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sent him to school and he
graduated from Winona State Teachers' College in 1897. At the time of the 1900
census he was a census enumerator; he later taught school. After
James married Maude, two sons were born to them and their family
moved to Minneapolis. Later in life he was the vice president of
a realty association. Unfortunately, the president embezzled
the company's funds and it went under, but James stayed in the
insurance business and repaid the funds to the company's investors.
At the time of the April 26, 1910 federal census, James 36 years old,
travelling and selling real estate, and living with his wife Maud and their two young sons in Grand Forks Ward 7, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
On Sept. 12, 1918, James was 44 years old and vice president of U.S.I. Realty Company located at
217 Plymouth Bldg., Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. He and his wife Maud and their family were living at
4233 Sheridan Ave. S. in Minneapolis. James was of medium height, stout, with blue eyes
and brown hair. He had lost the middle finger of his right hand.
At the time of the January 10, 1920 census, James was 46 years old and
living with his wife Maude and two sons in their home owned free and
clear located at 4233 Sheridan Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. Also living
with the family were Florance Tennis, a 29-year-old divorcée who
worked as their housekeeper, and her 9-year-old son Arthur. James
was then the vice president of a realty association. Both their sons were attending school, and eldest son Walter was working as a musician at a theatre.
James was an honest, hardworking man who often visited his
family living in Faribault, Minnesota. He was a member of the
Masonic Order.
"All credit is due a man who carves out his career unaided. Such a man is J. S. Anderson,
vice president of the U. S. I. Realty Company of Minneapolis. He was born in Denmark, in March, 1874, a son of
Soren and Maren (Larson) Anderson, likewise natives of that country. The father died in Denmark, in 1880, at the
age of fifty-five, while the mother passed away in Minneapolis, in 1921, when she was in her eighty-third year.
"J. S. Anderson attended the public schools of his native land until eleven years of age. In May, 1885, he
came to the United States, locating at Geneva, Minnesota, where he continued his education. Subsequently he pursued the
advanced course of study in the Winona State Teachers' College, being graduated from that institution in 1897, and during
the succeeding decade followed the profession of teaching in various places throughout the state. It was in 1907 that he
came to Minneapolis and became associated with the U. S. I. Realty Company, being now vice president of the
concern and in direct charge of its bond department. Mr. Anderson is a man of high intellectual attainments who has
made a deep and continuous study of business methods applicable to his particular line. He has steadily advanced in those
walks of life demanding intellectuality, business ability and fidelity and today commands the respect and esteem not only
of the people of his community but of the entire state. He has not permitted the accumulation of a competence to affect in
any way his actions toward those less successful than he and has always a cheerful word and pleasant smile for all with
whom he comes into contact.
"On the 6th of August, 1902, at Fargo, North Dakota, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Anderson and Miss Maude Hodgson,
a daughter of Rev. John Hodgson, a Methodist minister of Toronto, Canada, whose demise occurred in 1898, when he was in his
seventieth year. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson two children have been born: Walter, twenty years of age; and
Wilton, eighteen. The elder son has evinced much talent along musical lines and a brilliant career is prophesied for him by
his many friends.
"Since attaining his majority Mr. Anderson has given his political allegiance to the democratic party and the
principles for which it stands. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and is likewise identified
with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. As reading is his hobby, he finds his greatest enjoyment with a good book in
his own home. He is essentially public-spirited, being interested in all lines of progress and improvement, and his
cooperation can be counted upon to further the material, intellectual and moral upbuilding of the city." [Source:
Extracted from History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923;
Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Vol. II, pg 566-567.]
At the time of the Apr. 18, 1940 U.S. Federal census, James was 66 years old and living with his 63-year-old wife Maud in a home that they rented for $31/month on 10th St. South in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
They had been living in the same place as of April 1935. He had completed two years of college, and Maud was a high-school graduate. Neither he nor Maud were U.S. citizens. James was employed as an insurance agent for a life insurance company, working 48 hours a week
for 52 weeks in 1939, earning $900.
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