George Anderson and Jane Van Horn

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Husband George Anderson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Mar 1799 - Berkeley Co, VA 2
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           Died: Jun 1888 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford Co, PA

       Marriage: 1854 3

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Freeman (      -Bef 1854) 3 4 - 1821 or 1822 3 5

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Wife Jane Van Horn ³

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General Notes: Husband - George Anderson

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He was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, now West Virginia. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, settling first in Cussawago township, where they resided for a period of ten years; they then removed to Rockdale township, where their son George received his education in the public schools. When he was fifteen years old he returned to Cussawago township and engaged in agriculture and stock raising, with especial attention given to the latter. The first farm which he purchased consisted of two hundred and eighty acres of land, near Crossingville, which was then a small settlement called Mosiertown. He subsequently sold this and removed to a farm near Meadville where he cultivated the land and dealt in cattle for upwards of half a century. His dealings brought him into great prominence, especially in connection with the eastern market, and he became very widely known as an upright and influential citizen. He sold his last farm in later life to his son, Lot J. Anderson, with whom he made his home in his declining years. In the year 1851 he moved into Meadville, where he engaged in mercantile business for four years, after which he bought another farm in Vernon township, upon which he again engaged in agricultural pursuits. He continued to be very active, though advanced in years, and at the age of eighty made two trips to California alone. Until 1856 he affiliated with the Democratic party, after which time he adopted the Republican principles; he was influential in local politics, serving in a number of township offices. He was a prominent member of the Baptist Church, in which he was an elder for over fifty years. [GPHWP, 240]

He and his wife had a family of eleven children, of whom seven survived in 1885.

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 845, 1123.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 240.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 241.

4 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 845.

5 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1123.