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Husband: Christopher Columbus Anderton
At 18, became apprentice carpenter to his father.
Enlisted in the Confederate Army on July 18, 1861.
Assigned to Stark's Battalion, Capt. Armistead's Company,
Light Artillery.
Present at General Lee's Surrender at Appamattox Court House.
Taken prisoner of war and paroled on April 10, 1865
with the rank of corporal.
Resident in Ware, Gloucester, Virginia in 1880
Occ. Oysterman 
born: 28 December 1841          place: Mathews County, Virginia 
marr: 24 March 1873             place: 
died: 9 September 1914          place: Mathews, Va, USA
buried:                         place: 
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Wife: Lucy Alice Gayle
born: abt. 1852                 place: VA
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buried:                         place: 
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CHILDREN
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#1 Charles Bernard Anderton
Occ. Merchant in Gloucester and Mathews Counties, VA
born: 1876                      place:
marr: 1908                      place: 
died: 1962                      place: 
buried:                         place: 
spouse: Lillian Robins
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#2 Harry Elmore Anderton
Occ. House carpenter, built many houses and buildings
in the Mathews County, VA area.
Lived in the Bohannon area of Mathews County, VA
born: 1880                      place: 
marr: 1908                      place: 
died: 1978                      place: 
buried:                         place: 
spouse: Ora Maude White
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#3 Dora Lee Anderton
Lived in Mathews County, VA and had no children
born: 1883                      place: 
marr:                           place: 
died: 1975                      place: 
buried:                         place: 
spouse: Muscoe White (Ora Maude's cousin)
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#4 Roland Crowder Anderton
Occ. Merchant     
born: 24th March 1887           place: North River, Mathews County, VA
marr: 20th March 1913           place: 
died: 4 November 1922           place: Bohannon, Va
buried:                         place: Providence Cem. Mathews Co. VA
spouse: Bertha Virginia White
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#5 Stanley Gayle Anderton
Occ. Postmaster at Mobjack, VA (in Mathews County) for 46 years.
Served in Company C. 314th Machine Gun Battalion as Corporal.
Participated in the Arton, St. Meheil and Meuse/Argonne offensives.
Discharged on June 19, 1919.
born: 1892                      place:
marr:                           place: 
died: 1961                      place: 
buried:                         place: 
spouse: Elizabeth Mae "Baby" White (Bertha White's sister)
Had no children of their own but raised Roland and Bertha's oldest son,
Roland Jr. in Mathews County.
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