F. E. ANDERSON.
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F. E. ANDERSON.
Frank Edwin Anderson, Representative from the Twentieth District, composed of Knox and Boyd counties, is one of the few native Nebraskans in the House. He was born in Saunders county, Nebraska, June 29, 1870. His youthful days were passed upon a farm and in attendance at the district schools. He entered Luther Academy, at Wahoo, Nebraska,: and was graduated from that institution in 1892. A year later he located at Wausa and there commenced teaching school which he continued until 1898, when he established the Weekly Gazette at Wausa, of which he is the editor. Mr. Anderson has served as justice of the peace for three terms and as township assessor, one term. He is a Republican and is one of the active workers for the party in his district. This is his first term in the Legislature. He is one of the bachelor members.
VICTOR ANDERSON.
Victor Anderson, Representative from the Sixtieth District, Kearney county, was born at St. Charles, Kane county, Illinois, August 7, 1870. One week after his birth his father died. When he was seven years of age his mother left the town of St. Charles and moved to Nebraska. As soon as he was old enough to work he commenced farming, and this is his present occupation. Fatherless and his mother poor, his early life was one of hardship and privation. The mother struggled hard to care for her family, and all that Mr. Anderson has accomplished has been by his own hard labor. He has been successful in life.He received his education in the schools of Nebraska, and in his early life his training was such as to make him an independent thinker, a calm reasoner and self-reliant. He was a member of the 27th Session of the Nebraska Legislature and served on a number of committees. He is a Populist, and by his party and the Democrats was nominated for the second term and re-elected. Mr. Anderson is one of the Populist leaders in the House. He is one of the bachelor members.
SILAS SCOTT ATWOOD.
Silas Scott Atwood, Representative from the Twenty-ninth District, Seward county, was born in Preble county, Ohio, March 12, 1842. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Washington county, in the same state, where he received his early education in the public schools, laboring under many disadvantages on account of the poor educational facilities of those days. He was reared on a farm and early in life learned what hard work was. In 1861 he enlisted in the 13th Iowa, served the three-year period of his enlistment and then re-enlisted, and eight months later was honorably discharged from the service. In the spring of 1867 he removed to Nebraska and located upon a homestead a short distance west of Milford, in Seward county, where he has since made his home. Mr. Atwood was married December 22, 1869; to Miss D. E. Brown, and of this union four children have been born, all of whom are living. Mr. Atwood has taken a lively interest in every movement for the advancement of his county and the state in general, particularly along the line of the development of agricultural interests and fruit growing. This is his first term in the Legislature and, owing to ill-health, he was able to be present only a few days during the session. Mr. Atwood has always been a staunch Republican.
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