U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson, Joseph E. (1873-1956) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 388 JOSEPH E. ANDERSON, son of William E. Anderson, the grandson of James Anderson and the great grandson of Joseph Anderson, who emigrated from Ireland to Rockingham County, Va., in 1790, his children were, Samuel, William, James, John and Andrew. James Anderson was born January 14, 1800, married Sarah Siron in 1825, and their children were, John S. Anderson, Martha Jane Anderson, Margaret Anderson, Josiah, Roxanna, James Morgan, William Damron, Matilda, Lorenzo Dow, Samuel Hunter, Jemima and Victoria. William Damron Anderson, born March 12, 1837, married Hulda Siron, born May 12 1850, and their children were, Flora (Anderson) Hiner, Joseph F., J. Howard, Effa (Anderson) Smith, William E., Annie B., Charles O., and Waitman C. Joseph E. Anderson was born near Walkerville, Lewis County, March, 1873, he lived there until 1898, when he married India B. Queen, daughter of John L. Queen, M. D., a former resident of Upshur County. After his marriage he moved to Buckhannon, where he still resides. He completed a course in the West Virginia Conference Seminary in 1897. Taught school thirteen years, six years in Lewis County, and seven years in the Public Schools of Buckhannon. Children: Herald Queen, born January 23, 1900, George Hamlin, born December 24, 1901, Robert Reger, born December 20, 1904. The father of the subject of this sketch, William D. Anderson, enlisted in the U. S. Army, September, 1861, as a private in Company A, 10th W. Va., Infantry Volunteers, under Morgan A. Darnall, Captain. His company participated in many battles among which were Droop Mountain, Fisher's Hill, Winchester, Cedar Creek, etc. He was mustered out on March 12, 1865, and began farming in Lewis County. He has been a local preacher in the M. E. Church and class leader of Kedding Chapel for a number of years. He now lives on his farm near Walkersville, Lewis County. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Wood County, WV #5449 FULL-NAME: Joseph E. Anderson BIRTH-DATE: March 6, 1873 BIRTH-PLACE: Walkersville, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 19, 1956 DEATH-PLACE: (at home) 815-18th St., Parkersburg, Wood County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: County Surveyor FATHER: William D. Anderson MOTHER: Huldah V. Siron CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral hemorrhage / Arterio sclerosis INFORMANT: Robert Anderson BURIAL: Mt. Olivet Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------