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Peter Light Anderson 1785 – 1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 June 1785

Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 29 January 1861

Death Location: Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: Peter Anderson

Mother: Sarah Anderson

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Peter Light Anderson Sr was born in 1785 in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Peter Anderson and Sarah Margaret Coleman Anderson. Peter Light Anderson Sr passed away in 1861 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Peter Light Anderson Sr was born in 1785 in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Peter Anderson and Sarah Margaret Coleman Anderson.
  • Peter Light Anderson Sr passed away in 1861 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Peter Anderson's Ancestors

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Peter Anderson
1785 – 1861
Birth Place: Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Peter Anderson
1758 – 1838
Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland
Sarah (Margaret Coleman) Anderson
1763 – 1801
Frankstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Grandparents
Michael ("Malcolm") Coleman
1740 – 1793
Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Margaretta (or Margaret "Polly") ROUSCH
1740 –
Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany or PA
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Peter Anderson's Timeline

2 Records

1785
14 June 1785
Birth of Peter Light Anderson Sr in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
1861
29 January 1861
Age 76
Death of Peter Light Anderson Sr in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 June 1785
    Event Place: Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 January 1861
    Event Place: Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America

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