Ole L. Anderson was born in 1861 at Lanesboro, Minnesota. He married Martha Iverson, also of Lanesboro. They came to Jessie, Griggs County in 1903 and rented a farm from J. C. Thinglestad, a merchant at Jessie. Thinglestad was a former Lanesboro native. The following year, the Andersons purchased a farm, which his cousin, Sylphus Ness, had homesteaded.
Mr. Anderson served on the West Prairie Church Board as Secretary- Treasurer for several years. He was a charter member of the Jessie Farmers Mercantile and Elevator Company Board. He served one term in the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1921. He managed the farm affairs until his death in 1925.
His wife continued to live on the farm until 1943, when she moved to Cooperstown to make her home. She died in 1957.
Of the nine children born to Ole and Martha Anderson, five survive:
Martha Bakken, Cooperstown,
Ovidia Dahl, Bismarck,
Oscar, Grandin,
Clarence, Millington, Michigan, and
Arthur, Jessie.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 494