Married first, Sep 5 1876 John's Creek, Dubuque, IA, Elizabeth Anne Hather
Married second, July 23 1893 Ord, Valley, NE, Sarah Ophelia Snodgrass
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W.A. Anderson, 91, Dies Quietly in His Own Home Monday
Beloved Ord Man, Resident 75 Years, Suffered Several Heart Attacks, Died.
Funeral services will be held at the Frazier chapel at 1:30 p.m. Friday for W. A. Anderson, beloved resident of Ord, who died quietly at his home Monday afternoon after a series of heart attacks. He had been a resident of Valley county 75 years and had lived in Ord since 1884, during which period he was one of this city's most widely known and highly respected citizens. Several years ago Mr. Anderson gave to the city the North Loup river island park which bears his name. His body will be laid to rest in the Ord cemetery beside his second wife, who passed away in 1937.
William Ashley Anderson, son of William I. And Hester Hillman Anderson was born at Bankston, Dubuque Co., Ia., on April 14, 1853, and departed this life July 3, 1944, aged 91 years, 2 months and 19 days. He was of a family of 12 children, only one of whom, Mrs. Minnie Campbell, survives him.
He attended grade school and later the Epworth Seminary at Epworth, Ia. After teaching a number of terms in his home county, he also taught near Red Oak, Ia., and later in several schools in Valley county.
On Sept. 5, 1876 he was married to Elizabeth Anne Hather, at John's Creek, Ia. To this union were born five children, the three older dying in infancy. Surviving are Mrs. Mabel Abernethy and Roy W. Anderson.
In March 1879 he and his family moved by covered wagon from western Iowa, near Red Oak, to Valley county, where he took up a homestead and a tree claim, in the present Plain Valley community. The family endured all the hardships of the early pioneers – prairie fires, drough, grasshoppers, etc. He dug the first well on the Sand Flats, stopping when he found stratas of sand, and went to the canyons near Burwell to cut cottonwood logs, to be hauled to the mill and sawed into curbing for his well. To one of the present generation, this would seem to be an endless task. He also did freighting from Grand Island to the village of Ord. He was an ardent hunter of all wild game at this time and being a very good marksman, kept his family supplied with meat in this way.
In 1884 after 'proving up' on his government land, he moved to Ord and resided in the same house until the time of his death, with the exception of a short period spent in California, where his first wife died and is buried.
On moving to Ord, Mr. Anderson had engaged in the photographic business and many of his photographs of early citizens and residences have at different times been published in the Quiz. On July 25, 1893, he was married to Sarah O. Snodgrass, of Farley, Ia., who was his faithful companion and mother to his two children until she departed this life Jan. 9, 1937.
Mr. Anderson was a writer of no mean ability, a number of his articles on pioneer life, hunting, etc., were not only published in the Quiz, but also in numerous state publications. He was a great reader and was well posted on almost any subject one might bring up, and retained his interest in politics, world news, science and inventions to the last.
He helped to organize the Unitarian church in Ord and was instrumental in establishing the first public library. A number of years ago he donated Anderson Island to the city of Ord to be used as a public park, was a member of the park board, of the Ord school board and Ord township boards for many years.
Since his second wife's death, Mrs. Emma Hanson has been his housekeeper, until seven weeks ago, when she was called away by the death of a sister. For five weeks, he then boarded with Mrs. Mina Jensen next door to him. After suffering several heart attacks, he evidently felt the premonition of death and desired to be in his own old home for the event. Mrs. Clyde Kelley assisted by Mrs. Mina Jensen and his daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, gave him every attention until his passing Monday morning.
He leaves to mourn his loss, one daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, his son, Roy W. Anderson, having passed on in 1932. Also four granddaughters, and one grandson, ten great grandchildren, and his sister, Mrs. Minnie Campbell.
Mr. Anderson had the ability to make and keep friends, and many happy hours were spent visiting with old and new friends. Of late years, he had been greatly handicapped by increasing deafness. He had the satisfaction of seeing Ord grow from a small frontier town to it's present size and to add his support to it's betterment.
