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Pocahontas County >> 1904 Index The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County,
Iowa A Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton. Nils
Anderson, a native of Sweden, (b. 1836) on Sept. 5, 1869, entered a homestead of
80 acres on the S 1/2 Sec. 18 and secured the patent for it June 15, 1875.
In 1869 he built a small frame house and occupied it alone that year.
In 1870 his wife arrived with their family of five children - Turina,
Christina, August, Euphemia and Emma, the last then four years of age.
In 1876 his wife, Kizer Olsen, died, and two years later he married Emma
Olsen, (no relative of Kizer) of Sioux City.
They continued to occupy the old homestead till the spring of 1896, when
they moved to Pomeroy.
Turina Hendricks, the eldest, (b. March 30, 1850, d. May 2, 1899) was a
step-daughter of Mr. Anderson, and in 1875 became the wife of Frank Peterson, of
Colfax township;
Christina in 1872, married John A. Johnson, of Colfax; August Anderson
(single) is mining gold in Colorado; Euphemia in 1895, married Nils Walleen and
they reside in the state of Washington; Emma in 1887, married Wm. Johnson, and
they reside in Colorado;
Betka, a native of Pocahontas county, is still residing with her parents.
Nils Anderson was a good farmer and for many years has been an active
member and liberal supporter of the Swedish Mission church of Colfax township. |