Son of Sherwood L. Anderson × Blanche Elizabeth Brown Anderson (1910/1920 U.S. Census Easton Ward 7: Relation Son; Parent names Sherwood L & Blanche/Blanch).
Styled Jr. in son’s Hartford Courant obituary; full middle name not given. Birth 10 May 1905 Easton PA and death 6 Aug 1966 Newport VT from VT death index + FAG; childhood Easton Ward 7.
Parents locked 2026-09-16 from childhood census. Easton Express 8/8 & 8/12 1966 obits and full VT death certificate image still unread (may name parents again).
Facts
- Name
- Sherwood L. Anderson Jr.
- Born
- 10 May 1905
- Birthplace
- Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Died
- 6 August 1966
- Place of death
- Newport, Orleans County, Vermont; burial Frenchtown Cemetery, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Generation
- 3
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Male
Parents
Spouses
Children
Sources
- LOCK as mother of Sherwood L. Anderson Jr.: 1920 census Parent or Spouse Names on Son’s card = Blanche E (with Sherwood L); Relation of Jr = Son. 1910: parents Sherwood L, Blanch.
1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry collection 6061) — Easton Ward 7, Northampton, Pennsylvania; record 42858329 (same image sheet 4385033_01086 as head 42858326): Name “Sherwood L Anderson Jr”; Birth Year abt 1906; Birthplace Pennsylvania; Relation to Head of House “Son”; Parent or Spouse Names “Sherwood L, Blanche E”. Head on same sheet: Sherwood L Anderson, Relation “Head”, Parent or Spouse Names “Blanche E”, Birth Year abt 1883, Birthplace New Jersey.
- 1910 census corroboration: Son Sherwood L Anderson (b. 1905) Parent or Spouse Names Sherwood L, Blanch; Head’s spouse Blanch.
1910 United States Federal Census (Ancestry collection 7884) — Easton Ward 7, Northampton, Pennsylvania; record 119091422 (same image 4449774_00353 as head 25138611): Name “Sherwood L Anderson”; Birth Year 1905; Birthplace Pennsylvania; Relation to Head of House “Son”; Parent or Spouse Names “Sherwood L, Blanch”. Head: Sherwood L Anderson, Relation “Head”, Parent or Spouse Names “Blanch”, Birth Year 1882, Birthplace New Jersey.
- Vermont Death Records 1909–2008 index (Ancestry 1607/474470) matches identity: Sherwood L Anderson Jr, birth 10 May 1905, death 6 Aug 1966, Newport, Orleans, Vermont (parents fields veiled/unread on free view).
Ancestry search result for Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909–2008 record 474470: Name “Sherwood L Anderson Jr”; Birth Date unVeiledCharacters “10 May 1905”; Death Date “6 Aug 1966”; Death Place “Newport, Orleans, Vermont, USA”. Parent names on certificate not readable without subscription.
- Named among five grandchildren of Sherwood L. Anderson III × Kathleen Tildsley Griffiths; Laura Martineau is the only Martineau-surnamed child in the same survivor block (parallel to Genevieve Anderson-Krengel → Sarah). Listed as Sherwood Martineau.
Sherwood L. Anderson III, 90, died peacefully at his home in Burlington, Connecticut, on February 7, 2025, after a short illness. He was born July 17, 1934, in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Sherwood L. Anderson Jr. and Elizabeth Jennings Anderson.