Larz Anderson (1803-1878)

"Prominent Lawyer" of Pike Street, Cincinnati, Ohio

Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses (1) References
He born at Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from Harvard (1822). He was described in Harper's Weekly as, "a prominent lawyer, at one time a noticeable Whig politician (serving in the Kentucky Legislature in 1833), and a most elegant and accomplished gentleman". At a young age while still in his native Louisville, Kentucky, he found himself a widower a with a son. On meeting his second wife, Catherine Longworth, daughter of Cincinnati's first millionaire, and "being an anti-slave man" he was happy to move across the river to Cincinnati in 1835 where they later built a new home "under the wing of Belmont" - Catherine's childhood home. In addition to his son by his first marriage, he was survived by a further nine sons who lived to adulthood.

Parents (2)

Richard Clough Anderson

Lt.-Col. Richard Clough Anderson, of "Soldier's Retreat" Louisville, Kentucky

1750-1826

Sarah (Marshall) Anderson

Mrs Sarah (Marshall) Anderson

1779-1854

Spouses (2)

Cynthia Ann (Pope) Anderson

Mrs Cynthia Ann (Pope) Anderson

1808-1830

Catherine (Longworth) Anderson

Mrs Catherine (Longworth) Anderson

1815-1893

Children (10)

Richard Clough Anderson

of Dayton, Ohio; Attorney & former Member of the Kentucky Legislature

1829-1878

Nicholas Longworth Anderson

Major-General Nicholas L. Anderson, of Washington D.C.

1838-1892

William Pope Anderson

Lt. William Pope Anderson, of the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

1840-1897

Charles Anderson

Charles Anderson, of Cincinnati

1854-1906

Edward Lowell Anderson

Capt. Edward L. Anderson, of 2497 Grandin Road, Cincinnati, Ohio

1842-1916

Dr. Frederick Pope Anderson

Dr. Frederick P. Anderson, M.D., of Grosse Ile, near Detroit, Michigan

1842-1908

Larz Anderson

Capt. Larz Anderson, of Cincinnati

1845-1902

Dr. Joseph Longworth Anderson

Dr. Joseph Longworth Anderson, of Baltimore, Maryland

1851-1914

Davis Carneal Anderson

Davis Carneal Anderson

1856-1916

George Shoenberger Anderson

George Shoenberger Anderson, of Barre, Massachusetts

1859-1888

Associated Houses (1)

Belmont

Cincinnati, Ohio

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