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clergyman

Edward Anderson, American clergyman. Served with John Brown in Kansas; Mason.

Background

Anderson, Edward was born on November 19, 1833 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rufus (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws) and Eliza (Hill) A.

Education

Educated in Boston schools. Private instruction; studied theology with father and pastor.

Career

Ordained Congleton ministry, 1858. Pastor, Saint Joseph, Michigan, 1858-1860, Quincy, Illinois, 1874-1880, Toledo, O., 1880-1884, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1884-1889, Danielson, Connecticut, 1890-1895.

Achievements

  • Edward Anderson has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with John Brown in Kansas.

Connections

Married Harriet Flora Shumway, July 29, 1857.

Father:
Rufus Anderson

Spouse:
Harriet Flora Shumway