| Ole G. Anderson |
| Ole G. Anderson, P.O.
Elon; farmer, sec. 29, brother of Andrew Anderson, born
in Sweden, July 12, 1832. His mother died when he was but
a boy, and in 1854 himself and father came to America and
located in this township, where his father died in 1872.
During the late rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, 27th Iowa
Inf. in March 1864, the company being immediately taken
to the front, where they participated in the battle of
Nashville, Tenn., and Fort Blakely, Ala., they being
about the closing up of the war. In the fall of 1865 he
was transferred to the 12th Infantry, Co. B, and
discharged in January 1866, at Davenport. He married Miss
Betsy Eastman, August 10, 1867; they have but one son,
David, having lost six children, five of whom died in the
spring of 1882, from diphtheria, August I., Clara E., Amy
E., Effie G., Bertie M., Huldah having died previously.
Mr. Anderson owns a farm of 182 acres, worth $25 per
acre. He is a member of the Baptist Church. pg 465-466 |