Richard Clough Anderson Sr.

Revolutionary War He was chosen to be a captain in the Hanover County, 5th Virginia Regiment on January 29, 1776.

After the Siege of Savannah, was on board the Wasp when Casimir Pulaski was taken north to be treated for the mortal wound he received. He attended Pulaski in his last hours and received from him his sword as an evidence of friendship.

Anderson fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He crossed the Delaware River with George Washington.

At the end of the war, Anderson was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Anderson Township is named after him, as is Clough Creek. His second wife was Sarah Marshall (1779–1854), a cousin of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. He is the father of Richard Clough Anderson Jr., Charles Anderson (27th governor of Ohio), William Marshall Anderson, He is the great grandfather of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat involved in foreign affairs, who had the Larz Anderson House built for him and his wife Isabel Weld Perkins, which was bequeathed to the Society of Cincinnati as their international headquarters. Their home near Louisville was known as "Soldiers' Retreat."