James Anderton    

JAMES ANDERTON, brewer, Beaver Falls, was born in Streetbridge, Lancashire, England, June 26, 1830, and is a son of James and Sarah (Morris) Anderton, who came to America in 1856 and settled in Fallston in September of the same year. They had three children: John, James and Joseph, all now residents of Beaver county. James settled in Beaver county in 1856, and in 1867 moved to Beaver Falls where he embarked in the hotel business. In 1869 he commenced the erection of the Spring Water Brewery, making his first brewing of ale in November of the same year. His business is increasing every year. In August, 1852, he married Betty, daughter of Joseph and Mary Greenwood, by whom he has three children living: Jonathan, Mary (Mrs. W.C. Rohrcaste) and William H. Mr. Anderton is a F. and A.M., and a member of the I.O.O.F., K. of P., and A.O.U.W.: in politics he is a Democrat.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com