BIO:  John Harvey Anderson, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 121

JOHN HARVEY ANDERSON, son of Isaac and Eliza M. (Barnett) Anderson, was born 
September 3, 1853, in Lower Chanceford Township, and was educated in the public 
schools.  At the age of seventeen years he began to learn the carpenter’s trade, 
which he pursued until 1875, when he commenced farming.  In 1882 he began the 
business of canning fruits, as manager for the firm of Kilgore & Co.  He was 
married, in 1876, to Ida Kilgore, daughter of Samuel Kilgore.  They have two 
children:  Samuel and Hugh.  Mr. Anderson is a lineal representative of one of 
the first settlers of his township.