Martin H. Anderson
Martin H. Anderson was born on March 7, 1844, in Indiana to William and Susan Anderson. His father was a plasterer who owned $50 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 19, 1863, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 117th Indiana Infantry later that day. He mustered out on February 25, 1864. He returned to the Union army a year later, mustering in as a private in Company B of the 145th Indiana Infantry on January 17, 1865. He mustered out on January 21, 1866.
 
Anderson married America Jane Ritter on July 7, 1864, and they had at least three children: Howard, born around 1865; David, born around 1867; Nora, born around 1869. They lived in Jackson, Indiana, and he worked as a farm laborer. He applied for a federal pension in April 1880 and eventually secured one.
 
His wife died by the early 1880s, and Anderson married Margaret Huff on August 29, 1883. They had at least three children: Harry, born around 1884; Peter, born around 1886; and Darthia, born around 1896. They settled in Shawswick, Indiana, in the late 1800s, and Anderson worked as a laborer and a carpenter. They moved to Bedford, Indiana, in the 1910s. He died of carcinoma there on July 12, 1923.
1958
DATABASE CONTENT
(1958)Anderson, Martin H.1844-03-071923-07-12
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (6229) [writer] ~ America J. Ritter and Martin H. Anderson to John W. Sanders, 28 May 186X

People - Records: 3

  • (1803) Sanders, John W. is the [aunt/uncle of] (1958) Anderson, Martin H.
  • (1804) Sanders, Ritty Ann is the [aunt/uncle of] (1958) Anderson, Martin H.
  • (5314) Ritter, America Jane is the [wife of] (1958) Anderson, Martin H.

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (1541) [death] ~ Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (533) [enlisted] [H] ~ 117th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com.