Thanks A. Anderson
28 Nov 1889 - 29 Nov 1974
bornBrackettville, Texas, USA
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe in 1909.Vice president of Tempe National Bank.
Clerk at Tempe Hardware Co, 1909-1915.
Worked for the First National Bank of Arizona (Tempe National Bank), 1915-1954. He was a
clerk (1916), assistant cashier (c1920, '21, 22, 23, 24, 25 , cashier in 1926-31 and vice president of the bank 1950-1954.
Mayor of Tempe, 12 Jun 1930 - 9 Jun 1932, and member of the Tempe City Council, 1934-1937.
He served as the local chairman for all bond drives in Tempe during World War II. He was closely associated with the growth of Tempe and ASU after World War II.
President of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce, 1941. Member of the Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, and the Tempe Rotary Club.
Corporal, Field Artillery, U.S. Army, World War I.
Lived at 125 E. 6th Street in 1914; lived at 113 E. 6th Street in 1917; lived at 251 E. 8th Street, c1920-1931; lived on a ranch on Baseline Road in 1940.
His last address was 147 Bonita Way. Had wife Agnes in 1930, Kath G in 1930-31.
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Thank Anderson obit, TDN, 29 Nov and 30 Nov 1974
Old Settlers collection, THM
Federal census (Tempe), 1910
HPS-106
Tempe CD, 1913-1922,'23, -24, -'25, -26, '26, '28', -'29, 30, '31
Tempe Telephone Directory, 1924, 1940
Smith, Tempe; Arizona Crossroads, p. 174
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe Tempe CD 1922
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