Richard Clough Anderson Sr.
1805 portrait
Born(1750-01-12)January 12, 1750[1]
Hanover County, Virginia[1]
DiedOctober 16, 1826(1826-10-16) (aged 76)[2]
Hurstbourne, Kentucky[2]
Allegiance United States
Service/branch Continental Army
RankLt. Colonel[2]
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Clark
Sarah Marshall
Children14, including Richard Jr., Charles, William, Robert
RelationsLarz Anderson (great grandson)

Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (January 12, 1750 – October 16, 1826)[3][1] was an American lawyer, soldier, politician, and surveyor from Virginia.

Revolutionary War

He was chosen to be a captain in the Hanover County, 5th Virginia Regiment on January 29, 1776.[4] Anderson fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.[5] He crossed the Delaware River with George Washington.[3] He was aide-de-camp to Lafayette at the Battle of Yorktown.[3][6] After the Siege of Savannah, was on board the Wasp when Casimir Pulaski was taken north to be treated for the mortal wound he received. He attended Pulaski in his last hours and received from him his sword as an evidence of friendship. At the end of the war, Anderson was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[5]

Later years

In 1788 he was a member of the state convention, and in 1793 a presidential elector.[5] He was the principal surveyor of the Virginia Military District from 1783 until 1819.[7] Anderson Township is named after him, as is Clough Creek.[3] His first wife was Elizabeth Clark, sister of George Rogers Clark and William Clark.[2] His second wife was Sarah Marshall (1779–1854), a cousin of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.[8] He is the father of Richard Clough Anderson Jr., Charles Anderson (27th governor of Ohio), William Marshall Anderson,[9][6] and Robert Anderson (who surrendered to Confederate forces at Fort Sumter).[10] He is the great grandfather of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat involved in foreign affairs, who had the Larz Anderson House built for him and his wife Isabel Weld Perkins, which was bequeathed to the Society of Cincinnati as their international headquarters.[3] He is the father-in-law of Allen Latham who helped him with surveying and administered his estate.[9][7] He was a charter member of the Society of Cincinnati.[3][11] Their home near Louisville was known as "Soldiers' Retreat."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hixon, Meg (November 2011). "Richard Clough Anderson papers 1821-1822". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "IHB: George Rogers Clark - Siblings". www.in.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Anderson family: It's all in the genes". WCPO. July 19, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Virginia County Records. Genealogical Association. 1909. ISBN 9780806304694.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Johnson, Rossiter (1906). "Anderson, Richard Clough (soldier)" . The Biographical Dictionary of America . Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 112 – via Wikisource.
  6. 1 2 "Anderson Family Papers: Finding Aid". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "A Guide to the Anderson-Latham Collection, 1777-1881 Anderson-Latham Collection, 1777-1881 23634". ead.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ "ANDERSON FAMILY PAPERS 1810–1848".
  9. 1 2 "Finding aid for the Virginia Military District in Ohio Papers". ead.ohiolink.edu. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  10. ↑ "ANDERSON, Richard Clough, Jr. (1788-1826) Guide to Research Papers". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Virginia Society of the Cincinnati". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society. 6 (1): 22–29. July 1898. JSTOR 4242109.

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