Rev. Alden Scott Anderson, Sr.

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Alden S Anderson
Birth Year: abt 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Street address: Nauthalia Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 8
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: $122
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 28
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Clergyman, Supt School
Industry: Presbyterian Badin School
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Alden S Anderson 42
Isabell S Anderson 39
Isabell Anderson 11
Anna Laura Anderson 10
Alden S Anderson 3 years 4 months

OBITUARY

From Find A Grave

Interment services were held in Lexington Cemetery Sunday afternoon for Rev. Alden Scott Anderson, 51, prominent Presbyterian minister and pastor of the church in Badin, North Carolina who died suddenly Saturday morning at the home of his brother, Rev. Alfred S. Anderson in Camerton, North Carolina Dr. James J. Murry, pastor of Lexington Presbyterian Church conducted the services.

Mr. Anderson was born at Ivy Depot, near Charlottesville, a son Charles Harper Anderson and Sarah Scott Anderson, and was educated at Davidson College and the Union Theological Seminary at Richmond. He married Isabella Sterrett, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Sterrett of Rockbridge County.

Surviving are his wife and three children, Isabella Anderson, Laura Anderson, and Alden Anderson, Jr., all of who attended the funeral here. Also attending the funeral were Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Anderson of Camerton, North Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Anderson of Richmond; Miss. Mary Wilson, Charlotte, North Carolina; W. J. Davis, P.M. Dulin, D. Clark and H. E. Keller of Badin.

Buried:
Grave location and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69782702

Died:
North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Name: Rev. Alden Scott Anderson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 51
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1888
Birth Place: Virginia,
Death Date: 25 Feb 1939
Death Location: Cramerton, Gaston
Father's name: Charles H Anderson
Mother's name: Sarrah Travers Lewis Scott

Alden married Isabella Caroline (Isabel) Sterrett 18 Dec 1916, Richmond, VA. Isabella (daughter of Madison McClung Sterrett and Annie Laura Smith) was born 14 May 1890, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 10 Sep 1981, Staunton, VA; was buried , Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died as an infant, cannot locate death certificate.

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69803717

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Isabell Anderson
Birth Year: abt 1919
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child)
Home in 1930: Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Street address: Nauthalia Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 8
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Alden S Anderson 42
Isabell S Anderson 39
Isabell Anderson 11
Anna Laura Anderson 10
Alden S Anderson 3 years 4 months

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Isabel A. McSwain
SSN: 579-24-6817
Last Residence: 24401 Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia
BORN: 30 Sep 1918
Died: 30 Dec 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: District of Columbia (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCS&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSsr=121&GRid=29652436&

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Isabel Anderson McSwain
Death Date: 30 Dec 1989
Death Place: Newport News,

Isabel married Thomas Clyde McSwain. Thomas was born 01 Jan 1915, Cleveland Co. NC; died 24 Apr 2010, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Anna Laura Anderson
Birth Year: abt 1920
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child)
Home in 1930: Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Street address: Nauthalia Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 8
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Alden S Anderson 42
Isabell S Anderson 39
Isabell Anderson 11
Anna Laura Anderson 10
Alden S Anderson 3 years 4 months

Birth:
Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.
Name: Annie Laurie Anderson
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1920
Birth County: Cumberland
Parent1 Name: Allen [Alden] Scott Anderson
Roll number: NCVR_B_C029_66001
Volume: 7
Page: 15

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69803943

Died:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Annie La Vanstone
SSN: 458-34-6075
Last Residence: 37214 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
BORN: 8 Jan 1920
Last Benefit: 37214, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
Died: 16 Oct 2004
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)

Annie married William Henry VanStone, II. William was born 27 Jun 1915, Stockleigh Pomeroy Devon, England; died 06 May 1989, Nashville, Davidson Co. TN; was buried , Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Alden S Anderson
Birth Year: abt 1927
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Home in 1930: Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Street address: Nauthalia Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 8
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Alden S Anderson 42
Isabell S Anderson 39
Isabell Anderson 11
Anna Laura Anderson 10
Alden S Anderson 3 years 4 months

OBITUARY

Roanoke Times; 21 Nov 2009

Dr. Alden Scott Anderson Jr., of Staunton, Va., was born December 1, 1926, in Badin, N.C., to Isabella Caroline Sterrett Anderson and the Reverend Alden Scott Anderson. Passed away November 20, 2009 at Shenandoah Hospice House, Fishersville, VA. He married his sweetheart, Sara Frances Brown, twice, and has sorely missed her since her death in August 2000. He was preceded in death by his parents; his older brother, Alden Scott Anderson; and his sisters, Isabel Sterrett McSwain and Annie Laurie Vanstone.

