Anderson, Reuben Archibald
(1845-1913)
Date of Birth: 23 October 1845
Place of Birth: Curry Township, Sullivan County, Indiana
Parents: Absalom Anderson and Cynthia Ann Pierce
Siblings: Commodore Perry Anderson, Elizabeth Anderson, John Anderson, James Anderson, Sarah Jane Anderson, William Anderson, Jonathan McCarty Anderson, Robert Clayton Anderson
Date of Marriage: 12 July 1866
Spouse 1: Elizabeth Jane Nelson
Date of Marriage: 28 January 1886
Spouse 2: Lucinda Bowdre
Children: Hazel Maude Anderson, Isadore Anderson, Ruth Alice Anderson, Ella D Anderson, Minnie Ann Anderson, William Allen Anderson, Thomas Josephus Anderson, Samuel Alonzo Anderson, James Windfield Anderson, Reuben Hartley Anderson
Date of Death: 21 March 1913
Place of Burial: Cemetary in Miami, Florida
Notes: Leader/Patriarch of group of people to go to Kansas/Ohio area; Bought parts
of Wellington, KS/settled there; Owned a lot of land; Farmer; Considered
'Big time' farmer; Thrashed for many people, after went to Arkansas for thresher;
Elizabeth Sophia Franz and Matilda Busch worked for Reuben; Moved to Florida, took people
(relatives) with him