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Chief William Anderson

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CHIEF WILLIAM ANDERSON
b. 1750-60, Ohio or Pennsylvania, to a Delaware Indian and a white trader named Anderson
d. October 1831, Kansas

m. about 1780 the widow of Twee Hul Lah Lah, who was the sister of Captain Patterson
d. after 1784

Children:

  • Se So Cum (bef. 1780-1825)
  • Me King Ees (aft. 1780-ca. 1862)
  • Sar Cox Le (1784-ca. 1886)

The family came to Anderson’s Town on the White River in Madison County about 1798. They left in 1820. The tribe was first moved to Missouri, then Kansas, then later to Oklahoma. Se So Cum was killed in Arkansas by Osage Indians while on a hunting party. Anderson, a Chief of the Delaware, died just a year after the tribe moved from Missouri to Kansas.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

Sara(h) Jane Anderson

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SARA(H) JANE ANDERSON
b. 25 September 1837, Farmersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Absolom and Cynthia Ann (Pierce) Anderson
d. 18 February 1916, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

m. 21 February 1856, Sullivan County, Indiana
Abraham M. Dunagan
b. 6 May 1834, Wayne County, Kentucky
d. 13 April 1878, Sullivan County, Indiana

Children with Abraham M. Dunagan:

  • Thomas J. (b. ca. 1858)
  • William W. (b. 1860)
  • Commodore P. (b. 1869)
  • Oliver Roswell (1872-1937) married (1) Alice Virginia Sunderland, (2) Riella [–?–]
  • Jake (b. ca. 1877) married Minnie [–?–]

Sarah Jane lived in Haddon and Curry townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, before emigrating sometime after her husband’s death in 1878. She, another woman, and their children moved by covered wagon to Sedgwick County, Kansas, where Sarah Jane had relatives. She later lived in Wichita, Kansas, with her youngest son Jake and his family.

Submitted by:
Carllene Marek
Magalia CA

 

Me King Ees Anderson

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ME KING EES ANDERSON
b. after 1780, possibly in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to Chief William Anderson and the sister of Captain Patterson (Twee Hul Lah Lah)
d. about 1862, Kansas

m. around 1801, Anderson’s Town, along the White River in Madison County, Indiana
William Conner
b. 10 December 1777, Lichtenau, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
d. 28 August 1855, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana

Children with William Conner:

  • John (1802-1869) married (1) a Delaware Indian (name unknown), (2) Nancy Wilson, (3) Mrs. Charlotte Wolf Bullette
  • Hamilton (abt. 1805-aft. 1873) married a Caddo woman
  • Nancy (abt. 1805-abt. 1852) married (1) a Delaware Indian named Wilson, (2) John Quincy Adams, (3) remarried Wilson
  • William Marshall (abt. 1813-1861) married (1) Ah Le Now, (2) Nancy Qua To Too
  • James (abt. 1817-1877)
  • Eliza (1818-1877)

The family came to Anderson’s Town, Madison County, around 1798, then they began and operated Conner’s Trading Post in Hamilton County. In 1820, Me King Ees left with her children and her tribe as one of the provisions of the Treaty of Greenville. Me King Ees and William Marshall Conner set up a trading post on the Current River, then after 1822, they set up a post on the Red River in southwestern Arkansas.

Submitted by:
Marion G. Harcourt
Indianapolis IN

Charles J. “Carl” Anderson

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CHARLES J. “CARL” ANDERSON
b. 23 October 1833, Grenna, Smaland, Sweden, to Anders and Brita Lisa (Lindberg) Josephson
d. 10 September 1921, Independence Lake, Hannepin County, Minnesota

m. 26 April 1856, West Point, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Christina Peterson
b. 29 April 1833, Orserum, near Grenna, Smaland, Sweden, to Peter and Anna Brita (Jonson) Peterson
d. 20 January 1907, Maple Plain, Hennepin County,
Minnesota

Children with Christina Peterson:

  • Alfred John (1857-1935) married Nellie Elizabeth Englund
  • Theodore Emanuel (1858-1926) married Louisa Matilda Anderson
  • Fred William (1861-1927)
  • Oscar Amel (who changed his surname to Allen) married Anna Christina Johnson
  • David Clarence (1866-1941)
  • Anna Lydia (1868-1937) married Oliver Thompson
  • Nancy Amelia (1871-1892)
  • Medora Christine (1873-1953) married Erland Klas Lind
  • Emma Charlotte (1875-1951) married Alton J. Stenseth
  • Mary Josephine (1879-1916) married Bryant O. Benjamin

Charles moved to Indiana after August 1852 and left the state between August 1856 and February 1857 for Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota. The sixth of eleven children, he had emigrated to America alone from Gottenburg, Sweden, arriving in New York City on 29 August 1852. While living in Minnesota, the family moved from Red Wing to Cannon Falls to Maple Plain to Lake Independence, all in Goodhue and Hennepin counties.

