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Rufus C Anderson was born in Allegany County, N. Y., April 4, 1833, the son of
Ezekial and Clarissa (Sisson) Anderson, native of New York and New Jersey,
respectively. Our subject came to Indiana with his parents when he was quite
young, and lived in Dearborn County until 1847. His father died there, and the
mother afterward married Eli Corson, Boone County, KY., was his next place of
residence, and he was there reared as a farmer. At the opening of the war he
enlisted in Col. Jess’s battalion, under Gen. Morgan, and continued until he
was captured in 1862. He was held as a Federal prisoner from July to October.
He re-entered service as a commissary sergeant, and afterward conducted the
blacksmithing department for three years. He had learned that and the
machinist’s trade in Dearborn County, Iowa. After the war he located in
Washington County, Va., where he followed farming until 1877. He then came to
Clark County, to the rural district below Alexandria. In 1885 he engaged in
the drug business, which he has since conducted with success, and carries a
full and well-selected stock of goods. He owns 115 acres of good bottom lands,
and has been a real estate owner in this county since 1852. He was married in
1856 to Ann E. (Duncan) Smith. His wife and three sons are all deceased. In
1865 Mary J. H. Clark, of Washington County, Va., became his wife. She died
March 17, 1887, and left the following children: Cora L., Gertru C., Edward B.
and Hubert W. Our subject is a prominent Democrat in local affairs, and for
seven years has served on the school board. He is a Master Mason, and is
treasury of his lodge. His wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
History of Lewis Clark, Knox, and Scotland Counties, Missouri
Publish 1887 By The Goodspeed Publishing Co.
St. Louis and Chicago
Biographical Appendix, Clark County, Page 859