Anderson, Thomas
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Anderson, Thomas
| Anonymous (View posts) | Posted: 30 Mar 1999 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Anderson, McCane, Brown, Adamson, Johnson
from reprint of Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p.102.
THOMAS J. ANDERSON resides on section 29, Jackson Township. He came to Clarke County, April 23, 1856, and at once commenced improving his present farm, which consists of 120 acres, all under a good state of cultivation, with comfortable buildings. He was born in Marshall County, Virginia, February 26, 1832. His father, Robert Anderson, died in 1834. His widowed mother, with her two children--Thomas and Benjamin F., with her own mother, Mrs. McCane, in 1839 came to Burlington, Iowa, then a small village. Thomas J. lived eight miles south of Wapello, Louisa County, near Burlington, sixteen years. November 5, 1854, he married Miss Hester Ann Brown, born in Indiana, and the following spring came to Clarke County. In March, 1866, Mrs. Anderson died, at the early age of thirty years, leaving four children, two having died before her. Their names are--Mary A., now wife of Samuel Adamson; Benjamin, deceased; Sarah E., deceased; Jane, who lives with her father; John L, now in Nebraska; Dora, who has been engaged in teaching school during the past five years. In 1866 Mr. Anderson married Mrs. Samantha Johnson, widow of Charles Johnson, who died in the United States service during the war for the Union. By this marriage Mr. Anderson has six children--Thomas J., Jr., Belle, William H., Laura, James R. and Bessie. Mr. and Mrs.Anderson are members of the Seventh Day Adventist church. In politics Mr. Anderson is an ardent republican. Mr. Andersons worldly possessions were not extensive when he came to Clarke County, but he now has a good home and is fairly prosperous.His brother, Benjamin F., lives near him. Their mother died in 1879, at the house of Benjamin, aged sixty-six years.
THOMAS J. ANDERSON resides on section 29, Jackson Township. He came to Clarke County, April 23, 1856, and at once commenced improving his present farm, which consists of 120 acres, all under a good state of cultivation, with comfortable buildings. He was born in Marshall County, Virginia, February 26, 1832. His father, Robert Anderson, died in 1834. His widowed mother, with her two children--Thomas and Benjamin F., with her own mother, Mrs. McCane, in 1839 came to Burlington, Iowa, then a small village. Thomas J. lived eight miles south of Wapello, Louisa County, near Burlington, sixteen years. November 5, 1854, he married Miss Hester Ann Brown, born in Indiana, and the following spring came to Clarke County. In March, 1866, Mrs. Anderson died, at the early age of thirty years, leaving four children, two having died before her. Their names are--Mary A., now wife of Samuel Adamson; Benjamin, deceased; Sarah E., deceased; Jane, who lives with her father; John L, now in Nebraska; Dora, who has been engaged in teaching school during the past five years. In 1866 Mr. Anderson married Mrs. Samantha Johnson, widow of Charles Johnson, who died in the United States service during the war for the Union. By this marriage Mr. Anderson has six children--Thomas J., Jr., Belle, William H., Laura, James R. and Bessie. Mr. and Mrs.Anderson are members of the Seventh Day Adventist church. In politics Mr. Anderson is an ardent republican. Mr. Andersons worldly possessions were not extensive when he came to Clarke County, but he now has a good home and is fairly prosperous.His brother, Benjamin F., lives near him. Their mother died in 1879, at the house of Benjamin, aged sixty-six years.