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JOSEPH L. ANDERSON, printer, was born in Beaver, Beaver county, and is a son of Joseph (a farmer), and Mary (Eakin) Anderson. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish origin. His father had four children, of whom Joseph L., the youngest, was reared in Beaver borough, and attended the common schools and the old Beaver Academy. At an early age he entered the office of the old Argus, where he learned printing, a business he followed until he became a partner in the paper. In 1867 he was appointed transcribing clerk in the Pennsylvania Senate, and served two years. At the present time he holds the position of foreman of the Evening Chronicle Telegraph, of Pittsburgh. He was married in 1861, to Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Crooks) Hall, of English and Scotch-Irish origin. Her father was born in Allegheny county in 1807, but has spent most of his life in Beaver county. He was a ship carpenter, and spent his early life on the Ohio river working at his trade. Mrs. Anderson’s mother now resides in Beaver. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been blessed with three children: James Paul, Stanley and Mary Olive, who graduated in Beaver College in 1886. The boys are in the railroad business. Mrs. Anderson is president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and of the Children’s Aid Society, of Beaver. 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
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