Rev. Alden Scott Anderson, Sr.

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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]

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Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: C. Isabel Sterrett
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1890
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co., VA.
Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1916
Marriage Place: Richmond, Virginia
Father: Madison M. Sterrett
Mother: Laura Smith Sterrett
Spouse: Alden S. Anderson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1888
Birth Place: Charlottesville
Father: C. Harper Anderson
Mother: Sarah T. L. Anderson
FHL Film Number: 2048500

1. Alden Scott Anderson, Jr. was born Oct 1917, Richmond, VA; died Oct 1917, Richmond, VA; was buried , Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA,.
2. Isabel Anderson was born 30 Sep 1918, Virginia; died 30 Dec 1989, Newport News, VA; was buried , Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA.
3. Annie Laurie Anderson was born 08 Jan 1920, Cumberland Co. NC; died 16 Oct 2004, Nashville, Davidson Co. TN; was buried , Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co. TN.
4. Dr. Alden Scott Anderson, Jr. was born 01 Dec 1926, Stanly Co. NC; died 20 Nov 2009, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Mount Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery, Steeles Tavern, Augusta Co. VA.