Biography - M. C. Anderson

M. C. Anderson, manager of the Osborne-McMillan Elevator at Voltaire, was born in Hutchinson, Minnesota, on the 17th of April, 1886, a son of Andrew and Anna (Christenson) Anderson, who are natives of Denmark but who in childhood came with their respective parents to the United States, the two families locating in Minnesota. Both were reared in McCloud county, Minnesota, and there they were married and still make their home, being now residents of Hutchinson. After long connection with agricultural pursuits Mr. Anderson is enjoying well earned rest in honorable retirement from business.

M. C. Anderson attended the public schools, the Hutchinson high school and the Metropolitan Commercial College at Minneapolis and was graduated from the last named institution in the spring of 1906. Immediately afterward he came to North Dakota, settling at Flaxton, Burke county, which was then a part of Ward county. There he secured a position in a general store, working as clerk and bookkeeper. In the fall of 1907 he filed on a homestead in what was then Williams county but is now Divide county. He lived upon and improved that place for eight months, when, having complied with all the laws relative thereto, he was given title to the property. He then returned to his Flaxton position, which he held until 1910, when he removed to the farm and for three years was engaged in its cultivation. In the spring of 1914 he went to Voltaire as manager for the Osborne-McMillan Elevator Company, controlling its business at this point to the present time. The interests under his management here constitute an important feature in the community, as they furnish a market for the grain producers. Personally Mr. Anderson owns three hundred and twenty acres of farm land in Divide county and secures from the property a gratifying annual income.

In the spring of 1910 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Louise Amundson, of Northwood, Iowa, and they have become the parents of three children, Merton, Arthur and Lucille. Mr. Anderson votes independently, casting his ballot not according to party ties but according to the dictates of his political wisdom and judgment.

Extracted 05 Nov 2019 by Norma Hass from North Dakota History and People, published in 1917, volume 2, page 527.