Adams County IL Archives Bible Records.....Anderson Family Bible ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson Family Bible --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bible records of the Anderson family bible held by Lawrence Glynn Anderson of Burlington, Iowa. He is now deceased. Bible is the possession of his wife, Rosa Thele Anderson. Albert Anderson was born Dec. 29, 1839 Lydia J. Largent was born June 2, 1844 Martha P. Anderson was born Feb. 8th 1866 Milford P. