Deceased was born in Denmark January 13, 1837 and came to America in 1866 and in 1867 came to this county where he homesteaded near Orum.

He was married to Mrs. Anna Terkelsen January 1st, 1873 and to this union four children were born, three of whom are still living, as follows: Christina and Chris of Los Andeles and Mrs. John Taylor of Orum.

Mr. Anderson was a territorial pioneer landing here the same year that the state was admitted and he knew the privations and hardships of the pioneer's life. About this time Peter Christensen, and Rasmus Rasmussen, both recently deceased, homesteaded here and they became fast friends.

In order to keep things going financially they worked on the Union Pacific railroad, which was then being built, through the winter months and through the summer they tended their crops. Strange as it may seem these three old friends have all passed away this winter within a few months of each other.

In early years he was interested in church affairs and was one of the organizers of the Orum church and also of the Orum cemetery association so it was only fit that his body should be brought back to Blair and laid in the cemetery in which he showed such a personal interest.

He was always interested in the immigrants who came to this county and made it his personal affair to assist them in getting a start in the new country. Thus he drew to himself a world of friends who will always remember him as a personal friend and helper.

The funeral services were held Friday, March 8th from his old homestead, now the home of his grandson, Harold Taylor. The service was conducted by the Rev. J.P. Reinertsen and the immense gathering and the profuse mass of floral offerings were merely outward tokens of the respect in which he was held.

At the close of the service, six grandsons acting as pall-bearers, bore the remains from the room and later to its last resting place in the Orum cemetery beside his deceased wife who had passed on before.

He leaves to mourn him the three children, already mentioned; nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and three brothers in Denmark and a host of old and dear friends.