Submitted by:
Edith Grindstaff Anderson
Saline MI

 

Joseph C Lewis

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Joseph C Lewis
b. 1810, Canada

m. 3 March 1833, Carroll County, Indiana
Azzuba Munn
b. 1811, Ohio, probably to David and Tabitha (Frizell) Munn
d. before 1870

Children with Azzuba Munn:

  • Mercy Monba (b. 1833) married Daniel P. Bugher
  • Augusta (b. ca. 1834)
  • Emily (b. ca. 1840) married [–?–] Anderson
  • William (b. 1842)
  • JoAnn (b. ca. 1844)
  • Miron/Morris (b. ca. 1846)
  • Samuel E. (b. ca. 1848) married Isabel Davis
  • Juliann (b. 1850)
  • David (b. ca. 1853) married Isabel David
  • Alice (b. ca. 1857) married Francis M. Barron

Joseph lived in two Indiana counties, Carroll and Parke. He emigrated from Indiana in 1833 to Michigan, and moved by 1840 to the area that became Kendall County, Illinois, in 1841.

Joseph was a cooper while living at Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois. After her husband’s death, Azzuba returned to Indiana, where she is found in Parke County in the 1870 and 1880 censuses along with some of their children.

Submitted by:
Mary Alice Janis
Tampa FL
E-mail: maj1932@yahoo.com

Phebylean “Phebe” Johnson

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Phebylean “Phebe” Johnson
b. 1 July 1832, Oldham County, Kentucky, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. 5 April 1901, Independence, Nodaway County, Missouri

m. 6 July 1851, Shelby County, Indiana
Smith Anderson
b. March 1818, Ohio
d. 16 February 1901, Independence, Missouri

Children with Smith Anderson:

  • Nancy
  • Isaac
  • Charles
  • David
  • Louise
  • Susan
  • George W.
  • James
  • Margaret

Phebe immigrated to Jackson, Decatur County, Indiana, in 1832–1835 from Oldham County, Kentucky, and emigrated from Sandcreek, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Benton Township, Crawford County, Missouri, in the 1870’s.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

Odrien Johnson

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Odrien Johnson
b. 11 April 1830, Oldham County, Kentucky, to Isaac and Susanna (Wiles) Johnson
d. about 15 August 1890, Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington

m. 5 September 1850, Decatur County, Indiana
Amanda Anderson
b. about 1830, Ohio
d. before 1920, possibly Texas

Children with Amanda Anderson:

  • Isaac
  • Susan
  • Jesse
  • John
  • Odrien
  • Nancy
  • Marietta
  • Robert

Odrien came to Indiana about 1832–1835. He emigrated in the late 1860’s from Rock Creek, Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Frances I. Douglas
Almira WA

Rachel Jane Eltzroth

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Rachel Jane Eltzroth
b. 7 March 1864, Somerset, Wabash County, Indiana, to John B. and Margaret (See) Eltzroth
d. 15 July 1940, Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan

m/1. 23 October 1884, Cutler, Carroll County, Indiana
Noah Alfred Long
b. 20 December 1862, Carroll County, Indiana
d. 24 June 1947, Carroll County, Indiana

m/2. 20 August 1892, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
August Robert Anderson
b. 6 June 1860, Kristenstuad, Sweden
d. 16 December 1909, Columbus, Quincy County, Illinois

Children with Noah Alfred Long:

  • George Lloyd (1885–1960) married Rose McCollum
  • Bessie Anna (1886–1955) married Henry Schlotman
  • Jesse William (1888–1969) married Lassara Hartman
  • Clarence William

Children with August Robert Anderson:

  • Arved Roy (1893–1969) married Mary Groop
  • Elmer (1894–1895)
  • Lillian May (1901–1978)
  • Alma Elnora (1902–1976) married Alvin Groop

Rachel moved to Otter Lake, Lapeer County, Michigan, in 1894. She later moved to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, and then on to Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan.

She was a hotel manager when she met her second husband, and following his early death, she opened and operated bakeries in several different states.

Submitted by:
Jesse William Long, Jr.
Helena MT