John Samuel Anderson (1864 - 1951)

Born 25 Jan 1864 in Carver County, Minnesota, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hilda Christine (Sannquist) Anderson — married 4 May 1887 in Kansas, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1951 at age 87 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

John Samuel Anderson was born on January 25, 1864 in Carver County, Minnesota, USA. ^[1] His parents were Jonas Anderson and Christine Pehrsdotter. ^[1] He was baptized on January 31, 1864 at the East Union Lutheran Church in Carver, Minnesota. ^[1]

His obituary in the 15 April 1951 edition of The Los Angeles Times ^[2] reads:

ANDERSON, Samuel, beloved husband of Hilda C. Anderson, father of Ada Walquist, Blenda Katzmann, Annie Nelson and M. S. Anderson, brother of Andrew and Joe Anderson; also survived by 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Services Monday at 3 p.m., in the Little Church of the Flowers. Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Carver East Union Lutheran Church, Minnesota, USA (MN) Vol:5 (1858-1869) Image 33 / page 29 (AID: v844897.b33.s29, NAD: )
2. ↑ The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), page 95.

• Chapman Publishing Company, Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present (1899), p. 816, 819.

SAMUEL ANDERSON. Since coming to Colorado in 1893, Mr. Anderson has made his home on section 35, township 22, range 52 west, near Las Animas, Bent County. Surrounding his residence are ten acres, bearing first-class farm improvements, and in addition he has two hundred and fifty acres, upon which he raises the various cereals. In local matters he takes an active part, voting the Republican ticket at elections. In 1895 he was elected a member of the board of county commissioners and served efficiently for one term. He has also represented his party in various conventions.

Jonas and Christine (Peterson) Anderson, the parents of our subject, were born in Sweden, and emigrated to America in 1852, when quite young. Both settled in Minnesota and there became acquainted and married. For some years they resided upon a farm in Carver County, that state, but they are now living, retired from active cares, in the city of Minneapolis, the father being sixty-five and the mother sixty-four years of age.

Our subject was born in Carver County January 25, 1864, and was reared on the home farm. His education was acquired in the public schools and the college at St. Peter's, Minn., where he was a student during three winter terms. At twenty years of age he went to McPherson County, Kan., and secured employment in a hardware store, where he remained for ten years.

May 4, 1887, while residing in Kansas, Mr. Anderson married Miss Hilda C. Sannquist, who was born in Paxton, Ill., of Swedish parentage. She accompanied her parents to Kansas and attended college in McPherson County, after which she became a teacher of music and also had charge of a Swedish school. Four children comprise the family of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, namely: Ahda H. E., who was born in McPherson County, November 25, 1889; Blenda J. E., born in McPherson County, February 8, 1892; Annie C., born in Bent County, Colo., November 29, 1894; and Samuel Marion, born October 14, 1898, on the home farm in this county. The family are identified with the Swedish Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Anderson has officiated as a trustee for several years. As a man it may be said of him that his integrity is unquestioned. He is kind in disposition, genial in manner, and has many friends among the people of Bent County.

• "Minnesota State Census, 1865 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP91-BP3 : accessed 24 December 2015), John Anderson in household of Jonas Anderson, San Francisco, Carver, Minnesota, United States; citing volume 1, line 50, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,714.
• "Minnesota State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNC-L4S : accessed 24 December 2015), J Samuel Anderson in household of Jonas Anderson, San Francisco, Carver, Minnesota; citing p. 364, line 54, volume C - 1, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 0565718.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ99-G5Y : accessed 14 January 2016), John Anderson in household of Jonas Anderson, San Francisco, Carver, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet 308A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0617; FHL microfilm 1,254,617.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSH4-YKW : accessed 14 January 2016), Samuel J Anderson, Black Hawk township Milan town, Rock Island, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,338.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKC3-CM8 : accessed 14 January 2016), Samuel Anderson, Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 342, sheet 11A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,259.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQD-TWN : accessed 14 January 2016), Samuel Anderson, Los Angeles Assembly District 61, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing sheet 6B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,105.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC84-KGY : accessed 14 January 2016), Samuel Anderson, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C3-XRK : accessed 14 January 2016), Samuel Anderson, Councilmanic District 14, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1154, sheet 12A, family 410, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 388.