Anderson was most notable for having a picnic area at Douglas Landing, in Pulaski County, IL, along the Ohio River. There were sites that he cleaned for folks to come and spend an afternoon with their family and enjoy the cool water of the river. There were many different families that came and went through the years. My family has even said that Anderson built a large platform swing that a group of folks could stand on and it would swing out over the bluff of the river. That must have been a sight! He liked to have all the family visit the Douglas Landing in Pulaski Co., IL for reunions. Douglas Family Reunions were held there up until about 1979.
Anderson had a lot of patents that he worked on throughout his lifetime. He ran a post office out of a building on his farm and was paid as a postmaster for several years. There are records of this. There was a time where Anderson left his farm and built a home at the Douglas Landing. He found great solace near the water and living a simple life. His granddaughter, Glenna Conant Badgley, wrote several history books about Pulaski County, IL and she shared her reminiscences of her grandfather and his home at Douglas Landing.
Anderson had a lot of patents that he worked on throughout his lifetime. He ran a post office out of a building on his farm and was paid as a postmaster for several years. There are records of this. There was a time where Anderson left his farm and built a home at the Douglas Landing. He found great solace near the water and living a simple life. His granddaughter, Glenna Conant Badgley, wrote several history books about Pulaski County, IL and she shared her reminiscences of her grandfather and his home at Douglas Landing.
Anderson was most notable for having a picnic area at Douglas Landing, in Pulaski County, IL, along the Ohio River. There were sites that he cleaned for folks to come and spend an afternoon with their family and enjoy the cool water of the river. There were many different families that came and went through the years. My family has even said that Anderson built a large platform swing that a group of folks could stand on and it would swing out over the bluff of the river. That must have been a sight! He liked to have all the family visit the Douglas Landing in Pulaski Co., IL for reunions. Douglas Family Reunions were held there up until about 1979.
Anderson had a lot of patents that he worked on throughout his lifetime. He ran a post office out of a building on his farm and was paid as a postmaster for several years. There are records of this. There was a time where Anderson left his farm and built a home at the Douglas Landing. He found great solace near the water and living a simple life. His granddaughter, Glenna Conant Badgley, wrote several history books about Pulaski County, IL and she shared her reminiscences of her grandfather and his home at Douglas Landing.
Anderson had a lot of patents that he worked on throughout his lifetime. He ran a post office out of a building on his farm and was paid as a postmaster for several years. There are records of this. There was a time where Anderson left his farm and built a home at the Douglas Landing. He found great solace near the water and living a simple life. His granddaughter, Glenna Conant Badgley, wrote several history books about Pulaski County, IL and she shared her reminiscences of her grandfather and his home at Douglas Landing.
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Married 10-13-1880 in Massac Co., IL to Julia Effie Graham
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