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Joseph Leon Anderson

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Joseph Leon Anderson

Birth
Millville, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death
23 Dec 1961 (aged 64)
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Burial
Millville, Cache County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
2-23A-6
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Joseph Leon Anderson was born in Millville to Niels and Mary Nielson Ander­son. He attended South Cache High School and spent two years at Utah State Agricultural College. In 1920-1921 he ser­ved a mission to the Eastern States.

On June 21, 1922, he married Maude Mae Morris, whom he had converted while he was on his mission. Maude was born in Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, the daughter of Joseph Morris and Mary Elizabeth McPherson.

They made their home in Hart­ford, Connecticut, for four years before retur­ning to Millville. After their return to Millville, Joe engaged in farming. He operated a threshing machine and did custom threshing throughout the valley.

His church positions included counselor to Bishop Ernest Scott and later to Bishop Franklin Bitters. The Ander­sons left Millville in 1941; and Joe was emplo­yed as shop foreman for International Har­vester in Logan and, later, in Clearfield, where the family moved in 1951.

Maude was employed at L.R. Samuels. She later volun­teered at Dee Hospital and the new McKay­ Dee Hospital for thirteen years.

Joe and Maude are parents of: Maurice Leon (decea­sed), Elaine Mary, Robert Niels, Joseph Boyd, Carole Jean (died in infancy) and Bruce Edward.
Joseph Leon Anderson was born in Millville to Niels and Mary Nielson Ander­son. He attended South Cache High School and spent two years at Utah State Agricultural College. In 1920-1921 he ser­ved a mission to the Eastern States.

On June 21, 1922, he married Maude Mae Morris, whom he had converted while he was on his mission. Maude was born in Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, the daughter of Joseph Morris and Mary Elizabeth McPherson.

They made their home in Hart­ford, Connecticut, for four years before retur­ning to Millville. After their return to Millville, Joe engaged in farming. He operated a threshing machine and did custom threshing throughout the valley.

His church positions included counselor to Bishop Ernest Scott and later to Bishop Franklin Bitters. The Ander­sons left Millville in 1941; and Joe was emplo­yed as shop foreman for International Har­vester in Logan and, later, in Clearfield, where the family moved in 1951.

Maude was employed at L.R. Samuels. She later volun­teered at Dee Hospital and the new McKay­ Dee Hospital for thirteen years.

Joe and Maude are parents of: Maurice Leon (decea­sed), Elaine Mary, Robert Niels, Joseph Boyd, Carole Jean (died in infancy) and Bruce Edward.


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