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Married second, July 23 1893 Ord, Valley, NE, Sarah Ophelia Snodgrass
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W.A. Anderson, 91, Dies Quietly in His Own Home Monday
Beloved Ord Man, Resident 75 Years, Suffered Several Heart Attacks, Died.
Funeral services will be held at the Frazier chapel at 1:30 p.m. Friday for W. A. Anderson, beloved resident of Ord, who died quietly at his home Monday afternoon after a series of heart attacks. He had been a resident of Valley county 75 years and had lived in Ord since 1884, during which period he was one of this city's most widely known and highly respected citizens. Several years ago Mr. Anderson gave to the city the North Loup river island park which bears his name. His body will be laid to rest in the Ord cemetery beside his second wife, who passed away in 1937.
William Ashley Anderson, son of William I. And Hester Hillman Anderson was born at Bankston, Dubuque Co., Ia., on April 14, 1853, and departed this life July 3, 1944, aged 91 years, 2 months and 19 days. He was of a family of 12 children, only one of whom, Mrs. Minnie Campbell, survives him.
He attended grade school and later the Epworth Seminary at Epworth, Ia. After teaching a number of terms in his home county, he also taught near Red Oak, Ia., and later in several schools in Valley county.
On Sept. 5, 1876 he was married to Elizabeth Anne Hather, at John's Creek, Ia. To this union were born five children, the three older dying in infancy. Surviving are Mrs. Mabel Abernethy and Roy W. Anderson.
In March 1879 he and his family moved by covered wagon from western Iowa, near Red Oak, to Valley county, where he took up a homestead and a tree claim, in the present Plain Valley community. The family endured all the hardships of the early pioneers – prairie fires, drough, grasshoppers, etc. He dug the first well on the Sand Flats, stopping when he found stratas of sand, and went to the canyons near Burwell to cut cottonwood logs, to be hauled to the mill and sawed into curbing for his well. To one of the present generation, this would seem to be an endless task. He also did freighting from Grand Island to the village of Ord. He was an ardent hunter of all wild game at this time and being a very good marksman, kept his family supplied with meat in this way.
In 1884 after 'proving up' on his government land, he moved to Ord and resided in the same house until the time of his death, with the exception of a short period spent in California, where his first wife died and is buried.
On moving to Ord, Mr. Anderson had engaged in the photographic business and many of his photographs of early citizens and residences have at different times been published in the Quiz. On July 25, 1893, he was married to Sarah O. Snodgrass, of Farley, Ia., who was his faithful companion and mother to his two children until she departed this life Jan. 9, 1937.
Mr. Anderson was a writer of no mean ability, a number of his articles on pioneer life, hunting, etc., were not only published in the Quiz, but also in numerous state publications. He was a great reader and was well posted on almost any subject one might bring up, and retained his interest in politics, world news, science and inventions to the last.
He helped to organize the Unitarian church in Ord and was instrumental in establishing the first public library. A number of years ago he donated Anderson Island to the city of Ord to be used as a public park, was a member of the park board, of the Ord school board and Ord township boards for many years.
Since his second wife's death, Mrs. Emma Hanson has been his housekeeper, until seven weeks ago, when she was called away by the death of a sister. For five weeks, he then boarded with Mrs. Mina Jensen next door to him. After suffering several heart attacks, he evidently felt the premonition of death and desired to be in his own old home for the event. Mrs. Clyde Kelley assisted by Mrs. Mina Jensen and his daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, gave him every attention until his passing Monday morning.
He leaves to mourn his loss, one daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, his son, Roy W. Anderson, having passed on in 1932. Also four granddaughters, and one grandson, ten great grandchildren, and his sister, Mrs. Minnie Campbell.
Mr. Anderson had the ability to make and keep friends, and many happy hours were spent visiting with old and new friends. Of late years, he had been greatly handicapped by increasing deafness. He had the satisfaction of seeing Ord grow from a small frontier town to it's present size and to add his support to it's betterment.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jul 6 1944, Pg 1, Col 1
Married first, Sep 5 1876 John's Creek, Dubuque, IA, Elizabeth Anne Hather
Married second, July 23 1893 Ord, Valley, NE, Sarah Ophelia Snodgrass
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W.A. Anderson, 91, Dies Quietly in His Own Home Monday
Beloved Ord Man, Resident 75 Years, Suffered Several Heart Attacks, Died.
