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Birth	:	6 Mar 1870 La Center, Clark County, Washington, USA
Death	:	17 Oct 1931 La Center, Clark County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.1300011, -122.8170013
Description	:	BENJAMIN F. ANDERSON, 61, died Saturday evening [17 Oct 1931] at his home near LaCenter. He had been an invalid for the past 10 years. A resident of Clark County since his birth, he spent much of his time on the Anderson farm near LaCenter. He is survived by ten children, eight of whom are sons, and eight grandchildren. The surviving children - all grown folk now - are Guy, of Lynden WA; Clinton, of Chehalis; Ernest, of LaCenter; Herbert and Edwin, both of Bakersfield CA; Claude, of Kelso; Donald, of the Hawaiian Islands; Howard, of Berkeley CA;... Read More	BENJAMIN F. ANDERSON, 61, died Saturday evening [17 Oct 1931] at his home near LaCenter. He had been an invalid for the past 10 years. A resident of Clark County since his birth, he spent much of his time on the Anderson farm near LaCenter. He is survived by ten children, eight of whom are sons, and eight grandchildren. The surviving children - all grown folk now - are Guy, of Lynden WA; Clinton, of Chehalis; Ernest, of LaCenter; Herbert and Edwin, both of Bakersfield CA; Claude, of Kelso; Donald, of the Hawaiian Islands; Howard, of Berkeley CA; Mrs. Florence Rhodes, of LaCenter; and Mrs. Elsie Mills, of Ridgefield. The remains are at Kirch's Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the LaCenter Community Church. Interment will be in the LaCenter Odd Fellows Cemetery [Mt. Zion Cemetery]. ============================================================ In addition to the survivors named in the obituary, Ben was survived by his widow, Anna; brothers James R. and Curtis Anderson of LaCenter; and sisters Belle Woodland of Aberdeen, Lenore Johnston of California, and Mary Woodland of Vancouver. ============================================================ Ben, his brother Charles and sisters Belle, Lenore and Mary survived the Bartlett schoolhouse disaster on 9 Jan 1880 at La Center, when a tree three feet in diameter fell on the school building and those inside, smashing the stove and causing a fire. Two of their little Bartlett cousins were killed and most of the other 19 students injured. Of the Anderson siblings,Charles was the most severely injured. Their oldest brother James, not in the building at the time, was sent to Vancouver to get medical help.

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Benjamin Franklin Anderson's memorial is located at: Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, Canada.
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Benjamin Franklin Anderson death on 17 Oct 1931 in La Center, Clark County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 49.1300011
Longitude: -122.8170013

Family Members:

Parent

Magilbra Anderson

(1834 - 1918)

Caroline Williams Anderson

(1836 - 1913)

Spouse

Anna Maria Brothers Anderson

(1871 - 1952)

Siblings

James Randolph Anderson

(1857 - 1935)

Charles Anderson

(1862 - 1887)

Ella Anderson

(1865 - 1875)

Mary May Anderson Woodland

(1875 - 1945)

Curtis Anderson

(1877 - 1964)

Children

Ruth Evaline Anderson

(1895 - 1919)

Merrill Arthur Anderson

(1900 - 1923)

Infant Boy Anderson

(1901 - 1901)

Marie Esther Anderson

(1902 - 1929)

Florence Irene Anderson Rhodes

(1904 - 2002)

Elsie Gertrude Anderson Mills

(1912 - 2002)

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