Descendants of Oliver Cromwell Anderson

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  OLIVER CROMWELL4 ANDERSON  (BENJAMIN3, JOSHUA2, ABRAHAM1)1,2 was born March 27, 1811 in Georgia3,4,5, and died July 07, 1843 in San Augustine County, Texas6,7.  He married MARTHA W. MELTON8,9,10 February 25, 1834 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama11,12, daughter of THOMAS MELTON and ELIZABETH ALLEN.  She was born January 15, 1815 in Georgia13,14, and died July 07, 1845 in San Augustine County, Texas15.

 

Notes for OLIVER CROMWELL ANDERSON:

Data from Land Records for: Oliver Anderson

First Arrived in Texas:  7 Apr 1837

Class of Grant:  2

Amount of Land:  1280 acres (land grant for a family)

Conditional Certificate issued on  14 Sep 1838 in:  San Augustine County

Unconditional Certificate issued on 21 Sep 1841 in:  San Augustine County

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In the family records from Frankie Pearson, it says that James & Mary Anderson lived in San Augustine County, Texas with Oliver & Martha Anderson.

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More About OLIVER CROMWELL ANDERSON:

Burial: City Cemetery, San Augustine, TX

Residence: 1837, Texas16

 

More About MARTHA W. MELTON:

Burial: City Cemetery, San Augustine, TX

     

Children of OLIVER ANDERSON and MARTHA MELTON are:

              i.   BENJAMIN F.5 ANDERSON17,18,19, b. January 01, 1835; d. California20.

              ii.   MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON21,22, b. May 07, 1836, Alabama23,24,25,26; m. SAMUEL ANDREW BLOOMFIELD27,28,29, June 30, 1852, Cherokee County, Texas30.

 

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON:

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CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE or TERRITORY:  TX  COUNTY:  San Augustine  PAGE NO:  350A

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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE SEX  RACE  OCCUP.         VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB

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 21  267  267 Bullock        Argera         8    F                                  Tenn                    X

 22  267  267 Bullock        Arletta        6    F                                  Tenn

 23  267  267 Bullock        Thomas J.      4    M                                  Tenn

 24  268  268 Francois       Emily M.       20   F                        500       Tenn

 25  268  268 Francois       Poline         4    F                                  Texas

 26  268  268 Francois       Mary           2    F                                  Texas

 27  269  269 Anderson       Mary S.        40   F                                  Ga

 28  269  269 Anderson       Mary E.        14   F                                  Ala

 29  269  269 Anderson       Oliver Z.      12   M                                  Texas                   X

 30  269  269 Anderson       Martha         8    F                                  Texas                   X

 31  269  269 Anderson       James C.       1    M                                  Texas

 32  269  269 Chillies       J.F.           29   M         Lawyer                   N.Y.

 33  269  269 Anderson       Malcom G.      21   M         Lawyer                   Tenn

 34  270  270 West           Nathan P.      33   M         Physician                Mass

 35  270  270 West           Amanda M.      26   F                                  Va

 36  270  270 West           Ellen          8    F                                  Ia

 37  270  270 West           Elizabeth      5    F                                  Ia

 38  270  270 West           Amanda         1    F                                  Ia

 39  271  271 Park           Elizabeth M.   34   F                        150       Conn

 40  271  271 Park           Charles A.     10   M                                  Texas                   X

 41  272  272 Woldert        J. Geo.        35   M         Cabinet Maker  8,500     Germany

 42  272  272 Woldert        Edward         19   M         Cabiet Maker             Germany

 

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I believe that Mary E. Anderson as shown in the household of Mary S. Anderson (the wife of James C. Anderson,

deceased) is the daughter of Oliver (James' brother) and Martha (Mary's sister).

 

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More About MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON:

Residence: Rusk County, Texas31

 

Notes for SAMUEL ANDREW BLOOMFIELD:

He was from Rusk County, Texas

 

             iii.   MARTHA ANDERSON, b. August 13, 183732; d. August 17, 183733.

