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Sherwood L. Anderson Jr.

1905–1966confirmedGeneration 3

Sherwood L. Anderson Jr. (10 May 1905 – 6 August 1966) was born in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania to Blanche Elizabeth Brown Anderson and Sherwood L. Anderson. He married Elizabeth Jennings Anderson. His child was Sherwood L. Anderson III. He died in 1966, in Newport, Orleans County, Vermont.

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Son of Sherwood L. Anderson × Blanche Elizabeth Brown Anderson (1910/1920 U.S. Census Easton Ward 7: Relation Son; Parent names Sherwood L & Blanche/Blanch).

Styled Jr. in son’s Hartford Courant obituary; full middle name not given. Birth 10 May 1905 Easton PA and death 6 Aug 1966 Newport VT from VT death index + FAG; childhood Easton Ward 7.

Parents locked 2026-09-16 from childhood census. Easton Express 8/8 & 8/12 1966 obits and full VT death certificate image still unread (may name parents again).

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Sources

  1. Vermont Death Records 1909–2008 index (Ancestry 1607/474470) matches identity: Sherwood L Anderson Jr, birth 10 May 1905, death 6 Aug 1966, Newport, Orleans, Vermont (parents fields veiled/unread on free view).

    Ancestry search result for Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909–2008 record 474470: Name “Sherwood L Anderson Jr”; Birth Date unVeiledCharacters “10 May 1905”; Death Date “6 Aug 1966”; Death Place “Newport, Orleans, Vermont, USA”. Parent names on certificate not readable without subscription.

  2. LOCK parents: 1920 U.S. Census (Easton Ward 7) lists Sherwood L Anderson Jr as Son with Parent or Spouse Names Sherwood L, Blanche E; corroborated by 1910 Census same ward (Son; parents Sherwood L, Blanch).

    1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry collection 6061) — Easton Ward 7, Northampton, Pennsylvania; record 42858329 (same image sheet 4385033_01086 as head 42858326): Name “Sherwood L Anderson Jr”; Birth Year abt 1906; Birthplace Pennsylvania; Relation to Head of House “Son”; Parent or Spouse Names “Sherwood L, Blanche E”. Head on same sheet: Sherwood L Anderson, Relation “Head”, Parent or Spouse Names “Blanche E”, Birth Year abt 1883, Birthplace New Jersey.

  3. Corroborating childhood census: 1910 Easton Ward 7 — Sherwood L Anderson, age/birth 1905 PA, Relation Son, parents Sherwood L & Blanch.

    1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry collection 7884) — Easton Ward 7, Northampton, Pennsylvania; record 119091422 (same image 4449774_00353 as head 25138611): Name “Sherwood L Anderson”; Birth Year 1905; Birthplace Pennsylvania; Relation to Head of House “Son”; Parent or Spouse Names “Sherwood L, Blanch”. Head: Sherwood L Anderson, Relation “Head”, Parent or Spouse Names “Blanch”, Birth Year 1882, Birthplace New Jersey.

  4. Sherwood × Kathleen “had three children” (same Courant obituary).

    Sherwood L. Anderson III, 90, died peacefully at his home in Burlington, Connecticut, on February 7, 2025, after a short illness. He was born July 17, 1934, in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Sherwood L. Anderson Jr. and Elizabeth Jennings Anderson.