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Submitted: 7/17/12 • Approved: 3/9/24 • Last Updated: 3/12/24 • R729371-G0-S3
PRIVATE
Company G 4th Arkansas Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
July 5, 1831 - November 16, 1910
Age 79 Years 4 Months & ll Days
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, November 24, 1910
ANDERSON, Oliver Irvin - O.I. Anderson, one of the oldest and best known residents of Benton county, died last week at his farm, one mile south of Vaughn, in the Osage Mills neighborhood. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the home and interment was in the family graveyard. Mr. Anderson was seventy-nine years old and was a native of Lawrence County, Alabama. He came to Benton County in 1836 and with the exception of the years spent in the Confederate army has resided continuously upon the same farm. He was in the battle of Pea Ridge. He was first married in 1856 to Mary Kelleam and to them were born nine children, the oldest of them being Hon. W.A. Anderson, at present representative from this county. The mother of these children died in 1878 and several years later he was married to Margret A. Stites, who survives him as do also eight of the children, four sons and four daughters. The deceased was an uncle of ex-Congressman Dinsmore and also a great-uncle of Hunter and Albert Peel of Avoca. Few men in the county stood higher in the esteem of their friends and neighbors than Mr. Anderson and until the last year or two he bore his years lightly. His clean and upright life has served as an example for the young men of his community and we are certain that he did not live in vain. The Democrat editors extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved wife and family.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, November 17, 1910
O.I. Anderson of Osage Mills, one among the oldest and most respected citizens of Benton county, died at his home yesterday morning, November 16th, 1910 after a long illness. The remains were interred in the family burying ground near the home of the deceased this (Thursday) afternoon, Rev. Peter Carnahan officiating. Deceased was born in Lawrence county, Ala. on July 5th, 1831 and came to Benton county, Arkansas with his parents during the year 1836. He served in the Confederate army and was a participant in the battle of Pea Ridge. He has lived at Osage Mills for a great many years and was the owner of an extensive area of land. His son, Hon. W.A. Anderson, is at the present time a member of the legislature from this county.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, November 24, 1910
Died, Nov. 16, 1910 at his home ten miles west of Bentonville, Ark., Oliver Irvin Anderson, in the 80th year of his age. Deceased was born in Alabama July 5, 1831, came with his parents at the age of 5 to Benton county, Ark., the family settling on the farm owned by the deceased at the time of his death. This was his one and only home for almost seventy-five years. His childhood, youth, strong manhood and feeble old age all were here spent by him under the roof that covered his infant cries and sheltered his childhood years. He was twice married. First to Miss Mary Kellam. To them were born nine children, four sons and five daughters. The mother and one daughter had gone before him into the great beyond. His children still living are numbered with our most respected and useful members of society. October 1880 he was married to Miss M.A. Stites. This union of thirty years was one of mutual happiness. He was not a member of the church but professed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and was resigned to death and the future. The funeral service, conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Rogers of Springdale, was attended by a large concourse of his kindred, neighbors, friends and acquaintances and bespoke the esteem in which he was held by the whole community, and their tender sympathy for the bereft family. Another of the old landmarks of this county, a kind and generous neighbor, a strong advocate of good citizenship and christian society, an affectionate father and a faithful and loving husband has passed from our midst. The remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground near the home.
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Benton County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Contributed on 7/17/12 by judyfrog
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