Col. Albert Galliton Anderson

Photo is Col Anderson with second wife, Margaret Ann Matilda (DIllingham) Anderson.

Birth: Jun. 3, 1817 North Carolina, USA Death: Dec. 28, 1889 Barnardsville Buncombe County North Carolina, USA

Son of William M. Anderson and Martha Elkins. Husband of three wives: Marriage to 1st wife, Fanny Wilson on March 12, 1837; 2nd wife, Margaret Ann Matilda (Dillingham) Kerr on August 31, 1860; "Col. Anderson's 3rd and final wife was Joycey Caroline Wheeler Creasman (usually called Caroline); she is the daughter of Rev. John and Rhodica. Her first husband was Col. William Creasman, 29th NC Inf, who died in 1869. We have been unable to locate Caroline's burial place so far. Wheeler researchers say she died in 1901, but are divided as to whether she died in Buncombe Co. or Yancey Co." Documentation on 3rd wife of Col. Anderson was provided by...Irene Wheeler Merrill Contributor #46854093. He was a Farmer by trade. "When the Civil War became evident, Col. Anderson campaigned for recruits for the Confederate Army and through his efforts many men of Buncombe and Madison counties joined the army, among them was his own son William Anderson, who was one of the first men to be killed in battle from this section. After his son's death, Colonel Anderson volunteered for active service and though a father of 10 children, served from July 23, 1861 until July 16, 1862 in Company K, 25th North Carolina Regiment." He was one of the most notable citizens in the Big Ivy community. He once served as a deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace, Postmaster of Barnardsville and Colonel in the state militia. Daughter: Jane

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Spouses:

 Fanny Wilson Anderson (1817 - 1860)

 Margaret Matilda Dillingham Anderson (1832 - 1880)

Children:

 Jane Marcena Anderson Dillingham (1842 - 1921)*

 Albert Gallatin Anderson (1850 - 1929)*

 Mary Ann Matilda Anderson Ray (1852 - 1954)*

 Romulus Hicks Anderson (1854 - 1937)*

 Fannie Josephine Stevens (1859 - 1931)*

 Creed Fulton Anderson (1860 - 1946)*

 Edwin Lee Anderson (1864 - 1922)*

 Aveline Forrest Anderson Brittain (1866 - 1941)*

 S. R. Anderson (1868 - 1948)*

 John Boring Anderson (1873 - 1929)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: His grave is no longer identifiable in what was once his family cemetery.

Burial: Whitaker Cemetery Barnardsville Buncombe County North Carolina, USA

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Colonel Albert Galliton anderson was born June 3, 1817 and died December 28, 1889 at Barnardsville on big Ivy River, Buncmobe County, N.C. He was a colonel in the state militia, deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and served as postmaster of Barnardsville. When the Civil War became evident, Col. Anderson campaigned for recruits for the Confederate Army and through his efforts many men of Buncombe and Madison counties joined hte army, among them was his own son William Anderson, who was one of the first men to be killed in battle from this section. After his son's death Colonel Anderson volunteered for active service and though a father of ten children, served from July 23, 1861 until July 16, 1862 in Company K, 25th North Carolina Regiment. He was very fond of the fine horses and it is said that he traded 1500 acres of his mountain lands which is now included in the Asheville watershed, for an especially fine horse that had struck his fancy. Colonel Anderson married three times: first on march 12, 1837 to Fanny Wilson who was born march 18,1817 and died in July, 1860; secondly, on August 31, 1860 to Mrs. Margaret Ann Matilda (Dillingham) Kerr, who was born on September 3, 1832 and died april 19, 1880, a daughter of Alfred Burton and Delliah Caroline (Stevens) Sillingham: Thirdly, to Mrs Wheeler Creasman, no issue. In 1852 he was appointed patrol of Big Ivy and in 1855 tax assessor. He was required to drill the men of his company the 1st Thursday in August of each year. It is said that Col. Anderson, while recruting men for the Confederate Army, said that the south would win the war in a very short time and that all Southern Blood spilled could be wiped up with his handkerchief. Colonel Anderson died December 28,1889 at his home at Barnardsville, N.C. This old home stood immediately behind the present Barnardsville High School building and he and his second wife, Peggy Ann, are buried in the old cemetery on a hill aobout 300 yards northwest of his home place. By his first wife, Fanny (Wilson) Anderson, he was the father of Lucious Gaither Anderson b. January 22, 1838 m. November 16, 1860 to Margaret E. Garrison. b. 1839. They moved to Texas. William Wilson Anderson b. January 29, 1840. Killed July 1, 1862 in the battle of Gettysburg, Penn. Marceny Jane Anderson b. January 20, 1842 m. October 1858 to John F. Dillingham; Martha Elizabeth Anderson b. February 16, 1844 m. August 27, 1855 to John H. Garrison, brother of Margaret (Garrison) Anderson, wife of her brother Lucious; Robert Barnard Anderson b. May 29, 1846, died young; Sarah Catherine Anderson b. May 15, 1848 m. Reubin Whitt; Albert Galliton Anderson, Jr., b. March 3, 1850 m Mary Caroline Richardson, he died August 5, 1929 in Jordan, Texas; Mary Ann Matilda Anderson b. July 25, 1852 m. Milton Proffitt of Bald Creek, Yancey County, N.C. she m. 2ndly Elbert Ray of Yancey County, N.C. and died in June, 1953, a short while before her 101st birthday; Romulas Hicks Anderson b. November 12, 1854, m. Harriet S. Ingle, He died July 12, 1936 in Stevensville, Texas. Creed Fulton Anderson b. April 17, 1860 m. Winnie Bradley and moved to Detroit, Texas where he died. By his second wife, Margaret Ann (Dillingham) Kerr, he was the father of: Fanny Josephine Anderson b. May 4, 1861 m. July 18, 1880 to Francis Marion Stevens d. November 31, 1931 in Asheville, N.C. they were the grandparents of this writer; Thomas Ervin Lee Anderson b. November 11, 1864 m. Estella Harwell and lived in Commerce, Texas; Aveline Forest Anderson b. October 6, 1866, d. April 13, 1941 m. December 20, 1885 to Joseph Harwell Brittain; James Seamore Regan Anderson b. September 18, 1868 d. 1948 m. Mattie Hudson, lived in Commerce, Texas; Adelia Victoria Anderson b. July 20, 1870, d. March 28, 1933, m. James Cole and 2ndly her cousin Robert Stevens, son of Henry and Nancy (Foster) Stevens; John Boring Anderson b. July 4, 1873 d. May 16, 1929 m. Luara Clifton and lived in Commerce, Texas. -Albert Stevens McLean