The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-02
mr.. G. ANDE:R'S0N
PASSES AN Az
I One Of Richmond's Oldest Merchants.
Gone.
WAS "A NATIVE. OF BALTIMORE
lie Was 4 Noble Christian AID Took
Great Interest in Charitable
Work-Ihe Funeral 10 Take
Place To- Morrow.

Mr.. George w. Anderson, one of Tho
most prominent of the older merchants of
Richmond, died at his home No. GIL East
Leigh Street, at o'clock yesterday after
noon. He had been in failing health for
about a year, but had only been confined
to his room for about two weeks.
Mr. Anderson was born in Baltimore,
Nd. on September Goth, 1923. and was
therefore sevcnty-eight years of age. His
parents died when he was quite young,
and he was left to make his own way in
the world at an early age.
At the age OF sixteen ne secured a po-
sitlon as clerk in this city with the late
: William Booth, who conducted an up
holstery business on Main Street long
before the Wal, and renamed there until
1b4b, when he went into the upholstery
and carpet business with the late
Churchill Doggett. undsr the firm name
{ OF poggett d. Anderson.
TOOK HIS SONS in.
In 1870 AIR. Anderson gained control OF
the entire business. and associated his
sons with him under the firm name Of
George w. Anderson & Sons, and the bus
mess established by him in 1916 has bsen
continued up TO this time with a brief
dlitermission in 1864 when no goods could
be secured on account Of the war Thus
Mr.. Anderson was a merchant in the city
of Richmond for about sixty-two years,
and he was popular among all those who
met him in business circles. He was an
officer in the Mechanics Institute long
before the war, and contributed much 10
the building up Of that valued institu-
ton
Mr.. Anderson took a lively interest in
all that pertaincd to the advancement of
tla young and especially of the st17ig-
Cling poor, and was for many years and
at the time of his death president Of the
Richmond Male Orphan Asylum. Mr.. An
derscn was not in the Confederate army,
but spent most OF his time during that
fierce struggle nursing the sick and min
istering to the wants Of the wounded and
needy. and was often at the old Sycamore
Hospital, where wounded soldiers were
brought for treatment
ACTIVE IN CHURCH WORK.
MIR. Anderson was a great friend of Tie
late Or. w. w. Parker of this city and
succeeded him as president Of the Male
Orphan Asylum He was one of the old
est members of the Sexenth-Street Chris
tan Church and was the last survivor of
the old eldership of that church. the late
Colonel John B. Cary having been an
ItIlGeISSOn lie was cTOWiiI.l
with noble deeds Of charity, and he was
a leader for many years in church and
Sunday-school work There were but
three things in which he took lively in
tersst They were his church (and all
that 1t enblaced), his home and his bust
ness. He cared nothing for politics. So
ciety, or the affairs which attract the or
binary man. but devoted himself entirely
to those things whicllsgo to make UP tie,
purer and the finer side of life.
While Mr. Anderson wasa man Of retiring
manners, yet his church and business re-
lations brought him into contact with the
public at all time. and all who knew him
at once became his friends. He will he
sorely missed in the community, for Ivy
his countless good deeds he drew men TO
him as Il by hooks of steel.
Mr.. Anderson leaves the following chill
dren. all well known in this city: Gen.
Charles J. Anderson and Messrs. George
j. and James H. Anderson.
The funeral will take place from Sew
enth-Street Christian Church at $50
O. clock tomorrow afternoon. and the in
terment will be in Hollywood. The SER
vices Will be conducted by Rev. Carey
T. Morgan. The pall-bearers will be an
nounced to-day.