Funeral services will be held at the Frazier chapel at 1:30 p.m. Friday for W. A. Anderson, beloved resident of Ord, who died quietly at his home Monday afternoon after a series of heart attacks. He had been a resident of Valley county 75 years and had lived in Ord since 1884, during which period he was one of this city's most widely known and highly respected citizens. Several years ago Mr. Anderson gave to the city the North Loup river island park which bears his name. His body will be laid to rest in the Ord cemetery beside his second wife, who passed away in 1937.
William Ashley Anderson, son of William I. And Hester Hillman Anderson was born at Bankston, Dubuque Co., Ia., on April 14, 1853, and departed this life July 3, 1944, aged 91 years, 2 months and 19 days. He was of a family of 12 children, only one of whom, Mrs. Minnie Campbell, survives him.
He attended grade school and later the Epworth Seminary at Epworth, Ia. After teaching a number of terms in his home county, he also taught near Red Oak, Ia., and later in several schools in Valley county.
On Sept. 5, 1876 he was married to Elizabeth Anne Hather, at John's Creek, Ia. To this union were born five children, the three older dying in infancy. Surviving are Mrs. Mabel Abernethy and Roy W. Anderson.
In March 1879 he and his family moved by covered wagon from western Iowa, near Red Oak, to Valley county, where he took up a homestead and a tree claim, in the present Plain Valley community. The family endured all the hardships of the early pioneers – prairie fires, drough, grasshoppers, etc. He dug the first well on the Sand Flats, stopping when he found stratas of sand, and went to the canyons near Burwell to cut cottonwood logs, to be hauled to the mill and sawed into curbing for his well. To one of the present generation, this would seem to be an endless task. He also did freighting from Grand Island to the village of Ord. He was an ardent hunter of all wild game at this time and being a very good marksman, kept his family supplied with meat in this way.
In 1884 after 'proving up' on his government land, he moved to Ord and resided in the same house until the time of his death, with the exception of a short period spent in California, where his first wife died and is buried.
On moving to Ord, Mr. Anderson had engaged in the photographic business and many of his photographs of early citizens and residences have at different times been published in the Quiz. On July 25, 1893, he was married to Sarah O. Snodgrass, of Farley, Ia., who was his faithful companion and mother to his two children until she departed this life Jan. 9, 1937.
Mr. Anderson was a writer of no mean ability, a number of his articles on pioneer life, hunting, etc., were not only published in the Quiz, but also in numerous state publications. He was a great reader and was well posted on almost any subject one might bring up, and retained his interest in politics, world news, science and inventions to the last.
He helped to organize the Unitarian church in Ord and was instrumental in establishing the first public library. A number of years ago he donated Anderson Island to the city of Ord to be used as a public park, was a member of the park board, of the Ord school board and Ord township boards for many years.
Since his second wife's death, Mrs. Emma Hanson has been his housekeeper, until seven weeks ago, when she was called away by the death of a sister. For five weeks, he then boarded with Mrs. Mina Jensen next door to him. After suffering several heart attacks, he evidently felt the premonition of death and desired to be in his own old home for the event. Mrs. Clyde Kelley assisted by Mrs. Mina Jensen and his daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, gave him every attention until his passing Monday morning.
He leaves to mourn his loss, one daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, his son, Roy W. Anderson, having passed on in 1932. Also four granddaughters, and one grandson, ten great grandchildren, and his sister, Mrs. Minnie Campbell.
Mr. Anderson had the ability to make and keep friends, and many happy hours were spent visiting with old and new friends. Of late years, he had been greatly handicapped by increasing deafness. He had the satisfaction of seeing Ord grow from a small frontier town to it's present size and to add his support to it's betterment.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jul 6 1944, Pg 1, Col 1
Married second, July 23 1893 Ord, Valley, NE, Sarah Ophelia Snodgrass
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W.A. Anderson, 91, Dies Quietly in His Own Home Monday
Beloved Ord Man, Resident 75 Years, Suffered Several Heart Attacks, Died.
