Thaddeus Anderson

As printed in 1910

THADDEUS ANDERSON.

A happy combination of characteristics is possessed by the gentleman of whom the biographer now essays to write, for he has shown during his long residence in Nodaway county, Missouri, that he is a man of sound business ability, foresight and sagacity, at the same time possessing laudable traits of character, such as integrity, industry, sobriety and kindliness; these, combined with his public spirit and model home life, have resulted in win ning for Mr. Anderson the unqualified esteem of all who know him.

Thaddeus Anderson was born in Genesee county. New York, on March 30, 1837, the son of Squire and Emeline (Folliott) Anderson. The subject's paternal grandparents were natives of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States and settled in New York state, where their deaths occurred. Emeline Folliott was born in Massachusetts, and in young womanhood moved to New York state, where she met and married Squire Anderson. About 1838 or 1839 they moved to Ohio, where they remained until 1846, when they moved to Peoria county, Illinois, spending the rest of their days in that part of the state, their deaths occurring at Galva.

Thaddeus Anderson was reared on the farm in Illinois and was educated in the public schools. He was married in 1863, and in the spring of the following year he and his wife came to Missouri, locating first in Andrew county. Soon afterwards they went to Holt county, then to Gentry county, and in the spring of 1867 they returned to Holt county, where he bought a farm near Maitland. After living there about three years, he bought a farm near Albany, Gentry county, and spent a like period there. He then came to Nodaway county, but about 1880 he bought another farm about nine miles northwest of Maitland in Holt county, where he made his home about fifteen years, and at the end of that time he bought the farm in Green township, Nodaway county, where he now lives. This farm, which comprises three hundred and twenty acres, is eligibly located in the south western part of the township, and he also owns one hundred and sixty acres of good land southwest of Hopkins. He is thus the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of as good land as can be found in the county, and it has all been acquired by his own efforts. Persistent and well-applied industry has been the keynote to his success, and today no man in his section of county is held in higher regard by those who know him. He is of a wholesouled and hospitable disposition, the latch-string of his home ever hanging on the outside, and an inviting and cheerful spirit pervades his home which makes the guest there feel doubly welcome.

Politically, Mr. Anderson is a Republican and he takes a true citizen’s proper interest in public affairs, especially as relating to his own community, though in no sense is he a seeker after public office.

In 1863 Mr. Anderson married Lecy F. Lane, the daughter of Lemuel B. and Nancy (Bird) Lane, the former a native of southern Illinois and the latter of Kentucky.. Mrs. Anderson was born in Peoria county, Illinois, and subsequently came with her husband to Nodaway county, her father be coming a successful and well-known citizen of Maryville, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born four children, two of whom died in infancy, those living being Ulysses A. and L. C. Ulysses married Georgia Stults and lives southwest of Hopkins, where he is engaged in the operation of a quarter section of land. He has four children, Earl Marion, Ralph Norman, Opal and J. Thaddeus. L. C. is unmarried and lives at home with his parents.

As printed in Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.