FROM: Dale Bryan----This bio came from "Swedes in Texas":
Pastor Otto Anderson, Austin. Each Swedish church organization has had its pioneer who has visited his countrymen in towns and communities, preached the Word and established congregations. They are getting fewer, but some of them are still left, a few even in active service. Pastor Anderson, member of the Southern Swedish Mission Conference, spent many years in the Eastern states, where he broke ground for the Swedish Methodist Church. His first area of work was in Worchester, Mass. where he was the first preacher who established a Swedish church organization, in 1878. A church was founded here in the same year, and then Anderson moved to Boston. He organized and developed the church there during the two and one-half years he stayed there. Other congregations in the east where he was active, include: Gardner, Lynn, Springfield and Rockport in Mass., Galva and Wataga in ILL., and a short period in San Francisco, Cal. Anderson came to Texas for the first time in 1883, and he only stayed for two years. He returned in 1905 when he was appointed to the congregation in Manda. After two years he resigned the position of permanent preacher, but he has continued to preach the Word in the Texas congregations.
From 1910-13, Anderson was a representative for Texas Posten, and during that time he travelled a lot in the state. During the following two years, he worked as a clerk for the sailor's mission, Bethel, in Galveston. He now lives in a beautiful home in Austin and is an active member of the church.
Anderson was born in 1852, in Långsjögle, Bellö, Småland, where his father Anders Monson, was a farmer. In 1868, he went to Chicago where a sister and brother were living. He later moved to Kansas and became a farmer for a short time. He was educated, partly at the Presbyterian Academy, ILL., partly at the Swedish Methodist's seminary in Stockholm, Sweden, during a visit in the homeland between 1876 and 1878. In 1914, he married Mrs. Mary Ann Swenson, born Newlin, from Hutto, Texas. She was born in Brushy, Williamson County in 1862. She is the daughter of the old settlers, Andrew and Tilda Maria Newlin. She had been married to Carl A. Swenson and has a son with him, Walter Swenson, who was a bank teller and lived in Hutto. Walter Swenson died several years ago.
Pastor Otto Anderson, Austin. Each Swedish church organization has had its pioneer who has visited his countrymen in towns and communities, preached the Word and established congregations. They are getting fewer, but some of them are still left, a few even in active service. Pastor Anderson, member of the Southern Swedish Mission Conference, spent many years in the Eastern states, where he broke ground for the Swedish Methodist Church. His first area of work was in Worchester, Mass. where he was the first preacher who established a Swedish church organization, in 1878. A church was founded here in the same year, and then Anderson moved to Boston. He organized and developed the church there during the two and one-half years he stayed there. Other congregations in the east where he was active, include: Gardner, Lynn, Springfield and Rockport in Mass., Galva and Wataga in ILL., and a short period in San Francisco, Cal. Anderson came to Texas for the first time in 1883, and he only stayed for two years. He returned in 1905 when he was appointed to the congregation in Manda. After two years he resigned the position of permanent preacher, but he has continued to preach the Word in the Texas congregations.
From 1910-13, Anderson was a representative for Texas Posten, and during that time he travelled a lot in the state. During the following two years, he worked as a clerk for the sailor's mission, Bethel, in Galveston. He now lives in a beautiful home in Austin and is an active member of the church.
Anderson was born in 1852, in Långsjögle, Bellö, Småland, where his father Anders Monson, was a farmer. In 1868, he went to Chicago where a sister and brother were living. He later moved to Kansas and became a farmer for a short time. He was educated, partly at the Presbyterian Academy, ILL., partly at the Swedish Methodist's seminary in Stockholm, Sweden, during a visit in the homeland between 1876 and 1878. In 1914, he married Mrs. Mary Ann Swenson, born Newlin, from Hutto, Texas. She was born in Brushy, Williamson County in 1862. She is the daughter of the old settlers, Andrew and Tilda Maria Newlin. She had been married to Carl A. Swenson and has a son with him, Walter Swenson, who was a bank teller and lived in Hutto. Walter Swenson died several years ago.
