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Born 1847
From History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri : written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns, and villages, together with a (1885), A history of northwest Missouri (1914)
HENRY D. ANDERSON
(Farmer and Fine Stock Raiser, Post-office, Kearney).
Mr. Anderson was born in Clay county in 1847, and was the second of six children, five of whom are now living, of Joseph D. and Mary (Young) Anderson, both parents natives of Kentucky. The Andersons, however, were originally from New Jersey and the Youngs from Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson’s parents on either side have long been deceased. Mrs. Anderson’s parents died over 30 years ago, but since their decease there has not been a death in the family, and there are now living nine children and 42 grandchildren. On the loth of June, 1884, a family reunion was held, at which all the children were present, together with sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, and it was a most enjoyable affair. To the outsiders present it was quite an interesting sight, somewhat different from the illustration of the Logan family presented in Puck a few months ago, but even more pleasant to look upon. Henry D. Anderson was reared on his father’s farm in this county, the family having settled here in 1834. Mr. Anderson, Sr., died in 1858, and the mother now makes her home with her children and rents the old family homestead. Henry D. in young manhood attended the commercial school of Buffalo, N..Y., and also the Toronto (Canada) Business College. In 1874, having returned to Clay county, he was married to Miss Bettie Gosney, a daughter to Thomas M. and Susan Gosney, of this county, from Kentucky. In the meantime Mr. Anderson had engaged in farming and stock raising, which he has ever since followed. He makes a specialty of stock, and has on hand a handsome herd of fine, thoroughbred short horn cattle; his farm is set in blue grass, and is one of the choice stock farms of the vicinity and contains 212 acres, and is well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Christian Church. ' They have one child, Thomas J., but three others have died in infancy.
As printed in History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri : written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns, and villages, together with a (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Henry D. Anderson. President of the Bank of Kearney, with extensive lands and farming interests acquired largely through his long career as an agriculturist, Henry D. Anderson has a substantial and honorable place in Clay County affairs.
The field of his accomplishments and service has been in the same vicinity where he was born, where his family were pioneers, and where practically his entire life has been spent. Henry D. Anderson was born four miles west of Kearney, September 3, 1847. His father was Joseph D. Anderson, who was born in Mason County, Kentucky, January 3, 1813, and died January 15, 1858, a son of George Anderson, who was born March 26, 1779, while his wife, Sally, was born January 25, 1781. Grandfather George Anderson died in Kentucky, and his widow and four sons came out to Clay County, Missouri, in 1834. That is one of the years significant of early pioneer conditions in this section of the state. They drove across the country, blazing a trail through the woods in many places, and finally located four miles west of Kearney. Of the four sons, Joseph D., the father of the Kearney banker, was the only one who remained in Clay County. One died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on his way to the Mexican war, another died in California and still another in Iowa. Joseph D. Anderson was about twenty-two years of age when he came with his widowed mother to Clay County, and his lot was the lot of all pioneers and early settlers in Clay County. In 1844 he married Mary Young, who was born near Winchester in Clark County, Kentucky, February 3, 1821. She was a daughter of William and Nancy (Berry) Young, who came out from Kentucky and were also among the first settlers in Clay County, Missouri. After his marriage Joseph D. Anderson located on a farm west of Kearney, and remained there until his death, when in the prime of life. He left his widow with five small children, and on account of what she did and what she experienced she well deserves the title of noble woman, since she nobly fulfilled her duties to her children, kept the home and provided a living during the war, and one by one finally saw her children well situated in life. Henry D. was the oldest of her five children and the only son, his sisters being: Margaret, wife of Charles B. Burgess of Kearney; Jennie, wife of John Major of Liberty; Nancy Jane Hutchinson, a widow, living in Kansas City; and Alice, wife of James Henderson of Kansas City.
The necessity resulting from the fact that he was the oldest member of the family and the only son brought Henry D. Anderson to the practical experiences of life at a tender age. He had a fair education notwithstanding, and remained at home assisting to provide a living for his mother and sisters until twenty-seven years of age. On October 6, 1874, he married Miss Elizabeth Gosuey. She was born in Clay County, Missouri, September 3, 1849, being the only child of Thomas M. Gosuey, who was born in Clark County, Kentucky, January 13, 1815, and died July 13, 1889. Thomas M. Gosney married Susan E. Gosney, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 19, 1815, and died November 10, 1854. She was the mother of Mrs. Anderson. Mr. Gosney 's second wife was Mary E. Anderson, whom he married June 1, 1859. Thomas M. Gosney came to Clay County in 1845, and his father, Richard Gosney, came from Kentucky to Monroe County, Missouri. It was in Monroe County, on March 7, 1847, that Thomas Gosney married his first wife. He settled west of Kearney, where he bought a farm slightly improved with a one-room log house on it, and lived there, adding to the land and the improvements until his holdings measured 600 acres of valuable land. Mr. Gosney was one of the progressive men of his time, a heavy stock raiser and feeder, and assisted in the organizing of the Kearney Bank and was its first president, holding that office until his death.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson own 497 acres of land in Clay County, and for many years they were actively and successfully identified with the work of farm management and cultivation. In November, 1910, they moved to Kearney, where Mr. Anderson is now president of the Kearney Bank. He is a democrat in politics, and is a charter member of the Kearney Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of four children: Thomas G., born June 28, 1881, lives at Kearney and is the father of two children, Ecton and Julian; Katie May, born November 18, 1884, wife of Harry Maltby of Liberty, Missouri; Mary D., born October 26, 1886, is the wife of Dr. James H. Gonder of Kearney; and Helen, born December
24, 1888, is the wife of George G. Hall of Kearney, and they have one child, [name withheld], born September 9, 1914.
As printed in A history of northwest Missouri (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Thomas M. Gosney (b. 1815)
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