William Edward Anderson

William Edward Anderson BIRTH 1805 Petersburg City, Virginia, USA DEATH 5 Dec 1852 (aged 46–47) Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA PLOT Section H, Lot 89 MEMORIAL ID 167608771 · View Source

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William Edward Anderson was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1805. Sources: 1850 Census for Wilmington, N.C.; Alumni History of the University of North Carolina (1795-1924) Edited by Daniel Lindsey Grant. He was a son of Daniel Anderson and Mary Read Cameron Anderson.

William E. Anderson graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1825. He obtained his Master’s Degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1829. He was a teacher, merchant and banker. Source: Alumni History of the University of North Carolina (1795-1924) Edited by Daniel Lindsey Grant.

He married Frances Eliza Bush Burgwin (January 26, 1808 - October 31, 1839) on January 10, 1828. Source: John Burgwin, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; Their Ancestors and Descendants by Walter Burgwyn Jones (1913)

In the 1830s, William E. Anderson kept a boarding school in Hillsborough, N.C. Lochiel was the name of the residence of William and Eliza Burgwin Anderson. Source: Caroline Elizabeth Burgwin Clitherall Diaries, Collection # 158, Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Series 1, Volume 8, Folder 8, Scan 12.

William Edward Anderson and Eliza Burgwin Anderson had the following children: Mary Read Anderson, born May, 1830, George Burgwin Anderson, born April 12, 1831, Elizabeth Anderson, born April 29, 1833; William E. Anderson , born Nov. 29, 1835 and Robert Walker Anderson, born January 23, 1838. Main sources: John Burgwin, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; Their Ancestors and Descendants by Walter Burgwyn Jones (1913); NCPedia article for George Burgwyn Anderson and entry for William Anderson in the 1850 Census of Wilmington, N.C.

In 1850 William Edward Anderson, widower, was living with his children in Wilmington, N.C. His son George Anderson was noted to be a Student of the age of 19. William Anderson's employment was listed as Cashier. Source: Entry for William Anderson in the 1850 Census for Wilmington, N.C.

William Edward Anderson died at Wilmington on December 5, 1852. Source: John Burgwin, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; Their Ancestors and Descendants by Walter Burgwyn Jones (1913).

Current research locates his final resting place to be an unmarked grave in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. It is believed that he was initially buried at the Hermitage plantation in New Hanover County, the home of his father in-law, George Burgwin since Oakdale Cemetery was not chartered until December 27, 1852, after Mr. Anderson’s death. Since it is also believed that his wife, Frances Eliza Bush Burgwin Anderson, is buried at her home place at the Hermitage, it is believed he would have been buried with her. Oakdale Cemetery Charter date source: Oakdale Cemetery website.

In 1872 the remains of a number of members of the Burgwin family were removed from the cemetery at the Hermitage and moved to Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington. These reinterred remains included George Burgwin, his wife Maria Nash Burgwin, their son, Captain John Henry King Burgwin and “three other Burgwin family members.” Sources: Oakdale burial database (listing George Burgwin and wife and three unidentified Burgwin family members in Section H, Lot 89) and “Inscriptions” Newsletter, article: Captain J.H.K.Burgwin published by Friends of Oakdale Cemetery, Inc., Volume 8, No. 1, Spring, 2012. http://www.oakdalecemetery.org/docs/Inscriptions-Spring-2012.pdf

It is believed that the remains of William Edward Anderson Anderson were among the unidentified three Burgwin family members moved from the Hermitage to Oakdale in 1872. His grave is unmarked.

Family Members Parents Photo Daniel Anderson 1748–1813

Mary Read Cameron Anderson 1774–1844

Spouse Frances Eliza Bush Burgwin Anderson 1808–1839 (m. 1828)

Siblings Elizabeth Anderson

Photo William Cameron Anderson 1798–1799

Photo Duncan Cameron Anderson 1799–1800

Photo Walker A Anderson 1801–1857

Photo Cameron Anderson 1803–1803

Children Photo Mary R. Anderson 1830–1911

Photo George Burgwyn Anderson 1831–1862

Elizabeth Nash Anderson Thompson 1835–1885

Photo William Anderson 1835–1890

Photo Robert Walker Anderson 1838–1864

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