BIO:  Anderson Channell, 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 101

ANDERSON CHANNELL, son of Isaac and Mary (Anderson) Channell, of Fawn Township, 
York Co., Penn., was born January 26, 1818, on the old homestead.  The father 
died in 1830, and the mother in 1874.  Our subject was married in 1840 to Martha 
M. Thompson, daughter of Israel and Phoebe (Ewing) Thompson, of York County, 
Penn.  By this union they have had thirteen children:  Alex. E., John A., Phoebe 
E., Clarissa A., William T., Mary F., Sarah V., James F., Henry C., Thomas I., 
Rosa B., Isaac M. and Etha M.  In 1844 Mr. Channell purchased the farm upon which 
he resides, and which contains 100 acres.  He has held the offices of assessor 
and supervisor of the township.  Two of his sons were in the army during the late 
war:  John A. Channell, Company I, One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, who served from 1862 till the close of the war, and was 
severely wounded, and William T. Channell, who enlisted in the One Hundred and 
Eighty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1863, and served until the 
close of the war.