Fred Anderson, pioneer farmer of Skandia and Rosebud Townships, was born in Ostergaltand, Sweden, in 1869, and came to the United States with his parents Johann and Christine Anderson at the age of 14 years, in 1883.

He married Amanda Nordquist at Valley City in 1889. She was born in Shofte, Sweden in 1870, and came here in 1888 to join a brother August, who had come earlier and wrote back of the great new land of opportunity. After their marriage, they lived for a time at Jamestown then moved to Superior, Wisconsin, where he worked on the railroad and at other jobs. They returned to this area about 1898 and began farming north of Litchville in Skandia Township. They moved several times. In 1910, while living on the Giebink farm just north of Litchville, Mr. Anderson died of injuries suffered in a tragic accident, when he was run over by a drill pulled by a runaway team.

Mrs. Anderson continued the farming operations with the help of her sons and hired help. In 1913 they moved to the present home of her son, Arthur, after erecting a completely new set of farm buildings there. In 1921 Mrs. Anderson moved to Valley City, where she died in 1941.

The children born to this couple were: Arthur, Litchville, North Dakota; Clarence, deceased; Hazel (Mrs. H. F. Erickson) Valley City; Mildred (Mrs. Melvin A. Jorgenson) Valley City; Roy, Davenport, Iowa; and George, Cupertino, California.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 16