NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME III 1804-1926 FRANK ANDERSON The life of Frank Anderson has been an eventful one, replete with many interesting experiences, and he is now living retired in Aurelia, having reached the venerable age of eighty-one years. A native of Sweden, he was born March 26, 1846, and was a child of six when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Anderson, came with their family to the United States. He received a public school education and in 1864 his patriotic spirit prompted him to offer his aid to the Union. He was accepted for military duty and served for one and a half years as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, and worked as a farm hand in that state until 1871, when he came to Iowa. He purchased a tract of land in Wright county, where he engaged in farming for three years, and then transferred his activities to Colorado, in which he spent ten years. He next engaged in teaching in Illinois and at the end of a year went to South Dakota, living for twelve months in that state. He taught school in Minnesota for two years and then became a traveling salesman, filling that position for ten years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Illinois and resumed his educational work. He came to Cherokee county, Iowa, in 1910 and has since resided in this section of the state, in which he has many sincere friends. In 1910 Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Mrs. Dell Blackman, who passed away in 1917, and her remains were interred in a cemetery at Cherokee. Mr. Anderson is a republican in his political views but has never sought office as a reward for party allegiance. He belongs to Custer Post, No. 25, G. A. R., and deserves the respect and honor which should ever be accorded an old soldier. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/) IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: _http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/_ (http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/)