John Benjamin Anderson

1826 - 1922  (96 years)

• Name	John Benjamin Anderson
  Born	3 Feb 1826	New York
  	His obituary mentions Kingsville, New York. We cannot find any information about this location at this time, so we've just listed New York.
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Dec 1922
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I599	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline M Rickard Anderson
  Married	1848
  Children	1. Byron Anderson   2. Edmond Anderson   3. Charles Anderson + 4. Luella V Anderson Sebring,   b. 1856,   d. 14 Dec 1942  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2014 16:20:44
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Carpenter Anderson,   b. 28 Jan 1839, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio ,   d. 26 Apr 1929, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 90 years)
  Married	Jun 1880 or 1 Jun 1889	Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa
  	Margaret Anderson's obituary states they were married 1 Jun 1889.
  Children	1. Hurbert H Anderson,   b. 1884,   d. 1903  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019 01:45:00
  Family ID	F182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Anderson, John THURS. JAN 4, 1923 J. B. Anderson, Oldest Citizen Is Dead John Benjamin Anderson, Rossville’s oldest citizen, and probably the oldest person in Shawnee county, passed away last Thursday afternoon after a very brief illness. Mr. Anderson would have been 97 years old next February 3. Mr. Anderson was a native of New York where he was born Feb. 8, 1820, at Kingsville. He moved west to Wisconsin in 1847 locating about 40 miles west of Milwaukee. A year later he was married to Miss Caroline M. Rickard and this union was blessed by the birth of four sons and one daughter. Mrs. Anderson died in 1876. In 1869 Mr. Anderson moved to the southern part of Iowa where he resided for 12 years and later moved to a town in the northern part of the state in 1880. In June 1880 he was married to Margaret Carpenter, and to this union one son, Herbert, was born. The family moved to Kansas in the year 1893 locating about four miles northwest of Rossville on the farm where he resided when he passed away. On account of his advanced age and poor health he had been confined to his home for about two years. He is survived by his wife, three sons— Byron and Edmond of California; Charles of Maple Hill; one daughter, Mrs. Austin Sebring of Rossville. The funeral service was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Rossville Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. H. P. Basquin and interment made in the Rossville cemetery. Hesperian Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of which Mr. Anderson was a member had charge of the service at the grave.