Anderson, Joseph Reed

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Joseph Reid Anderson:​

Born: February 16, 1813
Birthplace: Walnut Hill Plantation Botetourt County Virginia
Father: Colonel William Anderson 1764 – 1839
(Buried: Fincastle Presbyterian Church Fincastle Virginia)
Mother: Anne Thomas 1770 – 1830
(Buried: Fincastle Presbyterian Church Fincastle Virginia)

1st​ Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Archer 1819 - 1881
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Married: May 3, 1837
2nd​ Wife: Mary Evans Pegram 1832 – 1911
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Married: 1881 in Richmond Virginia
Children:
Lt. Colonel Archer Anderson 1838 – 1918
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Kathleen Anderson Watson 1840 – 1863
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Fannie Archer Anderson Hobson 1846 – 1939
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Joseph Reid Anderson Jr. 1851 – 1930
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Lily Reid Anderson 1860 – 1865
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Robert Edward Lee Anderson 1863 – 1863
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Education:
1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (4th in his class)
Occupation:
1836: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army 3rd​ Artillery
1836 – 1837: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Corps of Engineers
1837: Resigned from United States Army on September 20th​
1837: Virginia State Assistant Engineer
1838 – 1841: Chief Engineer of Valley Turnpike Company

1841 – 1848: Engineer for Tredegar Iron Company
1841 – 1861: Superintendent of Tredegar Iron Works
1848 – 1892: Owner of Tredegar Iron Works
1852 – 1855: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Confederate States Infantry
1861: Assigned to command in Wilmington North Carolina
1862: Reassigned to Command in Fredericksburg Virginia
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Frayser's Farm
1862: Resigned his rank as Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry
1862 – 1865: Served in the Confederate War Dept. of Ordnance
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1892: President and Owner of Tredegar Iron Company

Died: September 7, 1892
Place of Death: Isles of Shoals New Hampshire
Cause of Death: Cerebral Atrophy
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia



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