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Jacob Nelson Anderson

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m. 22 Dec 1896

Facts and Events

Name	Jacob Nelson Anderson
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	27 Jan 1867	Sønderborg, Denmark
Marriage	22 Dec 1896	Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin, United Statesto Emma Marie Thompson
Mission^[1]	2 Feb 1902	Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Census	1920	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United Stateswith Emma Marie Thompson
Census^[4]	1930	Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
Death^[1]	23 Feb 1958	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Burial^[2]		Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 AndersonJN
[1], 2011.

Jacob Nelson Anderson and Emma Anderson-Thompson are the first commissioned missionaries sent to China by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They preached the Adventist message in China for 7 to 8 years from 1902 to 1909 before returning to the United States.
↑ Mauston Cemetery, in Find A Grave
Jacob Nelson Anderson .
Father Neils Andersen (1827-1916) and mother Karen Andersen (1834-1906)
In 1896 married Emma Thompson who died in 1925; in 1927 married Daisy B Shrade who died in 1941; married Louise Stahnke in 1945.
Three children with Emma: Stanley, Elizabeth, and Benjamin.
Siblings: The three brothers, Jacob N. Anderson (eldest), Benjamin L Anderson (next), Hans P. Anderson (youngest) in total served over 100 years with the SDA church.
Bachelor degrees from Seventh-day Baptist College, Milton, WI, and University of Chicago, IL.
Served in China for 7 years: 1902 to 1909; professor at Union College 1915-1924, 1934-1943; professor at Washington Missionary College 1910-1915, 1924-1928.
↑ Head Jacob N Anderson M 63 Denmark
Wife Daisy B Anderson F 57 Wisconsin