Charles M. Anderson and wife Christina Wilhelmina Dragg sailed from Stockholm, Sweden, to America in 1854. They settled first in Iowa, removing to Lawrence, Kansas, before 1860. They lived in a house at the southeast corner of the present South Park. Charles and Christina had five sons and one daughter (Emmeline Cecilia, who died at 9 months of age in 1873).
On 21 August 1863, when Christina was pregnant with son William, the Anderson home was burned to the ground and Charles and son Edward were threatened with death during Quantrill's raid on Lawrence. This event had a dramatic effect on his family and the community. After the massacre, Charles walked to Franklin, five miles away, bought a house, and moved it back to Lawrence with two yoke of oxen. Charles was a stonemason, bricklayer and plasterer who was instrumental in the rebuilding of Lawrence.
On 21 August 1863, when Christina was pregnant with son William, the Anderson home was burned to the ground and Charles and son Edward were threatened with death during Quantrill's raid on Lawrence. This event had a dramatic effect on his family and the community. After the massacre, Charles walked to Franklin, five miles away, bought a house, and moved it back to Lawrence with two yoke of oxen. Charles was a stonemason, bricklayer and plasterer who was instrumental in the rebuilding of Lawrence.
Charles M. Anderson and wife Christina Wilhelmina Dragg sailed from Stockholm, Sweden, to America in 1854. They settled first in Iowa, removing to Lawrence, Kansas, before 1860. They lived in a house at the southeast corner of the present South Park. Charles and Christina had five sons and one daughter (Emmeline Cecilia, who died at 9 months of age in 1873).
On 21 August 1863, when Christina was pregnant with son William, the Anderson home was burned to the ground and Charles and son Edward were threatened with death during Quantrill's raid on Lawrence. This event had a dramatic effect on his family and the community. After the massacre, Charles walked to Franklin, five miles away, bought a house, and moved it back to Lawrence with two yoke of oxen. Charles was a stonemason, bricklayer and plasterer who was instrumental in the rebuilding of Lawrence.
On 21 August 1863, when Christina was pregnant with son William, the Anderson home was burned to the ground and Charles and son Edward were threatened with death during Quantrill's raid on Lawrence. This event had a dramatic effect on his family and the community. After the massacre, Charles walked to Franklin, five miles away, bought a house, and moved it back to Lawrence with two yoke of oxen. Charles was a stonemason, bricklayer and plasterer who was instrumental in the rebuilding of Lawrence.
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