Biography - Charles Anderson
REV. CHARLES ANDERSON, President of Ansgari College, was born in Denmark, July 24, 1843; came to America with his parents in 1848; graduated at Illinois State University in 1863; in 1865 served as Chaplain of the 46th Wisconsin Infantry; in 1866-9 was pastor of the English Lutheran Church, Mt. Carroll, Ill.; in 1869 to1873 pastor of Second Lutheran Church, Galesburg; 1871-78 editor of Zion's Banner; 1873-75 Principal of the "Mission Institute," Keokuk, Ia.; 1875 to the present time President of Ansgari College, Knoxville. He was married to Nettie A. Whipple, and they have four children. He is a Republican in politics.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman, page 647.
