Sixten T. Anderson

As printed in 1914

SIXTEN T. ANDERSON.

Sixten T. Anderson is a member of the mercantile firm of Hagge (- Anderson of Beaver and also serves as postmaster of the town, having held that position for the past decade. His birth occurred in Norrkoping, Sweden, on the 23d of January, 1875, his parents being Gus and Christina Anderson, who are likewise natives of that country. They emigrated to the United States in i88t. locating in Ogden. this county, where Gus Anderson worked in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway for some time. Subsequently he cultivated rented land for a time and later purchased a farm in Union township, which he operated during the remainder of his active business career. He now lives retired in Bouton, Dallas county, this state, enjoying the fruits of his former toil in well earned ease.

Sixten T. Anderson, who was a little lad of six years when he accompanied his parents on their emigration to the new world, acquired his education in

Boone county. After leaving the Ogden high school he was employed as a clerk by D. Nebbe of Ogden for a period of eight years and in 1902 came to Beaver. Here he embarked in the mercantile business in partnership with his father-inlaw, Claus Hagge, and has remained a member of the firm of Hagge & Anderson to the present time. The concern carries an extensive and well selected stock of goods at reasonable prices and is accorded a gratifying patronage, both the members being widely recognized as enterprising, progressive and reliable merchants and capable business men. Mr. Anderson owns a third interest in a quarter section of land in Beaver township and is a stockholder in the Farmers Cooperative Company and the Grocers Wholesale Company of Des Moines, Iowa.

In Jime, 1902, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hagge, her parents being Claus and Margaret (Hensen) Hagge, of whom more extended mention is made in connection with the sketch of Henry D. Hagge, brother of Mrs. Anderson. Mr. Anderson is a republican in politics and is now making a creditable record as a member of the town council. He has likewise served as secretary of the school board and for two years held the office of mayor, his administration being characterized by valuable measures of reform and improvement. For the past ten years he has acted as postmaster of Beaver, satisfactorily discharging the duties devolving upon him in that capacity. The period of his residence in Boone county covers a third of a century and he has long been 'numbered among its respected, representative and public-spirited citizens.

As printed in History of Boone County, Iowa (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.