George Anderson, the earliest known ancestor of the family, was born March 4, 1799, in Berkeley County, VA, now West Virginia. When he was two years of age, his parents removed to Crawford County, Pa., settling first in Cussewago 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 Cussewago Township and engaged in agriculture and stock raising, with special attention given to the latter. The first farm 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.
In 1822, he married (first) Elizabeth Freeman, a native of New Jersey; after her death, he married (second) in 1854, Jane Van Horne.
He died in June 1888, at Meadville, Pa., and was buried there with his first wife in Greendale Cemetery.
Children by first wife: Leonard, Loraine, Ella, Harold, Caroline, all deceased; Harold having attained the age of eighty six years; John, eighty three years old, now living in California; Jane, wife of George Thomas, of Cambridge, Pa.; Dillie, deceased; Lot J. of Meadville; Edmond T., Martha.
When he was fifteen years old, he returned to Cussewago Township and engaged in agriculture and stock raising, with special attention given to the latter. The first farm 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.
In 1822, he married (first) Elizabeth Freeman, a native of New Jersey; after her death, he married (second) in 1854, Jane Van Horne.
He died in June 1888, at Meadville, Pa., and was buried there with his first wife in Greendale Cemetery.
Children by first wife: Leonard, Loraine, Ella, Harold, Caroline, all deceased; Harold having attained the age of eighty six years; John, eighty three years old, now living in California; Jane, wife of George Thomas, of Cambridge, Pa.; Dillie, deceased; Lot J. of Meadville; Edmond T., Martha.
George Anderson, the earliest known ancestor of the family, was born March 4, 1799, in Berkeley County, VA, now West Virginia. When he was two years of age, his parents removed to Crawford County, Pa., settling first in Cussewago 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 Cussewago Township and engaged in agriculture and stock raising, with special attention given to the latter. The first farm 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.
In 1822, he married (first) Elizabeth Freeman, a native of New Jersey; after her death, he married (second) in 1854, Jane Van Horne.
He died in June 1888, at Meadville, Pa., and was buried there with his first wife in Greendale Cemetery.
Children by first wife: Leonard, Loraine, Ella, Harold, Caroline, all deceased; Harold having attained the age of eighty six years; John, eighty three years old, now living in California; Jane, wife of George Thomas, of Cambridge, Pa.; Dillie, deceased; Lot J. of Meadville; Edmond T., Martha.
When he was fifteen years old, he returned to Cussewago Township and engaged in agriculture and stock raising, with special attention given to the latter. The first farm 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.
In 1822, he married (first) Elizabeth Freeman, a native of New Jersey; after her death, he married (second) in 1854, Jane Van Horne.
He died in June 1888, at Meadville, Pa., and was buried there with his first wife in Greendale Cemetery.
Children by first wife: Leonard, Loraine, Ella, Harold, Caroline, all deceased; Harold having attained the age of eighty six years; John, eighty three years old, now living in California; Jane, wife of George Thomas, of Cambridge, Pa.; Dillie, deceased; Lot J. of Meadville; Edmond T., Martha.
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