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Josiah L Anderson 1829–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Aug 1829

Birth Location: New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 3 May 1863

Death Location: Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Father: William Captain

Mother: Elizabeth Anderson

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Josiah L Anderson was born in 1829 in New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA, the child of William H Buck Anderson Captain And Elizabeth Ann Leake Anderson. Josiah L Anderson passed away in 1863 in Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Josiah L Anderson was born in 1829 in New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA, the child of William H Buck Anderson Captain And Elizabeth Ann Leake Anderson.
  • Josiah L Anderson passed away in 1863 in Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.

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Josiah Anderson's Ancestors

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Josiah Anderson
1829–1863
Birth Place: New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Parents
William H "Buck" Anderson Captain
1769–1840
Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth (Ann Leake) Anderson
1780–1850
Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Samuel (Walter Anderson) Sr
1745–1819
Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
Jane (Jean) Lyon
1748–1819
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
William Leake
1759–1834
Virginia, United States of America
Mary (Anna) Minter
1759–1808
Powhaten County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Lyon
1697–1784
Jean Tankersley
1710–1784
Mask Leake
1735–1813
Patience Morriss
1740–1813
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Leake*
1704–1758
Judith Maske
1698–1758

Josiah Anderson's Timeline

2 Records

1829
13 Aug 1829
Birth of Josiah L Anderson in New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
1863
3 May 1863
Age 34
Death of Josiah L Anderson in Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1829
    Event Place: New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 May 1863
    Event Place: Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

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