Hugh J. Anderson
Hugh Johnston Anderson | |
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Alfred Marshall | |
| 20th Governor of Maine | |
| In office January 3, 1844 – May 12, 1847 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Dana |
| Succeeded by | John W. Dana |
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| Born | May 10, 1801 Democrat |
Hugh Johnston Anderson (May 10, 1801 – May 31, 1881) was member of the
Early life
Hugh J. Anderson was born in Wiscasset (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts) on May 10, 1801. He attended the local schools, moved to Belfast, Maine in 1815, and was employed as a clerk in his uncle's mercantile business.
Political career
In 1827 Anderson was elected clerk of courts for
Family
His father, John Anderson, was a native of County Down, Ireland; and his grandfather, also John Anderson was a prominent and influential member of the Scottish Protestant colony in that part of [Ireland. His father immigrated to Maine 1789.[3]
Anderson married Martha J. Drummer of Belfast, Maine, in 1832.
The couple had six children:
- brigadier general by brevet.
- Hannah Anderson (no records of marriage found).
- William H. Anderson
- Joseph Anderson
- Horace Anderson (Age 10 in the 1850 census of Belfast, Maine.)
- Thomas Anderson
He lost two sons before he died, and his wife followed him several months after his death. Interment in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
References
- ^ *Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Biographical encyclopedia of Maine of the nineteenth century, Metropolitan Publishing, 1885 pages 109-114
- ^ Biographical encyclopedia of Maine of the nineteenth century, Metropolitan Publishing, 1885 pages 109-114
External links
- United States Congress. "Hugh J. Anderson (id: A000190)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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