Dr. Calvin Brewer Anderson died August 30 1914, at his home in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Anderson was born in Enosburg, Vt., August 22, 1836, and remained on his father's farm until the outbreak of the Civil War: He enlisted in Company F, First Vermont Cavalry, November 20, 1861. He was taken prisoner May 25, 1862, while serving under Gen. Banks in the Shenandoah Valley, and was confined two months in prison at Lynchburg, Va. The hardships of prison life shattered his health, and he was discharged for disability not long after his exchange and release.
Later taking up the study of medicine at the University of Vermont and Dartmouth, he practiced for a short time in other towns in his native state, and from 1880 to 1890 in Alburg, Vt. The failing health of his wife caused his removal South. His later years were largely devoted to religious work.
Dr. Anderson was married December 16, 1861, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Huntington) Cummings of Greensboro, Vt., who died May 2, 1863. leaving no children. A second marriage, November 2, 1866, was to Mary E. Wooster of Highgate, Vt., who died in 1897. One son survives his parents.