owners. His parents having died a short time before, he came to America in 187 1, coming direct to Des Moines county, where he worked on a farm near Burlington for

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Mrs. Anderson, like her husband, is a native of Sweden, where she was born Dec. 27, 1828, and was trained by her mother in reading, writing, and arithmetic, besides weaving and all kinds of domestic employments. She came to Ainerica and to Burlington in 1868, and was here employed in a number of well-known families until her marriage with Mr. Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have relinquished their part in active affairs, and are now leading a retired life at their pleasant home. They are consistent members of the Swedish Methodist Ejjiscopal church, and Mr. Anderson takes an interest in public affairs as a supporter of the Republican party. He has been successful in a pecuniary sense, and enjoys the general regard and esteem for Ills tint, inaiilv character.

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.