Anderson Family


First Generation

James Anderson was born about 1761 in Pennsylvania. His wife's name is unknown.

James had at least three children, two of whom married in Tuscarawas Co. Ohio. Did the whole family move there, or only these two children?


Second Generation

Children of James Anderson and unknown wife
Daniel Anderson (1801-1863) m. Margaret Hill (1806-?)
Sarah Anderson (1804-?) m. Joseph Hill, Margaret's brother
Catherine Anderson m. Zachariah Pierce


Third Generation

Children of Daniel Anderson and Margaret Hill
Mary Anderson (1826-?) m. William Hagen
Sarah Anderson (1829-1917)
Daniel Meeks Anderson (1833-1910) m. Margaret Jane Sicker
John Wesley Anderson (1835-1900) m. 1) Catherine Rinehart (1839-1888), 2) Labelle Bishop
William Newton Anderson (1837-?) m. 1) Elisabeth Hunter, 2) Libbie Weaver
Cynthia J. Anderson (1842-ca. 1921) m. Amon W. Chilcott
James Sumner Anderson (1844-1901) m. Mary Jenove Barbee
Emerson A. Anderson (1847-1858)
Alexander Anderson (1848-?)

Fourth Generation

Children of Daniel Meeks Anderson and Margaret Jane Sicker
Euphemia Alice Anderson (ca. 1861-1923) m. John Marion Phelps (1855-1932)
James Newton Anderson (1863-1941) m. Martha Arabella Thompson (1876-1968)
Mary J. Anderson (ca. 1866-?)
John Wilbur Anderson (ca. 1872-1959) m. Eliza Elizabeth Campbell (1868-1953)
Dolly Anderson (probably died young, not in the 1870 or 1880 census)
Louis Eliza (Elsey) Anderson (ca. 1880-1958) m. Lucy Christine Thompson (1861-?), 2) Lillian Louvain (ca. 1872-1940), 3) _____ Corlee
Clydie Emit Anderson (1880-?)


Fifth Generation

Children of James Newton Anderson and Martha Arabella Thompson
Alice Reia Anderson (stillborn, 1892)
Nellie Jane Anderson (1893-1977)
Mable Althia Anderson (1895-1896)
Ruth Amy Anderson (1896-1980)
Beatrice May Anderson (1989-1979)
Arlie Hubert Anderson (1899-1987)
Dollie Grace Anderson (1900-1905)
Ethel Marie Anderson (1901-1902)
Homer Anderson (b. & d. 1903)
Lillian Berneice Anderson (1904-1907)
Gertrude Ruby Anderson (1907-1994)
James Howard Anderson (1909-1980)
Isabell Christine Anderson (1911-1992)
Irene Freda Anderson (1914-2000)
Robert Newton Anderson (1916-2008)
Thomas Anderson (b. & d. 1917)

James Newton Anderson was in the Oklahoma Land Rush in April, 1889, and settled in Bear Creek township, Logan Co. OK. He married Martha Thompson in March, 1891.

Anderson family photographs

Thanks to Dianne Brewer for the information on this family!


Additional Resources

Dianne Brewer's WorldConnect page


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Elizabeth Harris, ncgen@mindspring.com