Sacramento County
Biographies
WALTER C. ANDERSON
WALTER C. ANDERSON--Having spent his entire business career in banking circles, Walter C. Anderson is especially well fitted for the responsible post he occupies as president of the Bank of Galt and stands high in financial circles in Sacramento County. Mr. Anderson is a native of Nebraska and was born at Aurora, Hamilton County, March 14, 1888, the son of Charles and Christina (Carlson) Anderson, both natives of Sweden, the former born at Stockholm, while the mother was born in Skorbosland. The parents came to the United States when young people and settled near Aurora, Nebr., where the father engaged in farming on a half-section of land; he lived to be seventy-three years old. Mrs. Anderson survives him, and now resides at the old home at Aurora, Nebr.
One of a family of six children, three of whom are now living, Walter C. Anderson attended the public school near Aurora and later a commercial college at Aurora. At the age of nineteen he started out on his business career as a clerk in the Aurora Bank and later went to Chicago, where he was with the largest financial institutions, where he gained an excellent experience. From there he went to the Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank of that city, and after spending some time with them came out to the First National Bank of Camas, Wash. Subsequently he was offered the post of cashier of the bank at Aumsville, Ore., remaining there until he came to California, locating at Glendale, Los Angeles County, where he was cashier at the First National Bank of Glendale. In 1920 he came to Galt, and through his splendid executive ability and years of experience, this institution has taken a leading place among the banks of this district.
On February 11, 1913, at Chicago, Mr Anderson was married to Miss Minnie B. Clarke, a native of Portland, Maine, who was reared and educated in Chicago, where her parents, Albert E. and Belle Clarke made their home. The mother died in Los Angeles, in 1917, while the father, a professional musician, is the leader of the Clarke Sacramento Band and lives in Sacramento, able and active at sixty-four. A Republican in politics, Mr. Anderson is prominent in Masonic circles in Galt and belongs to the Elks of Stockton.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 635-636. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.