Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

        Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/
===========================================================================
Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott
All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded.
===========================================================================
Portrait & Biographical of Hillsdale County, Michigan
pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago - 1888

         [page 508]

         GEORGE F. ANDERSON. One of the most interesting periods in the life of
         this gentleman, now a resident farmer of Litchfield Twp., was during
         his connection with the Union Army, in which he made a fine record as a
         soldier. The remembrance of this is the source of much satifaction to
         him in that he was permitted to emphasize his patriotic sentiments and
         assist in the preservation of one of the best governments which the sun
         ever shone upon. First a member of Co. F, 11th Mich. Light Artillery,
         he was later transferred to Co. K, 11th Mich. Cavalry. He was all
         through the Kentucky campaign, assisted in driving the raider Morgan
         from the soil of Southern Ohio, and traveled through the States of
         Indiana and Pennsylvania, during which time he received the commission
         of 2nd Lieutenant, with which rank he was mustered out. Aside from
         sustaining an injury by the falling of his horse, he returned home
         unharmed, although unable to labor for some time afterward. In 1864
         he was Provost Marshal of the 9th Congressional District of Kentucky.

	 GEORGE F. was born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY, Dec. 25, 1836, the son of
	 ALFRED and MARY (WORMEN) ANDERSON. The father was also a native of N.Y.
	 State while the mother was born in Philadelphia, PA. The paternal
	 grandfather served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was with ANDREW
	 JACKSON in New Orleans. The parents of our subject, after their mar-
	 riage, settled in Cayuga Co., N.Y, whence, in 1842, they removed to
	 Ontario Co. and from there to Monroe Co., locating 12 miles from
	 Rochester. The father purchased a farm and there spent the remainder of
	 his days, dying in 1850 at the age of 50 years. After his death the
	 mother and children moved back to Ontario Co. where she still lives in
	 Farmington and is now arrived at the advanced age of 99 years.

	 The six sons and three daughters of the paternal family are still liv-
	 ing. Of these GEORGE F. was the second son and third child. He was five
	 years old when the family first moved to Ontario Co. After the death of
	 his father he hired out for work during the summers and attended school
	 in the winter. The subsequent loss of property sent all the children
	 from home to look out for themselves. GEORGE came to this State in
	 about 1852 where he was first employed on a farm and then engaged in
	 putting up lightning rods. He was thus occupied until the outbreak of
	 the Rebellion. In the early part of 1863, while at home on furlough, he
	 was married, in Litchfield Twp., Feb. 15, to MISS ROXANA COHOON, who
	 was born in Jonesville, this county, Feb. 7, 1844.

	 The young couple began life together at a comfortable little home in
	 Litchfield Twp. and in due time became the parents of nine children.
	 The eldest, FRANKIE, is the wife of E. E. RICHARDSON of Litchfield
	 Twp., and is the mother of one child, a son, ROY. EDDIE is farming in
	 Kansas. The others -- FREDERICK D., HARRY, LOUIE, FLORA, ABBIE, WALTER
	 and OTTO -- are at home with their father. The mother died at the
	 family homestead Dec. 29, 1884. She was a lady of many estimable
	 qualities, a devoted wife and mother, and is greatly mourned by her
	 family and a large circle of friends. She was the daughter of CHANCY
	 and ELLEN (VANDERWATER) COHOON who were natives of N.Y. State and came
	 to Mich. in 1840. Her paternal grandfather died at his home in Adams
	 Twp. in 1885 when 97 years of age. MRS. ANDERSON'S parents are still
	 living at their home in Adrian; the father is 64 years old. Their
	 family consisted of two sons and three daughters, ROXANA being the
	 second child. She was 19 years old at the time of her marriage.

         Our subject's farm comprises 132 acres on section 10, 110 acres of
         which he purchased with the residence in 1870, having since added to
         his real estate. Politically, he belongs to the Republican party, and
         was a charter member of Stewart Post No. 259, G. A. R., at Litchfield,
         officiating at present as Sergeant Major. As a farmer he has succeeded
         fairly well, being able to provide a comfortable home for his children,
         and his farm property is equal to a snug bank account, and better, as
         it cannot be carried off to Canada by an absconding cashier.

===============================================================================