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JOHN F. ANDERSON, one of Butler's representative citizens, who, for many years has been a prominent figure among business men in this section, being identified with many large enterprises, especially being active as an
operator in oil and gas, was born February 14, 1852, at Mt. Chestnut, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of the late James D. Anderson.
James D. Anderson was born in Ireland and when he came to America he made his way to Butler County, Pennsylvania, settling on a large tract of land near the village of Prospect. Later he moved to Penn Township, locating there in 1865 and from that township he was elected
register and recorder of Butler County, in 1876, on the Democratic ticket. For years he was very prominent in local politics. He followed farming and also engaged in merchandizing.
John F. Anderson was reared in Butler County and obtained his education in the public schools and Witherspoon Institute. For several subsequent years he taught school in Butler and Allegheny Counties and then turned his attention to merchandizing, in 1883 opening a store
at Renfrew, which he conducted until 1888, when he came to Butler. He soon became interested in the Home Natural Gas Company as one of its directors, and at present he is connected with nunerous successful business organizations of various kinds. He is president of the board
of directors of the Patterson Natural Gas Company, president of the natural gas company that supplies Evans City, a director and stockholder in the Standard Plate Glass Company, a director and secretary of the East Butler Land and Improvement Company, a stockholder in the
Butler Savings and Trust Company, and a stockholder and manager of the firm of Sprang & Company. He is an active citizen in the sense of endeavoring to secure good city government and unproved conditions, but he is no politician. He votes with the Democratic party.
In 1883 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Iona M. Heap, of Colorado Springs, and they have two sons, Frank Carl and James G., the former of whom is a graduate of Lehigh University, and the latter a student in the graduating' lass of the Mercersburg Academy, being a
graduate of the Butler High School. Mr. Anderson and family belong to the First Presbyterian Church, in which body he belongs to the Session and is also superintendent of the Sunday school.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 691-692.
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