Don Carlos Anderson (1855 - abt. 1943)

Born 4 Dec 1855 in Albia, Monroe County Iowa

Ancestors

Husband of Ada R. (Webb) Anderson — married 21 Dec 1876 in Monroe County, Iowa

Died about 15 Apr 1943 at about age 87 in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

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Biography

Don was born in 1855. He is the son of Daniel Anderson and Amanda Harrow. He died 15 April 1943.^[1]

Married (1) Ada R. Webb, 21 Dec 1876 Monroe County, Iowa.^[2]
(apparently no issue)

Married (2) [Carrie Martin].

DON C. ANDERSON.—A history of the business enterprises of Albia would certainly be incomplete without mention of that of which our subject is at the head, he being senior member of the well known grocery firm of Anderson & Hollingshead. While a practical and typical representative business man, he also finds time to give to the advancement of all enterprises which are calculated to promote the county's welfare. Churches and schools and charities receive his support, and he has been an important factor in promoting the material welfare of his native city.

Mr. Anderson was born in Albia when it was a mere village, on the 4th of December, 1855, being a son of Hon. Daniel and Amanda (Harrow) Anderson. Here he was reared to manhood, attending the public schools until eighteen years of age, when he entered upon his mercantile career as a salesman. He was employed in that capacity by various firms in the city, and then turned his attention to hotel-keeping. Later however he resumed clerking, and in 1887 he embarked in business on his own account, having acquired the necessary capital through his own industry and frugality. He opened a grocery store on a small scale, but his previous experience and sound judgment made him a successful merchant and his courteous treatment won him the good will and patronage of the public. After conducting the business alone for five years, he admitted to partnership George H. Hollingshead. under the firm name of Anderson& Hollingshead. The reputation which this firm sustains in the world of trade is a most enviable one. They are doing probably the largest grocery business in Monroe county, and have a commodions establishment, complete in all its appointments, and stocked with an excellent grade of everything found in their line. They are men that stand four-square to every wind that blows, thoroughly reliable and honorable in all things, and the success that is attending this enterprising establishment is well merited.

Mr. Anderson was joined in wedlock in 1875 with Miss Ada R. Webb, of Albia, and her parents were John and Julia Webb. Her death occurred in 1891. The following year Mr. Anderson married Miss Carrie E. Martin. They have a pleasant home, tastefully furnished and noted for the hospitality and good cheer which there abounds. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are charitable, benevolent people, ready to extend a helping hand to those in need of assistance.

Census 1880
Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, ED 138, p. 179D, dwelling/family 133/142.^[3]
Anderson, D. C. 25 yrs Plasterer b. Iowa (parenmts, b. Indiana/[blank])
Anderson, Ada 23 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Iowa (parenmts, b. [blank])

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary of D.C. Anderson, Albia (Iowa) Union-Republican, 15 April 1943, p. 1.
2. ↑ Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
3. ↑ Census Iowa 1880 Monroe County.