The son of Thomas & Mary Ann (Reeder) Anderson, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Jackson Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two at New Germantown, Toboyne Township, Perry County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Cameron in Washington DC October 11 as a private with Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Cleveland, Tennessee, and honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His obituary in the Perry County Democrat (see attached) claims "he served four years, longer than any other man in his township," which may be true.
He married Letitia Johnston reportedly after the war and fathered Frank H. (b. 05/02/61 - mother and/or birth date uncertain), Emmett R. (b. @1867), Jane R. (b. 03/27/69), Mary Elizabth (b. 01/02/71 - married Russell Clinton Stum), George (b. 11/28/72), Alice (b. @1874 - married Alton Neidigh), and Margaret L. (b. 04/18/77). Letitia died in 1878, and he married Emma Rhoads ca. 1880, fathering Maud (b. 04/16/85 - married John Woods). Emma's status is uncertain, but he married Delilah or Lila C. Hollenbaugh ca. April 1888 and fathered Thomas (b. 07/06/88), James Franklin (b. 05/21/90), Della (b. 10/??/92), and Charles B. (b. 11/27/98). Cause of his death is listed as "acute rheumatism and Bright's disease."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two at New Germantown, Toboyne Township, Perry County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Cameron in Washington DC October 11 as a private with Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Cleveland, Tennessee, and honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His obituary in the Perry County Democrat (see attached) claims "he served four years, longer than any other man in his township," which may be true.
He married Letitia Johnston reportedly after the war and fathered Frank H. (b. 05/02/61 - mother and/or birth date uncertain), Emmett R. (b. @1867), Jane R. (b. 03/27/69), Mary Elizabth (b. 01/02/71 - married Russell Clinton Stum), George (b. 11/28/72), Alice (b. @1874 - married Alton Neidigh), and Margaret L. (b. 04/18/77). Letitia died in 1878, and he married Emma Rhoads ca. 1880, fathering Maud (b. 04/16/85 - married John Woods). Emma's status is uncertain, but he married Delilah or Lila C. Hollenbaugh ca. April 1888 and fathered Thomas (b. 07/06/88), James Franklin (b. 05/21/90), Della (b. 10/??/92), and Charles B. (b. 11/27/98). Cause of his death is listed as "acute rheumatism and Bright's disease."
The son of Thomas & Mary Ann (Reeder) Anderson, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Jackson Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two at New Germantown, Toboyne Township, Perry County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Cameron in Washington DC October 11 as a private with Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Cleveland, Tennessee, and honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His obituary in the Perry County Democrat (see attached) claims "he served four years, longer than any other man in his township," which may be true.
He married Letitia Johnston reportedly after the war and fathered Frank H. (b. 05/02/61 - mother and/or birth date uncertain), Emmett R. (b. @1867), Jane R. (b. 03/27/69), Mary Elizabth (b. 01/02/71 - married Russell Clinton Stum), George (b. 11/28/72), Alice (b. @1874 - married Alton Neidigh), and Margaret L. (b. 04/18/77). Letitia died in 1878, and he married Emma Rhoads ca. 1880, fathering Maud (b. 04/16/85 - married John Woods). Emma's status is uncertain, but he married Delilah or Lila C. Hollenbaugh ca. April 1888 and fathered Thomas (b. 07/06/88), James Franklin (b. 05/21/90), Della (b. 10/??/92), and Charles B. (b. 11/27/98). Cause of his death is listed as "acute rheumatism and Bright's disease."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two at New Germantown, Toboyne Township, Perry County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Cameron in Washington DC October 11 as a private with Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Cleveland, Tennessee, and honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His obituary in the Perry County Democrat (see attached) claims "he served four years, longer than any other man in his township," which may be true.
He married Letitia Johnston reportedly after the war and fathered Frank H. (b. 05/02/61 - mother and/or birth date uncertain), Emmett R. (b. @1867), Jane R. (b. 03/27/69), Mary Elizabth (b. 01/02/71 - married Russell Clinton Stum), George (b. 11/28/72), Alice (b. @1874 - married Alton Neidigh), and Margaret L. (b. 04/18/77). Letitia died in 1878, and he married Emma Rhoads ca. 1880, fathering Maud (b. 04/16/85 - married John Woods). Emma's status is uncertain, but he married Delilah or Lila C. Hollenbaugh ca. April 1888 and fathered Thomas (b. 07/06/88), James Franklin (b. 05/21/90), Della (b. 10/??/92), and Charles B. (b. 11/27/98). Cause of his death is listed as "acute rheumatism and Bright's disease."
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