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Born 1879
From Past and present of Winneshiek county, Iowa; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1913)
OLE HENRY ANDERSON.
Ole Henry Anderson is the owner of a farm of two hundred and ten acres on sections 12 and 13, Orleans township, and since 1897 has operated this property, making many substantial contributions to the general agricultural development. He was born in Norway, December 9, 1879, and is a son of Henry and Randy (Olson) Anderson, natives of that country. The father was a sailor and lost his life at sea, after which the mother brought their only son, the subject of this review, to America, locating near Rochester, Minnesota. There she afterward married Martin Isaacson and to this union was born a daughter, Mary, who resides in Lanesboro, Minnesota.
Ole H. Anderson is in all essential respects a self-made man for from an early age he has earned his own livelihood, attending district school during the winter months and spending his summers at farm labor. He came to Winneshiek county in 1892 and after renting land in Fremont township for five years came in 1897 to Orleans township, where he has since resided. He bought two hundred and ten acres of tine land on sections 12 and 13 and engaged in general farming and stock-raising, his practical methods and untiring labor being attended by well deserved and substantial success.
On the 22d of November, 1904, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Anna McCabe and they have become the parents of four children. Garner, Clarence, Alary l.utile and Joseph Orville.
Mr. Anderson is a devout member of the Roman Catholic church, and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He is connected fraternally with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Yeomen. His life has been one of well directed activity and intelligent effort, resulting in the attainment of a good measure of success, and wherever he is known he is honored and respected by reason of his genuine worth and his many excellent qualities of mind and character.
As printed in Past and present of Winneshiek county, Iowa; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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