John Wallace Anderson

1905 - 1937  (31 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	John Wallace Anderson
  Born	15 Nov 1905	Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1910	Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 24 36 James O. Anderson head male white 1878 32 married Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania railroad fireman 25 36 Jennie Anderson wife female white 1884 26 married Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Vermont 26 36 Maria Anderson daughter female white 1903 7 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 27 36 Wallace Anderson son male white 1906 4 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 28 36 Emery Anderson son male white 1908 2 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=m39w_528
  Census	1920	Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 65 36 Jennie Anderson head female white 1885 35 widowed Pennsylvania Vermont Vermont Elm Street 66 36 Nellie M. Anderson daughter female white 1904 16 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 67 36 J. Wallace Anderson son male white 1906 14 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania milk route delivery boy 68 36 Thomas E. Anderson son male white 1908 12 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 69 36 Charles R. Anderson son male white 1912 8 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 70 36 James O. Anderson son male white 3 4/12 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=2vkx_529
  Census	1930	Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 21 36 Jennie Anderson head female white 1884 46 widowed Pennsylvania Ohio Pennsylvania none Elm Street 22 36 Wallace Anderson son male white 1906 24 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania steel car factory laborer 23 36 Carl Anderson son male white 1912 18 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania none 24 36 James Anderson son male white 1917 13 single Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania none   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=f3cw_530
  Military Service	About 1934
  	He enlisted in the Army Air Corp sometime around 1934. He had basic training at Langley Field, then Private Anderson was transferred to Chicago, Illinois, where he completed a course in radio instruction - which he passed with high honors on January 24, 1937. Four days later, he and was returning to Langley Field when the plane he was in crashed into the mountains near Front Royal, Va. John had extensive burns and other injuries, and died at Walter Reed Hospital on February 17, 1937.
  Died	17 Feb 1937	Washington, DC
  	from the February 18, 1937 issue of the Greenville Record Argus: John Wallace Anderson John Wallace Anderson, aged 31 years of Greenville, died at 8 a.m Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1937, in the Walter Reed hospital, Washington, D.C., of burns and injuries received in the crash of a U.S. Army airplane Jan. 28, near Front Royal, Va. The son of James O. and Jennie Norton Anderson, he was born Nov. 15, 1905, in 36 Elm street here, and had graduated from Penn High School in the class of 1924. Mr. Anderson was a member of the United Presbyterian church. Two and a half years ago he enlisted in the Army air service and spent his first year at Langley field, near Washington. He later was transferred to Chicago where he completed a course in radio instruction Jan. 24, four days before his fatal return flight to Washington. Mr. Anderson had passed his radio examinations with high honors. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Jennie Anderson; three brothers, Charles of Mansfield, O., James of Scotia, N.Y., and Emery; a sister, Mrs. Marie Schaible, Greenville, and a nephew, Dan Schaible, Jr. The body arrived today from Washington and has been removed to the Baird funeral home, where services at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, will be conducted by Rev. J. Russell Dugan. Burial will be in the Linesville cemetery. The casket will remain closed.
  Age	31 years
  Buried	19 Feb 1937	Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Section C, Lot 41, Grave 4
  		Anderson, John Wallace 1905-1937 Plot: Section C, Lot 41, Grave 4
  Person ID	I32318	Local Families
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	James O. Anderson,   b. 28 Aug 1877, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 14 Apr 1919  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Jennie Norton,   b. 8 May 1884,   d. 15 Dec 1970, Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F10982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - 19 Feb 1937 - Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth