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- Col. Walter Anderson, eldest son of Walter, was one of the solid men of old Charlotteville in his day and generation. He was ever at the front in all matters pertaining to public affairs. He was straightforward, out-spoken and very positive in his manners, and was looked up to as a leading citizen. When the venerable Simpson McCall first began to show signs of budding into a political stump speaker, he made a speech at a town meeting—at least it was what Mr. McCall at that time thought was a speech. It happened a good many years ago, and Mr. McCall is not quite so positive now that it was really a speech, as he was the next morning after it was delivered. Well, on the following day he met Mr. Anderson on the hill above the village, and that dignitary accosted him with: "Hello, you little rooster, when are you going to crow again?" "Oh, I don't know," replied the rooster," "I ‘spose at the next town meetin'."
Col. Walter Anderson was a leading factor in the old Town Boards, filling various positions during the early stages of the development of our municipal system; and when the Talbot District Council was organized in 1842, he became one of the first members. During the rebellion he served as captain of a company of militia, and, subsequently, was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the Norfolk militia, succeeding Colonel Rapelje. Lot 21, adjoining the old homestead on the east, was a clergy reserve, and this lot was leased by Mr. Anderson. He was a man of robust constitution, and kept up his horseback riding after he passed his 80th year. He died in 1869, having reached his 85th year. Colonel Anderson married Sarah McQueen, of Port Dover, who survived him ten years, having reached the ripe old age of ninety years. They left nine sons and daughters—Mary Ann, who married Jacob Wood; Amelia, who married James Stone, of Normandale; Rebecca Ann, who married Hanford Oaks; James, who settled in Walsingham; John, who settled on the homestead; Walter, who enlisted in the American civil war, taken prisoner at Vicksburg, and never heard of after; Henry, who settled in the States; Eliza, who married Dr. Dimon, of Port Rowan; and Sarah, who became the second wife of Dr. Dimon.
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1786 - 1869 (83 years)
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