He is survived by his son, A. Scott Anderson III and his wife, Dawn Forbes, of Roanoke, his son, R. Mark Anderson and his wife, Valerie Pandak-Anderson, and their children, Kristin and Bradley, of Richmond. Mark's daughter, Erin, of Harrisonburg; his daughter, Sara Lewis Vines, of Staunton, and her son, Nick; his greatgrandson, Tristin; his brotherin-law, Thomas C. "Mac" McSwain and his wife, Theresa, of Staunton; his brother-in-law, Richard Brown and his wife, Dianne, of Richmond; along with numerous other family members and friends.

After enrolling in Washington and Lee University at 15 years of age, Alden joined the Navy and served during World War II aboard the USS Huntington CL-107, a light cruiser. He was graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1950 with other World War II veterans of his Class of 1946. He continued his education at the Medical College of Virginia's School of Dentistry and was graduated in 1954. He practiced dentistry in Staunton until 1993, spending a day a week serving the students at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind for 19 years.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as a Deacon, Elder and a member of the Session. He served in the Isaac Walton League as a national director, the Civic Club and has volunteered with the Gypsy Express Miniature Train in Gypsy Hill Park for many years. He enjoyed fellowship with other relatives of Meriwether Lewis, his mother having inherited Meriwether Lewis' personal journal from the Lewis and Clarke Expedition. At his death, Alden was one of the two closest relatives of Meriwether Lewis.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2009, in the sanctuary at The First Presbyterian Church in Staunton. Graveside committal services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, November 23, 2009, at Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church in Steeles Tavern. A resurrection memorial service will follow at 1:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Staunton with the Rev. Dr. Richard Dietrich officiating. A reception in the Fellowship Hall for family and friends will follow this service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Haitian Children's School Fund through the First Presbyterian Church, 100 East Frederick St., Staunton, The Locust Hill Graveyard Foundation, Box 1524, Shepherdstown, W.Va., 25443 or an organization of your choice.

Arrangements entrusted to Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes & Crematory of Staunton.


Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Alden S. Anderson
Last Residence: 24018 Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia
BORN: 1 Dec 1926
Died: 20 Nov 2009
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (Before 1951)

Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.
Name: Alden Scott Anderson
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 1926
Birth County: Stanly
Parent1 Name: A S
Roll number: NCVR_B_C089_66001
Volume: 13
Page: 689

Buried:
Grave location, obituary, tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44621786

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Alden Scott Anderson
Death Date: 20 Nov 2009
Death Place: Augusta Co. VA

Alden married Sara Frances Brown. Sara was born 21 Jul 1931, Augusta Co. VA; died 12 Aug 2000, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Mount Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery, Steeles Tavern, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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OBITUARY

News Leader, Staunton VA; 9 Oct 2010

Col. Thomas Clyde McSwain Jr. (retired, U.S. Air Force,) 64, of Shepherdstown, died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, at his residence, surrounded by his family, while under the care of Hospice.

Born Dec. 29, 1945, in Lexington, Va., he was the son of the late Thomas Clyde McSwain Sr. and Isabel Sterrett Anderson McSwain.

Col. McSwain entered the Air Force through Officer Training School in 1969 after graduating from the University of Virginia with a bachelor of science degree in commerce. He served during his first two assignments as a commissary officer at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and Anderson AFB, Guam. While on Guam, he became the chief of services with a follow-on assignment at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, as chief of services. Col. McSwain then attended the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, and graduated with a master of science degree in logistics management.

In May 1989, Col. McSwain was assigned to Headquarters, Tactical Air Command as the director of housing and services. Soon thereafter, as a member of the U.S. Central Air Forces' Rear Battle Staff during Desert Storm, he was the driving force behind food service, lodging, mortuary, laundry and exchange support for more than 55,000 Air Force people at 25 sites in five countries across the Arabian Peninsula.

He retired May 31, 1996, as the director of services, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Col. McSwain is a graduate of Air War College and Air Command and Staff College. His military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.

He was president of Locust Hill Graveyard Foundation, treasurer with the Jamestown Society and a member of Washington Assembly. He also was a fourth great-nephew of Meriwether Lewis.

He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Jane Crane McSwain; two daughters and their spouses, Kristin McSwain and Natalie Rivkin McSwain of Boston and Kimberly Check and Robert Paul Check of Poquoson, Va.; three grandchildren, Robert McCandlish Check, Thomas Jay Check and Anderson James Rivkin McSwain; one sister, Susan McSwain Lee of Chesapeake, Va.; five nieces and nephews; and three great-nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Shepherdstown, with the Rev. G.T. Schramm officiating. Military graveside services will be conducted at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, PO Box 308, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.

Online condolences may be offered at www.brownfuneralhomeswv.com.



Buried:
Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59840015

Thomas married Jane Crane. [Group Sheet]