From Civil War military records:
Anderson, Israel. Age 46. Residence Keokuk, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Captain Aug.28, 1861 Co C 3rd Iowa Cavalry. Mustered Sept. 2, 1861 Keokuk,IA. Resigned April
4, 1863.
"Israel Anderson." The Annals of Iowa 5 (1902), 479-480. Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/vol5/iss6/22
ISRAEL ANDERSON was born in Greene county. Pa., Feb. 28,1815 ¡ he died in Keokuk, Iowa, June 25, 1902. He came to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1837 but after 1840 resided in Keokuk. At the time of his death he was the oldest settler of Lee county. In 1849 he was elected sheriff, serving for two years. In 1858 he made a trip by wagon to Pike's Peak. When the war broke out he was mustered into service a» captain of Co. C, Third Iowa Cavalry, and served until 1863, when he was severely wounded. On returning home he was again elected sheriff. At the end of his term he started in a small way the business now well known as the Anderson Canning works. Captain Anderson was a natural soldier, fond of adventure and danger. At the time of the boundary trouble between Iowa and Missouri, the governor of Iowa appointed him to an important military position. He helped to capture the sheriff of Clark county. Mo., for trying to collect taxes from Iowa residents. He was well acquainted with the Indian chiefs Black Hawk and Keokuk.
Anderson, Israel. Age 46. Residence Keokuk, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Captain Aug.28, 1861 Co C 3rd Iowa Cavalry. Mustered Sept. 2, 1861 Keokuk,IA. Resigned April
4, 1863.
"Israel Anderson." The Annals of Iowa 5 (1902), 479-480. Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/vol5/iss6/22
ISRAEL ANDERSON was born in Greene county. Pa., Feb. 28,1815 ¡ he died in Keokuk, Iowa, June 25, 1902. He came to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1837 but after 1840 resided in Keokuk. At the time of his death he was the oldest settler of Lee county. In 1849 he was elected sheriff, serving for two years. In 1858 he made a trip by wagon to Pike's Peak. When the war broke out he was mustered into service a» captain of Co. C, Third Iowa Cavalry, and served until 1863, when he was severely wounded. On returning home he was again elected sheriff. At the end of his term he started in a small way the business now well known as the Anderson Canning works. Captain Anderson was a natural soldier, fond of adventure and danger. At the time of the boundary trouble between Iowa and Missouri, the governor of Iowa appointed him to an important military position. He helped to capture the sheriff of Clark county. Mo., for trying to collect taxes from Iowa residents. He was well acquainted with the Indian chiefs Black Hawk and Keokuk.
From Civil War military records:
Anderson, Israel. Age 46. Residence Keokuk, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Captain Aug.28, 1861 Co C 3rd Iowa Cavalry. Mustered Sept. 2, 1861 Keokuk,IA. Resigned April
4, 1863.
"Israel Anderson." The Annals of Iowa 5 (1902), 479-480. Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/vol5/iss6/22
ISRAEL ANDERSON was born in Greene county. Pa., Feb. 28,1815 ¡ he died in Keokuk, Iowa, June 25, 1902. He came to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1837 but after 1840 resided in Keokuk. At the time of his death he was the oldest settler of Lee county. In 1849 he was elected sheriff, serving for two years. In 1858 he made a trip by wagon to Pike's Peak. When the war broke out he was mustered into service a» captain of Co. C, Third Iowa Cavalry, and served until 1863, when he was severely wounded. On returning home he was again elected sheriff. At the end of his term he started in a small way the business now well known as the Anderson Canning works. Captain Anderson was a natural soldier, fond of adventure and danger. At the time of the boundary trouble between Iowa and Missouri, the governor of Iowa appointed him to an important military position. He helped to capture the sheriff of Clark county. Mo., for trying to collect taxes from Iowa residents. He was well acquainted with the Indian chiefs Black Hawk and Keokuk.
Anderson, Israel. Age 46. Residence Keokuk, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Captain Aug.28, 1861 Co C 3rd Iowa Cavalry. Mustered Sept. 2, 1861 Keokuk,IA. Resigned April
4, 1863.
"Israel Anderson." The Annals of Iowa 5 (1902), 479-480. Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/vol5/iss6/22
ISRAEL ANDERSON was born in Greene county. Pa., Feb. 28,1815 ¡ he died in Keokuk, Iowa, June 25, 1902. He came to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1837 but after 1840 resided in Keokuk. At the time of his death he was the oldest settler of Lee county. In 1849 he was elected sheriff, serving for two years. In 1858 he made a trip by wagon to Pike's Peak. When the war broke out he was mustered into service a» captain of Co. C, Third Iowa Cavalry, and served until 1863, when he was severely wounded. On returning home he was again elected sheriff. At the end of his term he started in a small way the business now well known as the Anderson Canning works. Captain Anderson was a natural soldier, fond of adventure and danger. At the time of the boundary trouble between Iowa and Missouri, the governor of Iowa appointed him to an important military position. He helped to capture the sheriff of Clark county. Mo., for trying to collect taxes from Iowa residents. He was well acquainted with the Indian chiefs Black Hawk and Keokuk.
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