Abraham Anderson

Abraham Anderson was an icebox manufacturer in Camden, New Jersey before he co-founded the canning business with Joseph A. Campbell in 1869.

Anderson brought manufacturing experience to the 1869 partnership, which canned seasonal New Jersey produce. He left in 1876, and the business was reorganized under Campbell's name. Because he departed two decades before condensed soup, Anderson had no part in the product that made the company famous, but the Camden canning operation he helped start is the origin of a business that reported $9.744 billion of net sales in fiscal 2026.

Anderson was born in 1832 and died on June 10, 1915. He had founded the Anderson Preserving Company in 1860, nine years before the partnership with Joseph Campbell.