from The History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)----pages 838-839
The agricultural interests of Guilford Township, Hendricks County, have an able representative in Eli H. Anderson, a man who has succeeded in his chosen life work because he has worked persistently along such lines as cannot well fail in bringing success. He never lets the grass grow under his feet, but is always busy, and he believes in doing well whatever he attempts; thus, by having system in all his work, he has forged to the front and is in every way deserving of the respect in which he is held by all who know him.
Eli H. Anderson, one of the most extensive land holders of Hendricks County, was born March 18, 1865, in the town of Mooresville. His parents were Thomas C. and Anna (White) Anderson, his father being a native of Ohio and his mother of Wayne County, Indiana. Thomas Anderson, a farmer and brick mason, came to Hendricks County before the war and settled in Washington Township, where he bought a quarter of a section of land. After three years' residence on this farm, he moved to Six Points, in this county, where he farmed for the next nine years. The remainder of his life was spent in Iroquois County, Illinois, where he died in 1873, his wife dying September 24, 1898. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson were born four children, only two of whom are living, Benjamin W., whose history is set forth in this volume, and Eli H.
Eli H. Anderson is proud of the fact that he was born in a rude log cabin in the midst of a little clearing which his father had made on their farm. In this little cabin, surrounded by very primitive conditions, he and his brothers and sisters grew up. Their parents were ambitious for their children and gave them the best schooling which the neighborhood afforded. Hard work was the portion that was deeded out to the children of the Anderson family and what they profited by this is shown in the success that has attended the two living children, Eli and Benjamin. The whole life of Eli H. Anderson has been spent upon the farm and there is no feature of farming life that he does not thoroughly understand; he has made it his life study, and now, in the present day when the teaching of agriculture is becoming general throughout the country, it seems that farming is to be raised to the dignity of a profession.
Mr. Anderson was married February 27, 1901, to Lucille Nysewander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Nysewander. Mrs. Anderson was born near Plainfield and is one of a family of eight children, both of her parents being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two sons, Benjamin Rufus, born September 2, 1903, and Clifford Eli, born March 9, 1905. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is interested in the activities of the lodge. He lends his strong support to the Republican Party. Religiously, he is a member of the Friends Church, and may always be found in hearty cooperation with those who are advancing the welfare of his community. Mr. Anderson has been a life-long farmer and has been living on his present farm of four hundred and forty acres for the past fourteen years, where he does general farming which is peculiar to this locality. He has made a specialty of stock raising and finds this a valuable addition to his yearly income from the farm. In all the relations of life he has proved a man among men and because of his sterling qualities and stanch integrity he is well deserving of the confidence which has been placed in him by his fellow citizens.