Suggested edit: Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1475-1476.
JOHN QUINN ANDERSON, government trader at the Crow Creek Indian
agency, in Buffalo county, is a native of the state of Missouri, having
been born in Lagrange, Lewis county, on the 1st of January, 1866, and
being a son of Captain Lee Anderson, who was born and reared in
N7irginia, being of Scotch ancestry. He was an early settler in
Missouri, where he passed the closing years of his life, having died
when the subject was but seven years of age, and the latter having
passed away five years later, at Dallas, Texas, in 1878. He thereafter
lived in the home of an uncle until he had attained the age of fourteen
years, having in the meanwhile attended the public schools as
opportunity afforded. At the early age noted he went to Iowa, where he
was for two years employed in a creamery, and then coming to what is now
the state of South Dakota, where he arrived in the year 1882, locating
in Mitchell, Davison county, and turning his hand to such work as he
could secure. He assisted in building a portion of the line of the
railroad between Mitchell and Aberdeen when nineteen years of age, and
held the position of tie foreman He early identified himself with the
cattle industry, buying and selling stock, while during the past few
years he has also raised cattle, on a constant]y increasing scale. In
1894 he started a stock ranch sixty miles west of Chamberlain, in Brule
county, and has there continued operations most successfully, while he
is at the present time one of the executive officers of the Western
Stock Growers' Association. For a number of years past he has been a
government beef contractor, and since March, 1901, he has been bonded
Indian trader at Crow Creek Indian agency. In politics he is a staunch
Republican, and fraternally is identified with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.
On the 16th of November, 1898, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage
to Miss Clara L. Willrodt, who was born in the city of Davenport, Iowa,
on the 30th of July, 1874, being a daughter of Senator Lawrence H. and
Mary (Wagner) Willrodt, who are now residents of Brule county, South
Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have no children.
When Mr. Anderson resided in Lyman county, South Dakota, he was
named as a presidential elector for this year. He was a representative
in the legislature from Lyman and Stanley counties in 1901.
Contributor: Heather Hall
JOHN QUINN ANDERSON, government trader at the Crow Creek Indian
agency, in Buffalo county, is a native of the state of Missouri, having
been born in Lagrange, Lewis county, on the 1st of January, 1866, and
being a son of Captain Lee Anderson, who was born and reared in
N7irginia, being of Scotch ancestry. He was an early settler in
Missouri, where he passed the closing years of his life, having died
when the subject was but seven years of age, and the latter having
passed away five years later, at Dallas, Texas, in 1878. He thereafter
lived in the home of an uncle until he had attained the age of fourteen
years, having in the meanwhile attended the public schools as
opportunity afforded. At the early age noted he went to Iowa, where he
was for two years employed in a creamery, and then coming to what is now
the state of South Dakota, where he arrived in the year 1882, locating
in Mitchell, Davison county, and turning his hand to such work as he
could secure. He assisted in building a portion of the line of the
railroad between Mitchell and Aberdeen when nineteen years of age, and
held the position of tie foreman He early identified himself with the
cattle industry, buying and selling stock, while during the past few
years he has also raised cattle, on a constant]y increasing scale. In
1894 he started a stock ranch sixty miles west of Chamberlain, in Brule
county, and has there continued operations most successfully, while he
is at the present time one of the executive officers of the Western
Stock Growers' Association. For a number of years past he has been a
government beef contractor, and since March, 1901, he has been bonded
Indian trader at Crow Creek Indian agency. In politics he is a staunch
Republican, and fraternally is identified with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.
On the 16th of November, 1898, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage
to Miss Clara L. Willrodt, who was born in the city of Davenport, Iowa,
on the 30th of July, 1874, being a daughter of Senator Lawrence H. and
Mary (Wagner) Willrodt, who are now residents of Brule county, South
Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have no children.
When Mr. Anderson resided in Lyman county, South Dakota, he was
named as a presidential elector for this year. He was a representative
in the legislature from Lyman and Stanley counties in 1901.
