In loving memory
Erwin William Anderson
February 3, 1850 – December 15, 1921
Lived 71 years
Quincy Valley Cemetery · Quincy, Washington
Life story
Erwin W Anderson was born 1851 in New York when his father Joseph was 29 years old and his mother Elizabeth was 27. He married Allice Elizabeth Allen in 1876. They had three children. He died on December 15, 1921 in Quincy, Washington at the age of 70 years and was buried in the Quincy Valley Cemetery.
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1850
Born February 3
1851
Erwin was 1 when the Denny Party landed at Alki Point and founded Seattle
1865
Erwin was 15 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House
1876
Erwin was 26 when Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call
1889
Erwin was 39 when Washington became the 42nd state
1897
Erwin was 47 when the gold ship Portland reached Seattle and sparked the Klondike rush
1903
Erwin was 53 when the Wright brothers made the first powered flight
1916
Erwin was 66 when William Boeing founded the company that became Boeing
1920
Erwin was 70 when Prohibition began
1921
Passed away December 15, age 71
Also resting here
The Anderson name at Quincy Valley Cemetery
AA Alice Elizabeth Anderson1855 – 1938 AA Amy S. Anderson1898
Chester Steven Anderson1911 – 1975
Mae Bell Gertrude Anderson1912 – 1983
AA
Arthur Melvin Anderson1920 – 1994
AA
Arthur M Anderson1920 – 1994
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