(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 743)

Knudt Anderson is a native of the "Beaver State." He was born in Columbia Co., Wis. in 1853, was reared on the farm, and received a good education in the Norwegian language. In the spring of 1872 he went to Mitchell Co., Iowa, remaining there until 1880, when he came to Danville township and settled on section 22, were he still lives. He was married in June, 1883 to Myrta Gullifson, born in Columbia Co., Wis., in 1866. He owns a good farm of 160 acres. Mr. Anderson and wife and members of the Lutheran Church

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, Sept. 9, 2005