Benjamin Anderson and Margaret Cook Stevenson

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Husband Benjamin Anderson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1789 - Ireland 2
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           Died: 1861 - ? Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Benjamin Anderson (      -1827) 2
         Mother: Nancy Love (      -Bef 1827) 2

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       Marriage: 1816 2

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Wife Margaret Cook Stevenson ²

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            AKA: Margaret Stephenson 3
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           Died: 1875 - Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Gen. James Stevenson (1755-1815) 2 4
         Mother: Catharine Bonar (1766-      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Ann Eliza Anderson ²

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         Spouse: John Moore (      -      ) 2

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2 M James Stevenson Anderson ²

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           Born: 1820 - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
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           Died: Aft 1893
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         Spouse: Mary E. Miller (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1856 5

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3 M Thomas Love Anderson ²

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           Born: 6 Jul 1822 - ? Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
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           Died: 7 Mar 1892 2
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         Spouse: Celia Rachel Crump (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 30 Nov 1864 5

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4 F Nancy Jane Anderson ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: when nineteen years old
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5 F Catherine Anderson ⁶

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         Spouse: Jonathan Brownlee (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 28 Nov 1854 6

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6 M William Cook Anderson ⁷

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           Born: 5 Apr 1831 8
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         Spouse: Eliza Simpson (      -      ) 8

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7 F Mary Melila Anderson ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: when nineteen years old
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8 M John Anderson ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: when seven years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Anderson

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He came with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where his boyhood was passed on the pioneer farm. At the outbreak of the war of 1812, he was made captain of a company of drafted infantry, which entered the service under the command of Gen. Richard Crooks, whose bat­talion was a part of the First Regiment of Penn­sylvania Militia, which was assigned to duty in the West under Gen. William Henry Harrison. About the close of the war Capt. Anderson (afterward raised to the rank of a colonel) returned home. He passed the first five years of his married life on the old home farm, located about three miles west of West Middletown, in Hopewell township, Washington County. He then moved to Donegal township, settling about one mile west of Claysville, along the National pike, where he owned 250 acres of land, and this be­came his permanent residence. He was brigade inspector of Washington County for seven years. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, and besides holding different township offices, he was elected county commissioner in 1836. He and his wife were both members of the South Buffalo U. P. Church.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 745.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1043.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 744.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 604.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1044.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1241.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 952, 1043.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 952.