History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . BEDFORD. 575 Broadway, where the Gilsey House stands. Thiscontinued to be their home during their lives, he dy-ing in 1829, and she, surviving him nearly fortyyears, occupying it till her death in 1868. ThereJames Washington Anderson was born June 29, education was mainly received at private schoolsin the city, chiefly at Stephens High School. As hegrew into boyhood, he developed such a strong tastefor a military life, that it became his fathers pur
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . BEDFORD. 575 Broadway, where the Gilsey House stands. Thiscontinued to be their home during their lives, he dy-ing in 1829, and she, surviving him nearly fortyyears, occupying it till her death in 1868. ThereJames Washington Anderson was born June 29, education was mainly received at private schoolsin the city, chiefly at Stephens High School. As hegrew into boyhood, he developed such a strong tastefor a military life, that it became his fathers purposeto send him to West Point, but when he was twelveyears old his father died, and the project was aban-doned. When old enough, however, he joined theSeventh Company of the Twenty-seventh Regiment,New York State Artillery, and served seven organization was afterwards merged into thenow famous Seventh Regi-ment, so that he was oneof the Seventh RegimentVeterans. He was also inearly life an enthusiasticmember of the VolunteerFire Department. Having inherited fromhis father property suffi-cient for his comfortablesupport, h
Size: 1211px × 2063px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidhistoryofwestche00scha0
