OLD VETERAN IS DEAD
E. G. Anderson Died in St. Paul Hospital Where He Was Taken Last Week
COFFIN DRAPED WITH OLD FLAG
Funeral Held Sunday from West Union Church and Was Largely Attended
Erick Gustaf Anderson, veteran of the Civil war and one of the pioneers of this section, died from intestinal obstruction on October 30th, 1913, at Bethesda hospital, St. Paul, to which place he had been brought for treatment the previous Tuesday. His age was 79 years, 7 months and 19 days.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Sweden and was born in Alfsborg's Lan, March 11, 1834. In 1861 he came to America and in the same year settled on a farm in Hancock township, Carver county. In 1864 he enlisted in the Eleventh Minnesota infantry and served until the close of the rebellion when he was honorably discharged. Immediately after the war he returned to Belle Plaine and purchased the farm that has ever since been his home.
Mr. Anderson was one of the leading citizens of this community and through all the fifty years he lived here he was foremost in the upbuilding of this section. Through all his life he took an active interest in church and public affairs.
He is survived by his widow, seven sons, three daughters, and 33 grandchildren. The sons are Claus F., John A., Albert V., all of this place; Henry V. of Hitterdal. August W. of Cooperstown, N.D.; Adolph H. of Miller, Iowa: and Richard F. of Olivia. His daughters are Mrs. A. Swanson and Mrs. Olaf Johnson, both of whom reside in St. Paul; and Mrs. John Smedberg of Minneapolis.
The funeral was held from the West Union Lutheran church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and was very largely attended by old friends and neighbors. The regiment flag was taken from the state capitol and accompanied the remains here, and the coffin of the deceased was draped in that same flag under which he fought fifty years ago.
All the sons and daughters were here to attend the funeral, except Adolph H., who is sick at the hospital in Minneapolis. Others from abroad were L.P. Osterborg and daughters Miss Tillie and Mrs. J. Bolman from Cokato, Erick Erickson of Bird Island, and Mrs. Burnell of St. Paul.
(provided by G Thompson)
E. G. Anderson Died in St. Paul Hospital Where He Was Taken Last Week
COFFIN DRAPED WITH OLD FLAG
Funeral Held Sunday from West Union Church and Was Largely Attended
Erick Gustaf Anderson, veteran of the Civil war and one of the pioneers of this section, died from intestinal obstruction on October 30th, 1913, at Bethesda hospital, St. Paul, to which place he had been brought for treatment the previous Tuesday. His age was 79 years, 7 months and 19 days.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Sweden and was born in Alfsborg's Lan, March 11, 1834. In 1861 he came to America and in the same year settled on a farm in Hancock township, Carver county. In 1864 he enlisted in the Eleventh Minnesota infantry and served until the close of the rebellion when he was honorably discharged. Immediately after the war he returned to Belle Plaine and purchased the farm that has ever since been his home.
Mr. Anderson was one of the leading citizens of this community and through all the fifty years he lived here he was foremost in the upbuilding of this section. Through all his life he took an active interest in church and public affairs.
He is survived by his widow, seven sons, three daughters, and 33 grandchildren. The sons are Claus F., John A., Albert V., all of this place; Henry V. of Hitterdal. August W. of Cooperstown, N.D.; Adolph H. of Miller, Iowa: and Richard F. of Olivia. His daughters are Mrs. A. Swanson and Mrs. Olaf Johnson, both of whom reside in St. Paul; and Mrs. John Smedberg of Minneapolis.
The funeral was held from the West Union Lutheran church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and was very largely attended by old friends and neighbors. The regiment flag was taken from the state capitol and accompanied the remains here, and the coffin of the deceased was draped in that same flag under which he fought fifty years ago.
All the sons and daughters were here to attend the funeral, except Adolph H., who is sick at the hospital in Minneapolis. Others from abroad were L.P. Osterborg and daughters Miss Tillie and Mrs. J. Bolman from Cokato, Erick Erickson of Bird Island, and Mrs. Burnell of St. Paul.
