BIO:  John 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, Fawn Township, Pg 100

JOHN ANDERSON, son of Robert and Nancy (Payne) Anderson, natives of York County, 
was born in 1834 in Fawn Township, York County, where he has always resided.  He 
was married, in 1861, to Margaret E. Grove, daughter of Jacob Grove, of Hopewell 
Township.  This union has been blessed with four children:  Mary A., Robert P., 
Margaret J. and Thomas Franklin W.  In 1863 Mr. Anderson purchased the farm on 
which he now resides, and which contains 132 acres.  He is a present a school 
director; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Zion.  His wife 
died in 1883.