Contributor: Heather Hall
Suggested edit: Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1475-1476.
JOHN QUINN ANDERSON, government trader at the Crow Creek Indian
agency, in Buffalo county, is a native of the state of Missouri, having
been born in Lagrange, Lewis county, on the 1st of January, 1866, and
being a son of Captain Lee Anderson, who was born and reared in
N7irginia, being of Scotch ancestry. He was an early settler in
Missouri, where he passed the closing years of his life, having died
when the subject was but seven years of age, and the latter having
passed away five years later, at Dallas, Texas, in 1878. He thereafter
lived in the home of an uncle until he had attained the age of fourteen
years, having in the meanwhile attended the public schools as
opportunity afforded. At the early age noted he went to Iowa, where he
was for two years employed in a creamery, and then coming to what is now
the state of South Dakota, where he arrived in the year 1882, locating
in Mitchell, Davison county, and turning his hand to such work as he
could secure. He assisted in building a portion of the line of the
railroad between Mitchell and Aberdeen when nineteen years of age, and
held the position of tie foreman He early identified himself with the
cattle industry, buying and selling stock, while during the past few
years he has also raised cattle, on a constant]y increasing scale. In
1894 he started a stock ranch sixty miles west of Chamberlain, in Brule
county, and has there continued operations most successfully, while he
is at the present time one of the executive officers of the Western
Stock Growers' Association. For a number of years past he has been a
government beef contractor, and since March, 1901, he has been bonded
Indian trader at Crow Creek Indian agency. In politics he is a staunch
Republican, and fraternally is identified with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.
On the 16th of November, 1898, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage
to Miss Clara L. Willrodt, who was born in the city of Davenport, Iowa,
on the 30th of July, 1874, being a daughter of Senator Lawrence H. and
Mary (Wagner) Willrodt, who are now residents of Brule county, South
Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have no children.
When Mr. Anderson resided in Lyman county, South Dakota, he was
named as a presidential elector for this year. He was a representative
in the legislature from Lyman and Stanley counties in 1901.
Contributor: Heather Hall
JOHN QUINN ANDERSON, government trader at the Crow Creek Indian
agency, in Buffalo county, is a native of the state of Missouri, having
been born in Lagrange, Lewis county, on the 1st of January, 1866, and
being a son of Captain Lee Anderson, who was born and reared in
N7irginia, being of Scotch ancestry. He was an early settler in
Missouri, where he passed the closing years of his life, having died
when the subject was but seven years of age, and the latter having
passed away five years later, at Dallas, Texas, in 1878. He thereafter
lived in the home of an uncle until he had attained the age of fourteen
years, having in the meanwhile attended the public schools as
opportunity afforded. At the early age noted he went to Iowa, where he
was for two years employed in a creamery, and then coming to what is now
the state of South Dakota, where he arrived in the year 1882, locating
in Mitchell, Davison county, and turning his hand to such work as he
could secure. He assisted in building a portion of the line of the
railroad between Mitchell and Aberdeen when nineteen years of age, and
held the position of tie foreman He early identified himself with the
cattle industry, buying and selling stock, while during the past few
years he has also raised cattle, on a constant]y increasing scale. In
1894 he started a stock ranch sixty miles west of Chamberlain, in Brule
county, and has there continued operations most successfully, while he
is at the present time one of the executive officers of the Western
Stock Growers' Association. For a number of years past he has been a
government beef contractor, and since March, 1901, he has been bonded
Indian trader at Crow Creek Indian agency. In politics he is a staunch
Republican, and fraternally is identified with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.
On the 16th of November, 1898, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage
to Miss Clara L. Willrodt, who was born in the city of Davenport, Iowa,
on the 30th of July, 1874, being a daughter of Senator Lawrence H. and
Mary (Wagner) Willrodt, who are now residents of Brule county, South
Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have no children.
When Mr. Anderson resided in Lyman county, South Dakota, he was
named as a presidential elector for this year. He was a representative
in the legislature from Lyman and Stanley counties in 1901.
Contributor: Heather Hall
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