Reuben Roscoe Anderson

1922 - 1947  (25 years)

• Name	Reuben Roscoe Anderson
  Born	7 Feb 1922	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Jun 1947	Wood County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	World War II Military News Ruben Roscoe Anderson, son of Mr.and Mrs. Albert A. Anderson of Belpre, Ohio, and a grandson of the late Rev. Frank Pringle, of Given, has been in the Army for the past two years and was recently stationed in Calif. Before entering the service he was a clerk for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (Friday, Jan 12, 1945) http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1457695&Type=Death Wood Co Death record Ruben Roscoe Anderson, Belpre, DOB 2/7/1922, Ripley, Jackson, WV, DOD 6/27/1947 drowned Ohio River, Parkersburg, WWII Vet; spouse Sarah L Anderson age 22, parents Albert A Anderson, born Tuscarawas Co, OH, Mollie E Pringle, Jackson Co, WV, informant Albert Anderson, Belpre Reuben R. Anderson With his wife running towards him and screaming for help, a former Ripley man leaped to his death from the Parkersburg-Belpre bridge into the swollen waters of the Ohio River shortly before noon Friday. After seven hours of laborious dragnet work under a boiling late June afternoon sun, the body of Reuben R. Anderson, 25, who resided in Ripley until 1941 when he moved to Belpre, was removed from the swift waters of the Ohio after a noon-time suicide leap from the bridge while many looked on without being able to get close enough to stop the fatal leap. The victim was residing in Belpre with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Anderson, who told investigating officers that their son had suffered a head injury while in the military service during World War II and occasionally had "spells" after his return home. The wife of the victim was also quoted by investigating authorities as saying Andeson threatened to go to the bridge and jump off while they were together in Parkersburg Friday morning. Born at Ripley, the son of Albert and Mollie E. Anderson, the victim who resided in Ripley until he moved to Belpre in 1941. He was employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railraod as a baggage checker in Parkersburg. Surviving in addition to his wife, Sarah L. Anderson and his parents, are one son, Roscoe Arthur, five months old, three half-brothers, Charles H. Anderson of Ripley, Arthur B. Anderson of Charleston, and Floyd Owens Bailey of Belpre, and two half-sisters, Hazel Marie WILSON of Little Hocking, Ohio and Anna Anderson of Akron, Ohio. Funeral and burial services were held in Belpre on Monday afternoon. (Jackson Herald, Fri., 4 July 1947)
  Person ID	I45348	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Albert A Anderson,   b. Jun 1888, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mollie Edna Pringle,   b. 17 Mar 1888, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	15 May 1921	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 5/15/1921 at Ripley, WV Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States Albert A Anderson, 32, Tuscarawas Co, OH; Dover, OH Mollie Edner Bailey, 33, Jackson Co, Given, WV 1930 Parkersburg, Wood, WV Anderson, Albert A 42 m age 18 OHOHOH Mollie 42 m age 25 WVWVWV Bailey, Hazel M 16 Floyd O 14 Anderson, Roscoe R 8 1940 Parkersburg, Wood, WV Anderson, Albert A 51 OH 1935: lived same place Mattie 52 WV 1935: lived same place Ruben R son 18 WV 1935: lived same place Pringle, A Frank 82 fil WV 1935: lived same place
  Family ID	F12812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Levada Ayers
  Children	1. Roscoe Arthur Anderson
  Family ID	F27789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.