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Born 1861
From History of Washington County, Iowa from the first white settlements to 1908. Also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county (1909)
J. N. ANDERSON.
J. N. Anderson is a prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Washington county, owning a tract of land comprising one hundred and sixty acres on section 25, Crawford township. He was born in Pawnee county. Nebraska, July 14, 1861, a son of Milton and Mary Ellen (Cochran) Anderson. The father was a native of Kentucky, and on removing westward first settled in Nebraska, where he spent several years. He subsequently came to Washington county, Iowa, and later he took up his above in Page county, this state, making his home near College Springs. He eventually went to Jewell county. Kansas, where he now makes his home. He has made farming his life work. The mother, who was Ixirn in Indiana, is deceased. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Anderson numbered eleven children, namely: Belle, the wife of Thomas Jachrist, a resident of Norton county, Kansas; J. N., of this review; James, a farmer of Jefiferson county, Kansas; Charles, who makes his home near Burr Oak, that state: Samuel, David, George and Rufus. all of whom live near Esl)nn, Kansas; Lillie. the wife of Walter Watson: and Hattie and Daisy, at home.
J. N. Anderson, the second in order of birth and the eldest son. was educated in the common schools of College Springs, Page county, Iowa. He remained under the parental roof until he had reached the age of eighteen years and then began life on his own account by working as a farm hand by the month. For four years he was thus employed on farms near College Springs and;it the end of that time, having acquired a sum that enabled him to engage in farming independently, he operated rented land for several years and when twenty-eight years of age went to McDonough county, Illinois, where he purchased one hundred acres, which he operated six years..After having in that time fully tested the productiveness of Illinois land and
As printed in History of Washington County, Iowa from the first white settlements to 1908. Also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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