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Facts and Events
| Name |
Gov. Charles Anderson |
| Alt Name[1] |
Col. Charles Anderson, Esq. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][6][7][13][14] |
1 Jun 1814 |
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| Education[6][11] |
1833 |
Oxford, Erie, Ohio, United Statesgraduated Miami University at head of class ; schoolmate of General S.F. Gary (Cary) |
| Education[6][7] |
1835 |
admitted to the bar |
| Marriage |
16 Sep 1835 |
Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Statesto Eliza Jane Brown |
| Occupation[6][7] |
1844 |
Ohio, United Stateselected to Ohio Senate for one term |
| Residence[7][8] |
1859 |
Texas, United Stateswhen his health went bad, he left Ohio for Texas, but was unfulfilled in his role as a farmer ; appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as a special ambassador to England. |
| Residence[7][13] |
20 Nov 1860 |
San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United Statesaddressed large crowd advocating in the strongest and most pathetic language the perpetuity of the National Union |
| Military[2][6][9][10] |
1862 |
Ohio, United Statesappointed Colonel, 93rd Ohio Infantry (Civil War)
by Gov. Tod ; entered service after being severely wounded and traveling to regain health ; severe wound at Stone River caused his resignation again |
| Occupation[6] |
1863 |
Ohio, United Stateselected Lieutenant Governor |
| Occupation[1][2][5][6] |
From 1865 to 1866 |
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States27th Governor of Ohio and Republican ; became Acting Governor at the death of Governor Brough |
| Occupation[1][2][6] |
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Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United Stateslawyer and farmer |
| Occupation[6] |
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Montgomery, Ohio, United Stateselected Prosecuting Attorney |
| Death[1][2][3][6][13] |
2 Sep 1895 |
Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, United States |
| Burial[4][13] |
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Kuttawa Cemetery, Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, United States |
| Other[7] |
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received many letters threatening his life and later confirmed as a political prisoner ; escaped North |
| Physical Description[7] |
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a man with fine sense of honor, tall and elegant in person, of brilliant qualities, and ideal gentleman personified |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brown, Henry; Robert Patterson; Brown family; and Patterson family. Brown-Patterson Papers.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Edgar, John Farris. Pioneer life in Dayton and vicinity, 1796-1840. (Fairborn, Ohio: Cincinnati Branch Library, 1973).
- ↑ Charles Anderson, in Ohio History Central.
- ↑ Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave
[Includes headstone photo], last accessed Sep 2016.
[also includes portrait photo]
- ↑ Letter from Ohio Governor's Residence
6 Nov 2003.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Phillips and Gray, in Governors of Ohio
1952.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Ohio Newspaper Artist Association. Capitol Gallery of the Official Portraits of the Governors of Ohio
1905.
- ↑ Ohio Biographical Dictionary.
- when his term ended he was not re-elected
- ↑ Anderson Family Records
78, 1936.
- many interesting family records which were destroyed when the building in which they were stored burned
- ↑ Hood, Marilyn G. First ladies of Ohio and the executive mansions. (Columbus, Ohio Historical Society, 1970)
14.
- ↑ The People and for the People
3 Sep 1895.
- three of his children who died in Cincinnati before 1850 are buried in Woodland Cemetery. Photo also included.
- English, William Hayden. Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783, and life of Gen. George Rogers Clark: with numerous sketches of men who served under Clark, and full list of those allotted lands in Clark's Grant for service in the campaigns against the British posts, showing exact land allotted each. (Indianapolis, Indiana: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1896).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Charles Anderson (governor), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Last retrieved 17 Jan 2016.
Charles Anderson (June 1, 1814 – September 2, 1895) was first a Whig and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served briefly as the 27th Governor of Ohio.
- ↑ Email from Dayton Library
13 Nov 2003.
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