Husband John Clark Anderson 1 2
Born: 14 Jan 1828 - Leetsdale, Allegheny Co, PA 2 3
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Died: Aft 1915
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Father: Hon. Robert Anderson (1776-1836) 1 4
Mother: Jemima Taylor (1787-1864) 1 4
Marriage: 2 May 1857 - Cincinnati, OH 5
Wife Rosa Hinton 5 6
AKA: Rose Hinton 3
Born: Abt 1838 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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Died: Jul 1911 5
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Father: Thomas A. Hinton ( - ) 5
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1 F Elizabeth Anderson 3 5
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Spouse: Rev. F. R. Peters ( - ) 3 5
2 M Robert L. Anderson 3 5
Born: 20 Dec 1862 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 7
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Spouse: Mollie Scott ( - ) 7
Marr: Apr 1890 7
3 M John D. Anderson 3 5
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Spouse: Jane Holmes ( - ) 5
4 F Julia Anderson 3
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Spouse: Cochran Fleming ( - ) 5
5 F Hettie Anderson 5
AKA: Hattie Anderson 3
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Spouse: Victor G. Varro ( - ) 5
6 M David Clark Anderson 3 7
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Spouse: Nellie Carter ( - ) 7
7 M William Sherman Anderson 3 7
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Cause of Death: Drowning
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8 M Samuel Young Anderson 3 7
Born: 6 Oct 1877 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 7
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Spouse: Eleanor M. Saxton (1884- ) 8
Marr: 19 Jun 1902 8
General Notes: Husband - John Clark Anderson
He farmed until 1849, when he joined Capt. Ancrum's Pittsburgh and California Enterprise company, numbering over three hundred persons. They crossed the plains, and he mined for gold a short time in California, where he afterward owned a large stock-ranch. In 1851 he returned to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he followed the river for twenty years. After 1865 he made his home on his homestead.
He was reared and educated in the place of his birth, and in the year of his majority became associated with the Pittsburgh and California Company, and went to California, driving twenty-one hundred miles from the western borders of civilization across the plains of the middle west and the mountains rising from the Pacific coastal plain. He remained in California from August, 1849, until April, 1852, then returned to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he entered the ranks of rivermen and became a pilot, continuing in this service for a quarter of a century. During this time, besides holding a pilot's license, he was an authorized captain and held an interest in several boats plying the streams of the Mississippi system. While the war of the rebellion was in continuance, he sold all of his boats to the United States government, and for the entire four years was in the government service, his perfect knowledge of every branch of the rivers making him an ally of great value. Retiring at the close of the war from all connection with river navigation, he made his home on the Anderson farm, where he remained for thirty-five years. In this time, however, he found the lure of the river too strong to be snapped in an instant of decision and a considerable share of that time was spent on the water. After May 2, 1902, Mr. Anderson lived retired, having disposed of the homestead farm of 130 acres, originally 261 acres. Mr. Anderson attended the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife at the time of her death was the oldest member. The Democratic party ever enlisted his sympathy, and for twenty years he was a member of the school board of Leet township and road commissioner for six years. [GPHWP, 237]