2.          iv.   SUSANNA J. ANDERSON, b. October 05, 1838, San Augustine, Texas.

             v.   JAMES C. ANDERSON34,35,36, b. January 24, 1840, San Augustine, Texas.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  SUSANNA J.5 ANDERSON (OLIVER CROMWELL4, BENJAMIN3, JOSHUA2, ABRAHAM1)37,38,39 was born October 05, 1838 in San Augustine, Texas40,41,42.  She married (1) JAMES M. MCKNIGHT43,44,45 November 10, 185746,47.  He was born 1828 in Tennessee.  She married (2) MARSHALL WREN48,49 Aft. 1860 in Commerce, Texas50. 

 

More About JAMES M. MCKNIGHT:

Occupation: A tailor in San Augustine51

     

Children of SUSANNA ANDERSON and JAMES MCKNIGHT are:

              i.   IDA6 MCKNIGHT51, b. 1858.

              ii.   UNKNOWN MCKNIGHT51.

     

Child of SUSANNA ANDERSON and MARSHALL WREN is:

             iii.   PEARL6 WREN52,53, m. (1) JIM HAMILTON53; m. (2) UNKNOWN53.

 

More About PEARL WREN:

Residence: Commerce, Texas54

 

More About JIM HAMILTON:

Residence: Delta County, Texas.

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), pg 114, . . . Moved to Texas in 1837. Both buried in San Augustine, Texas, City Cemetery.

2.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson."

3.  "Mississippi Bible Records, Volume 6," Mississippi Genealogical Society, Thomas & Elizabeth (Allen) Melton Bible.

4.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson."

5.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows b. 3/27/1811 in Georgia.

6.  "Mississippi Bible Records, Volume 6," Mississippi Genealogical Society, pg 16.

7.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson."

8.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Shows Martha W. Melton.

9.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shows Martha Melton.

10.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows Martha Ann (Patsy) Melton.

11.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 114, Marriage location and year shown.

12.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Hard to read, but appears to be 2-25-1834 Ala. On another page, there is more information, this time showing only the year of marriage, but gives the location as Tuscaloosa Co., Ala.

13.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 114, shows b. 1/15/1815.

14.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," shows b 1/15/1815.

15.  "Mississippi Bible Records, Volume 6," Mississippi Genealogical Society, pg 16, Date of death is shown.

16.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor).

17.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), States that he died in Calif.

18.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson."

19.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, States that he died young.

20.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor).

21.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 120, Born ___ 7, 1836 m Andrew BLOOMFIELD, lived in Rusk County, Texas.

22.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown as Mary (can't make out middle initial) Anderson.

23.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Harper's book shows only year of birth (1836).

24.  "Mississippi Bible Records, Volume 6," Mississippi Genealogical Society, Thomas & Elizabeth (Allen) Melton Bible, Shows Mary C. Melton b:5/7/1836.

25.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown b 5-7-1836.

26.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows b 5/7/1836 AL.

27.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Shown as Andrew Bloomfield.

28.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown as Samuel A. Bloomfield.

29.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows ____ Bloomfield.

30.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown m 6-30-1852 in Cherokee Co. TX.

31.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), 120, ... lived in Rusk County, Texas.

32.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown b 8-13-1837.

33.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown d 8-17-1837.

34.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 120, James died young.

35.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown b "1-24-1840 ?"

36.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, b 1/24/1840 in San Augustine; died young.

37.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Shown as "Susanna J. Anderson."

38.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown as "Susan T Anderson."

39.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shown as "Susannah J. Anderson."

40.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Shown as b 10/5/1854.

41.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown as b 10-5-1838 or 10-15-1838.

42.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows b 10/5/1838 San Augustine, Texas.

43.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), ... Susanna ... m 1)   McKnight  m 2) Marshall Wren Commerce Tex.

44.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shown as m(1)   McKnight.

45.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows "James M. McKnight.

46.  LDS Family History Center, IGI Film #6142800 shows marriage 6/30/1854 in Cherokee, Texas.

47.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com, Shows m. 11/10/1857.

48.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor).

49.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Only surname shown.

50.  Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies,  (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor).

51.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com.

52.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Shaown as daughter.

53.  Terry.Anderson@LATimes.com.

54.  "Family Group Sheet of Frankie Pearson," Beside the entry showing Pearl as the daughter is written "Commerce, Tex" which seems to indicate that she either was born, or resided, there.