Funeral services will be held at the Frazier chapel at 1:30 p.m. Friday for W. A. Anderson, beloved resident of Ord, who died quietly at his home Monday afternoon after a series of heart attacks. He had been a resident of Valley county 75 years and had lived in Ord since 1884, during which period he was one of this city's most widely known and highly respected citizens. Several years ago Mr. Anderson gave to the city the North Loup river island park which bears his name. His body will be laid to rest in the Ord cemetery beside his second wife, who passed away in 1937.
William Ashley Anderson, son of William I. And Hester Hillman Anderson was born at Bankston, Dubuque Co., Ia., on April 14, 1853, and departed this life July 3, 1944, aged 91 years, 2 months and 19 days. He was of a family of 12 children, only one of whom, Mrs. Minnie Campbell, survives him.
He attended grade school and later the Epworth Seminary at Epworth, Ia. After teaching a number of terms in his home county, he also taught near Red Oak, Ia., and later in several schools in Valley county.
On Sept. 5, 1876 he was married to Elizabeth Anne Hather, at John's Creek, Ia. To this union were born five children, the three older dying in infancy. Surviving are Mrs. Mabel Abernethy and Roy W. Anderson.
In March 1879 he and his family moved by covered wagon from western Iowa, near Red Oak, to Valley county, where he took up a homestead and a tree claim, in the present Plain Valley community. The family endured all the hardships of the early pioneers – prairie fires, drough, grasshoppers, etc. He dug the first well on the Sand Flats, stopping when he found stratas of sand, and went to the canyons near Burwell to cut cottonwood logs, to be hauled to the mill and sawed into curbing for his well. To one of the present generation, this would seem to be an endless task. He also did freighting from Grand Island to the village of Ord. He was an ardent hunter of all wild game at this time and being a very good marksman, kept his family supplied with meat in this way.
In 1884 after 'proving up' on his government land, he moved to Ord and resided in the same house until the time of his death, with the exception of a short period spent in California, where his first wife died and is buried.
On moving to Ord, Mr. Anderson had engaged in the photographic business and many of his photographs of early citizens and residences have at different times been published in the Quiz. On July 25, 1893, he was married to Sarah O. Snodgrass, of Farley, Ia., who was his faithful companion and mother to his two children until she departed this life Jan. 9, 1937.
Mr. Anderson was a writer of no mean ability, a number of his articles on pioneer life, hunting, etc., were not only published in the Quiz, but also in numerous state publications. He was a great reader and was well posted on almost any subject one might bring up, and retained his interest in politics, world news, science and inventions to the last.
He helped to organize the Unitarian church in Ord and was instrumental in establishing the first public library. A number of years ago he donated Anderson Island to the city of Ord to be used as a public park, was a member of the park board, of the Ord school board and Ord township boards for many years.
Since his second wife's death, Mrs. Emma Hanson has been his housekeeper, until seven weeks ago, when she was called away by the death of a sister. For five weeks, he then boarded with Mrs. Mina Jensen next door to him. After suffering several heart attacks, he evidently felt the premonition of death and desired to be in his own old home for the event. Mrs. Clyde Kelley assisted by Mrs. Mina Jensen and his daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, gave him every attention until his passing Monday morning.
He leaves to mourn his loss, one daughter, Mrs. Jason Abernethy, his son, Roy W. Anderson, having passed on in 1932. Also four granddaughters, and one grandson, ten great grandchildren, and his sister, Mrs. Minnie Campbell.
Mr. Anderson had the ability to make and keep friends, and many happy hours were spent visiting with old and new friends. Of late years, he had been greatly handicapped by increasing deafness. He had the satisfaction of seeing Ord grow from a small frontier town to it's present size and to add his support to it's betterment.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jul 6 1944, Pg 1, Col 1
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