John Wayne Anderson
John Wayne Anderson | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1805 Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 1866 (aged 60–61) Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Spouse | Sarah Ann Houston (m. 1834–1866; his death) |
| Relations | Robert H. Anderson (son) George Wayne Anderson Jr. (son) John Wayne Anderson Jr. (son) George Wayne Anderson Sr. (brother) Edward Clifford Anderson Sr. (brother) |
| Parent(s) | George Anderson Elizabeth Clifford Wayne |
| Alma mater | Union College |
John Wayne Anderson (1805 – August 22, 1866) was an American businessman who was eminent in Savannah, Georgia. He also became a captain in Confederate States Army.[1]
Early life
[edit]Anderson was born in 1805 in Georgia, the fifth child of prominent merchant George Anderson and Elizabeth Clifford Wayne,[1] a South Carolina native and a sister of the Honorable James M. Wayne, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.[2] His siblings included George Wayne Anderson, who became a major in the United States Army during the War of 1812, and Edward Clifford Anderson, a naval officer in the United States Navy and mayor of Savannah, Georgia.
Anderson graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York,[3] in 1825.[4]
Personal life
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In 1834, Anderson married Sarah Ann Houston, granddaughter of Sir Patrick Houstoun, of colonial-era Georgia. They had six children: Robert, Eliza, George, John Jr.,[5] Clarence and Clifford. Robert later served as brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.[5] Eliza married Walter Scott Chisholm, a noted lawyer.[1]
In 1857, Anderson bought the home built four years earlier by his brother, George, at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue in Savannah, Georgia.[6]
Career
[edit]Anderson was a director of the Central of Georgia Railroad.[3] He was also a member of both houses of the Georgia General Assembly.[7]
Death
[edit]Anderson died in 1866, aged 60 or 61, in Macon, Georgia, a year after the city was taken by Union forces during Wilson's Raid.[8] He was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah.[3] His widow survived him by two years and was buried beside him upon her death, aged 53 or 54.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1901). A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family. R. L. Bryan Company. p. 211.
- ↑ Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1901). A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family. R. L. Bryan Company. p. 209.
- 1 2 3 Durham, Roger S. (July 25, 2024). Guardian of Savannah: Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-64336-547-3.
- ↑ N.Y.), Union University (Schenectady (1884). Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Union College in the City of Schenectady, N.Y.: From 1797 to 1884. Van Benthuysen, Printers. p. 1824.
- 1 2 Brown, Russell K. (2004). "Our Connection with Savannah": History of the First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, 1862-1865. Mercer University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-86554-916-6.
- ↑ Sheehy, Barry; Wallace, Cindy; Goode-Walker, Vaughnette (2011). Civil War Savannah: Savannah, immortal city. Greenleaf Book Group. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-934572-70-2.
- ↑ Anderson, Edward Clifford (1976). Confederate Foreign Agent: The European Diary. Confederate Publishing Company. p. 144.
- ↑ "The Last Battle of the Civil War". Digital Gallery, University of South Georgia.
- ↑ Myers, Robert Manson (1972). The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil War. Popular Library. p. 1453.