Frank O. Anderson, whose tragic and untimely death occurred as the result of an auto accident, January 8, 1918, was well known in connection with the automobile trade in Laramie, where he was engaged in handling the Buick cars and the J. & C. trucks, which he sold throughout Albany county. He was of foreign birth but spent the greater part of his life on this side of the Atlantic.
    He was born in Sweden, on December 30, 1860, and during his early boyhood was brought to the new wurld by his parents, Peter and Anna (Peterson) Anderson, who were also natives of Sweden. On reaching the new world they took up their abode in Galesburg, Illinois, where the father was employed in various ways. He continued to reside in that city until his death, which occurred in 1882, when he was sixty-five years of age. In the family were nine children, but only two are living: John A., who resides in Galesburg; and Hannah M.
    Frank O. Anderson was reared in Galesburg, where he pursued his education in the public schools to the age of fourteen years, when he started out to provide for his own support. He was first employed as cup boy in the Vanshalk & Holmes hardware and tinware establishment, in which be remained for a year. He was afterward employed in restaurants and hotels in Galesburg until he reached the age of nineteen years, and later he secured a position as fireman on the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad, being employed in that way for six years. He was promoted to the position of engineer and devoted altogether seventeen years to service as fireman and engineer. He was likewise employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company for six months, at the end of which time he resigned his position and took up his abode in Rawlins, Wyoming, where he entered the hotel business. He was also engaged in the hotel business in Walcott, Wyoming for a time and in 1905 he became a resident of Laramie, where he entered the employ of the W. H. Holliday Company. He was afterward for a time with the Laramie Grocery Company and then entered the restaurant business on his own account, engaging in that line until July, 1916, when he opened his automobile garage and salesrooms at 212 Grand avenue. He continued in the business handling the Buick pleasure cars and the J. & C. trucks. His sales reached a large annual figure and the business under his capable management became one of the leading ones of its kind in the state.
    Mr. Anderson was married in Danville, Illinois, to Miss Eunice V. Smiley and they have one daughter, Jessie E. Mr. Anderson voted with the republican party and while living in Illinois served as the first mayor of the city of Rome. Fraternally he was well known as a prominent Mason, having attained the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite and the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he crossed the sands of the desert. He likewise held membership with the Elks and with the Woodmen of the World and was identified with the Chamber of Commerce. He stood for all that was progressive and beneficial in community affairs and gave his aid and influence to all projects and measures which were of value to his city and state. His life record was marked by continuous progress and yet at the outset of his career he experienced many hardships and trials, for he had to depend upon his own resources at an early age and wrest fortune from the hand of fate. His demise caused the deepest sorrow in the community as his sterling qualities were generally recognized, and many and sincere were the expressions of sympathy and tokens of condolence extended to the bereaved family.