FROM: Dale Bryan----This bio came from "Swedes in Texas":
Pastor Otto Anderson, Austin. Each Swedish church organization has had its pioneer who has visited his countrymen in towns and communities, preached the Word and established congregations. They are getting fewer, but some of them are still left, a few even in active service. Pastor Anderson, member of the Southern Swedish Mission Conference, spent many years in the Eastern states, where he broke ground for the Swedish Methodist Church. His first area of work was in Worchester, Mass. where he was the first preacher who established a Swedish church organization, in 1878. A church was founded here in the same year, and then Anderson moved to Boston. He organized and developed the church there during the two and one-half years he stayed there. Other congregations in the east where he was active, include: Gardner, Lynn, Springfield and Rockport in Mass., Galva and Wataga in ILL., and a short period in San Francisco, Cal. Anderson came to Texas for the first time in 1883, and he only stayed for two years. He returned in 1905 when he was appointed to the congregation in Manda. After two years he resigned the position of permanent preacher, but he has continued to preach the Word in the Texas congregations.
From 1910-13, Anderson was a representative for Texas Posten, and during that time he travelled a lot in the state. During the following two years, he worked as a clerk for the sailor's mission, Bethel, in Galveston. He now lives in a beautiful home in Austin and is an active member of the church.
Anderson was born in 1852, in Långsjögle, Bellö, Småland, where his father Anders Monson, was a farmer. In 1868, he went to Chicago where a sister and brother were living. He later moved to Kansas and became a farmer for a short time. He was educated, partly at the Presbyterian Academy, ILL., partly at the Swedish Methodist's seminary in Stockholm, Sweden, during a visit in the homeland between 1876 and 1878. In 1914, he married Mrs. Mary Ann Swenson, born Newlin, from Hutto, Texas. She was born in Brushy, Williamson County in 1862. She is the daughter of the old settlers, Andrew and Tilda Maria Newlin. She had been married to Carl A. Swenson and has a son with him, Walter Swenson, who was a bank teller and lived in Hutto. Walter Swenson died several years ago.
Pastor Otto Anderson, Austin. Each Swedish church organization has had its pioneer who has visited his countrymen in towns and communities, preached the Word and established congregations. They are getting fewer, but some of them are still left, a few even in active service. Pastor Anderson, member of the Southern Swedish Mission Conference, spent many years in the Eastern states, where he broke ground for the Swedish Methodist Church. His first area of work was in Worchester, Mass. where he was the first preacher who established a Swedish church organization, in 1878. A church was founded here in the same year, and then Anderson moved to Boston. He organized and developed the church there during the two and one-half years he stayed there. Other congregations in the east where he was active, include: Gardner, Lynn, Springfield and Rockport in Mass., Galva and Wataga in ILL., and a short period in San Francisco, Cal. Anderson came to Texas for the first time in 1883, and he only stayed for two years. He returned in 1905 when he was appointed to the congregation in Manda. After two years he resigned the position of permanent preacher, but he has continued to preach the Word in the Texas congregations.
From 1910-13, Anderson was a representative for Texas Posten, and during that time he travelled a lot in the state. During the following two years, he worked as a clerk for the sailor's mission, Bethel, in Galveston. He now lives in a beautiful home in Austin and is an active member of the church.
Anderson was born in 1852, in Långsjögle, Bellö, Småland, where his father Anders Monson, was a farmer. In 1868, he went to Chicago where a sister and brother were living. He later moved to Kansas and became a farmer for a short time. He was educated, partly at the Presbyterian Academy, ILL., partly at the Swedish Methodist's seminary in Stockholm, Sweden, during a visit in the homeland between 1876 and 1878. In 1914, he married Mrs. Mary Ann Swenson, born Newlin, from Hutto, Texas. She was born in Brushy, Williamson County in 1862. She is the daughter of the old settlers, Andrew and Tilda Maria Newlin. She had been married to Carl A. Swenson and has a son with him, Walter Swenson, who was a bank teller and lived in Hutto. Walter Swenson died several years ago.
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