There was a large gathering of the Anderson connection at the beautiful house
of County Commissioner W.I. Anderson, four miles north of Dayton yesterday,
the occasion being the annual family reunion.
In the eighteenth century William Anderson, a Scottish officer in the French
Army, came to America. He had one son, James, whose four sons settled in Butler
Township, Montgomery County, about 1828. One of these sons was named William
Anderson, and he had a son John J. Anderson, the father of County Commissioner
W.I. Anderson, with whom the relatives met.
The oldest member of the family present was Mrs. H. Crowell of Center Street,
Dayton, a daughter of William Anderson, aged 83 years. The oldest person present
bearing the name Anderson was Mr. John J. Anderson who is 77 years of age.
He resides with his son, W.S. Anderson, near W.I. Anderson.
Four generations were represented, in all there being about 130 present. A big dinner and a social time were heartily enjoyed, and then there was a business meeting at which the following officers were elected: President, W.I. Anderson, chosen for the third term; Vice president, Jesse Anderson, of Greenfield, Indiana; secretary, Miss Daisy Mote of Richmond, Ind.; treasurer, W.H. Anderson, Lafayette, Indiana.
The reunion next year will be held at Greenfield, Ind., where four of the kins folk have residences, but at whose home it is not yet decided. The date however, the last Wednesday in August.
The affair was thoroughly enjoyable one in every way, these reunions have always proven themselves to be. Among those of the relatives present were; O.P. Anderson, London, Ohio; J. Newell Anderson, Columbus, O.; J.H. mcClung, Sidney,o; Roscoe Anderson; Wichita, Kansas; Alonzo Anderson, J,. Anderson, Calvin Anderson and Dr. Walser, Muncie, Ind.; W.H. Anderson and family, Lafayette, Ind.,; Wm. Howard, Perry Howard, Miss Daisy Mote, Richmond, Ind.,; Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Walser, Domestic, Ind.; Isaac Mull and family, Lebanon, o.; Misses Ethel and Maggie Anderson, West Milton, O; Jos. Snorf and family, Mr. Huffman and family, West Baltimore, o.; J.W. and Lawrence Riley, Brookville, o.; James Howard and Miss Bell Howard, Phillipsburg, O.; Harry H. Waymire and family, W.P. Anderson and wife, O.E. Anderson and wife, Michael Bennert, Vandalia, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brown, Charles Brown and family, Mr Surface and family, Chas. Coners and family, Mrs. Ella Kent, Bellbrook, O. Mrs Kendig and son, Germantown, O.; Mrs. Geager and son, West Manchester, O.; W.S. Anderson & family, J.D. Anderson and family, John J. Anderson, Mrs. H. Crowell and Miss Jennie Crowell, Mrs Ela Elizabeth Denmire and daughter, of Dayton, O.; Mr. Van Arsdale and family, Wilber Krewson & family, John E. Swift and family, Mrs A. G. Roof and daughter, Joseph Denmire, of Dayton, O.
Other guests from this city were Mesdanes Maria and Estella Smith, Miss Welthea
Smith, S.G. Clagett and wife, Geo W. McDonald and wife, Miss Velma McDonald,
John E. Stover, County Commissioner, S.E. Kemp and Charle W. Haines, Co. Auditor,
T.J. Kauffman, Co. Engineer, E.C. Baird, Constable, S.W. John, S.A. Bailey
and wife, H.H. McGrew, and Miss Elizabeth Roberts, Dayton, O.l James Corwin,
Acranum,O.;
Ben Wrigth, C. S. Write, Mr. J Ketz, Dayton, O.
(Belvea Miller typed this from a clipping of Cora Walser Green, 5-24-1956.)
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Discussion on 18th annual reunion document
Questions Raised from 18th annual reunion document
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Source:
David Green (Anderson relation from Randall and Synthia Ann (Anderson) Walser) notified Jeff Anderson of this document September 09, 2008. The transcription document was typed by Cora Walser Green, 5-24-1956, the mother of Geraldine Lobert who Jeffrey A Anderson obtained the original transcription and ribbon from September 2008.