(provided by G Thompson)
OLD VETERAN IS DEAD
E. G. Anderson Died in St. Paul Hospital Where He Was Taken Last Week
COFFIN DRAPED WITH OLD FLAG
Funeral Held Sunday from West Union Church and Was Largely Attended
Erick Gustaf Anderson, veteran of the Civil war and one of the pioneers of this section, died from intestinal obstruction on October 30th, 1913, at Bethesda hospital, St. Paul, to which place he had been brought for treatment the previous Tuesday. His age was 79 years, 7 months and 19 days.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Sweden and was born in Alfsborg's Lan, March 11, 1834. In 1861 he came to America and in the same year settled on a farm in Hancock township, Carver county. In 1864 he enlisted in the Eleventh Minnesota infantry and served until the close of the rebellion when he was honorably discharged. Immediately after the war he returned to Belle Plaine and purchased the farm that has ever since been his home.
Mr. Anderson was one of the leading citizens of this community and through all the fifty years he lived here he was foremost in the upbuilding of this section. Through all his life he took an active interest in church and public affairs.
He is survived by his widow, seven sons, three daughters, and 33 grandchildren. The sons are Claus F., John A., Albert V., all of this place; Henry V. of Hitterdal. August W. of Cooperstown, N.D.; Adolph H. of Miller, Iowa: and Richard F. of Olivia. His daughters are Mrs. A. Swanson and Mrs. Olaf Johnson, both of whom reside in St. Paul; and Mrs. John Smedberg of Minneapolis.
The funeral was held from the West Union Lutheran church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and was very largely attended by old friends and neighbors. The regiment flag was taken from the state capitol and accompanied the remains here, and the coffin of the deceased was draped in that same flag under which he fought fifty years ago.
All the sons and daughters were here to attend the funeral, except Adolph H., who is sick at the hospital in Minneapolis. Others from abroad were L.P. Osterborg and daughters Miss Tillie and Mrs. J. Bolman from Cokato, Erick Erickson of Bird Island, and Mrs. Burnell of St. Paul.
(provided by G Thompson)
E. G. Anderson Died in St. Paul Hospital Where He Was Taken Last Week
COFFIN DRAPED WITH OLD FLAG
Funeral Held Sunday from West Union Church and Was Largely Attended
Erick Gustaf Anderson, veteran of the Civil war and one of the pioneers of this section, died from intestinal obstruction on October 30th, 1913, at Bethesda hospital, St. Paul, to which place he had been brought for treatment the previous Tuesday. His age was 79 years, 7 months and 19 days.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Sweden and was born in Alfsborg's Lan, March 11, 1834. In 1861 he came to America and in the same year settled on a farm in Hancock township, Carver county. In 1864 he enlisted in the Eleventh Minnesota infantry and served until the close of the rebellion when he was honorably discharged. Immediately after the war he returned to Belle Plaine and purchased the farm that has ever since been his home.
Mr. Anderson was one of the leading citizens of this community and through all the fifty years he lived here he was foremost in the upbuilding of this section. Through all his life he took an active interest in church and public affairs.
He is survived by his widow, seven sons, three daughters, and 33 grandchildren. The sons are Claus F., John A., Albert V., all of this place; Henry V. of Hitterdal. August W. of Cooperstown, N.D.; Adolph H. of Miller, Iowa: and Richard F. of Olivia. His daughters are Mrs. A. Swanson and Mrs. Olaf Johnson, both of whom reside in St. Paul; and Mrs. John Smedberg of Minneapolis.
The funeral was held from the West Union Lutheran church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and was very largely attended by old friends and neighbors. The regiment flag was taken from the state capitol and accompanied the remains here, and the coffin of the deceased was draped in that same flag under which he fought fifty years ago.
All the sons and daughters were here to attend the funeral, except Adolph H., who is sick at the hospital in Minneapolis. Others from abroad were L.P. Osterborg and daughters Miss Tillie and Mrs. J. Bolman from Cokato, Erick Erickson of Bird Island, and Mrs. Burnell of St. Paul.
(provided by G Thompson)
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