Dwight Halsey Anderson was born in 1917 in Pike County, Kentucky, and grew up in Grant, Grayson County, Virginia.
During WWII, Dwight served 3½ years as a radar mechanic with the Air Force. He graduated in 1948 from the University of Richmond with a degree in English. He attended Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Marguerite Foster Goodwin. They married in 1949 in Poland Spring, Maine.
Dwight served as a pastor for several years before earning another master's degree and teaching high school for 14 years. He went on to serve as chaplain for the University of Michigan Hospital before retiring in the 1980s. He and Marguerite lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he taught Sunday school and did volunteer work. Dwight died in 2013 in Ann Arbor.
Spouse: Marguerite Foster "Peggy" Goodwin (1920-2017).
Daughter: Katie Anderson Hurd.
References:
• 16 Oct 1940 Grant, Grayson County, Virginia WWII draft registration card.
• 1948 University of Richmond yearbook, page 250.
• 2 Sep 1949 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, page 21, announcement of 27 Aug 1949 wedding for Dwight Halsey Anderson and Marguerite Foster Goodwin.
• 6 Mar 1956 Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Michigan, page 2-6.
• 1995 David Halsey: Halsey Genealogy since 1395 A.D., page 157: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/748059 .
• 2009 Email from Dwight H. Anderson to Frances Stuart Bailey in the University of Richmond Alumni Magazine, Spring 2009, page 33: https://issuu.com/urscholarship/docs/urm-2009-v71i3 .
• 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ann-arbor-mi/dwight-anderson-5486176 .
• 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary for widow Marguerite Foster Anderson, https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=marguerite-anderson&pid=186988412&fhid=5988 .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHS6-GPT .
• 2022 Hash descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/HashDescendants.txt .
During WWII, Dwight served 3½ years as a radar mechanic with the Air Force. He graduated in 1948 from the University of Richmond with a degree in English. He attended Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Marguerite Foster Goodwin. They married in 1949 in Poland Spring, Maine.
Dwight served as a pastor for several years before earning another master's degree and teaching high school for 14 years. He went on to serve as chaplain for the University of Michigan Hospital before retiring in the 1980s. He and Marguerite lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he taught Sunday school and did volunteer work. Dwight died in 2013 in Ann Arbor.
Spouse: Marguerite Foster "Peggy" Goodwin (1920-2017).
Daughter: Katie Anderson Hurd.
References:
• 16 Oct 1940 Grant, Grayson County, Virginia WWII draft registration card.
• 1948 University of Richmond yearbook, page 250.
• 2 Sep 1949 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, page 21, announcement of 27 Aug 1949 wedding for Dwight Halsey Anderson and Marguerite Foster Goodwin.
• 6 Mar 1956 Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Michigan, page 2-6.
• 1995 David Halsey: Halsey Genealogy since 1395 A.D., page 157: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/748059 .
• 2009 Email from Dwight H. Anderson to Frances Stuart Bailey in the University of Richmond Alumni Magazine, Spring 2009, page 33: https://issuu.com/urscholarship/docs/urm-2009-v71i3 .
• 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ann-arbor-mi/dwight-anderson-5486176 .
• 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary for widow Marguerite Foster Anderson, https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=marguerite-anderson&pid=186988412&fhid=5988 .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHS6-GPT .
• 2022 Hash descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/HashDescendants.txt .
Dwight Halsey Anderson was born in 1917 in Pike County, Kentucky, and grew up in Grant, Grayson County, Virginia.
During WWII, Dwight served 3½ years as a radar mechanic with the Air Force. He graduated in 1948 from the University of Richmond with a degree in English. He attended Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Marguerite Foster Goodwin. They married in 1949 in Poland Spring, Maine.
Dwight served as a pastor for several years before earning another master's degree and teaching high school for 14 years. He went on to serve as chaplain for the University of Michigan Hospital before retiring in the 1980s. He and Marguerite lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he taught Sunday school and did volunteer work. Dwight died in 2013 in Ann Arbor.
Spouse: Marguerite Foster "Peggy" Goodwin (1920-2017).
Daughter: Katie Anderson Hurd.
References:
• 16 Oct 1940 Grant, Grayson County, Virginia WWII draft registration card.
• 1948 University of Richmond yearbook, page 250.
• 2 Sep 1949 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, page 21, announcement of 27 Aug 1949 wedding for Dwight Halsey Anderson and Marguerite Foster Goodwin.
• 6 Mar 1956 Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Michigan, page 2-6.
• 1995 David Halsey: Halsey Genealogy since 1395 A.D., page 157: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/748059 .
• 2009 Email from Dwight H. Anderson to Frances Stuart Bailey in the University of Richmond Alumni Magazine, Spring 2009, page 33: https://issuu.com/urscholarship/docs/urm-2009-v71i3 .
• 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ann-arbor-mi/dwight-anderson-5486176 .
• 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary for widow Marguerite Foster Anderson, https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=marguerite-anderson&pid=186988412&fhid=5988 .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHS6-GPT .
• 2022 Hash descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/HashDescendants.txt .
During WWII, Dwight served 3½ years as a radar mechanic with the Air Force. He graduated in 1948 from the University of Richmond with a degree in English. He attended Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Marguerite Foster Goodwin. They married in 1949 in Poland Spring, Maine.
Dwight served as a pastor for several years before earning another master's degree and teaching high school for 14 years. He went on to serve as chaplain for the University of Michigan Hospital before retiring in the 1980s. He and Marguerite lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he taught Sunday school and did volunteer work. Dwight died in 2013 in Ann Arbor.
Spouse: Marguerite Foster "Peggy" Goodwin (1920-2017).
Daughter: Katie Anderson Hurd.
References:
• 16 Oct 1940 Grant, Grayson County, Virginia WWII draft registration card.
• 1948 University of Richmond yearbook, page 250.
• 2 Sep 1949 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, page 21, announcement of 27 Aug 1949 wedding for Dwight Halsey Anderson and Marguerite Foster Goodwin.
• 6 Mar 1956 Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, Michigan, page 2-6.
• 1995 David Halsey: Halsey Genealogy since 1395 A.D., page 157: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/748059 .
• 2009 Email from Dwight H. Anderson to Frances Stuart Bailey in the University of Richmond Alumni Magazine, Spring 2009, page 33: https://issuu.com/urscholarship/docs/urm-2009-v71i3 .
• 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ann-arbor-mi/dwight-anderson-5486176 .
• 2017 Ann Arbor, Michigan obituary for widow Marguerite Foster Anderson, https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=marguerite-anderson&pid=186988412&fhid=5988 .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHS6-GPT .
• 2022 Hash descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/HashDescendants.txt .
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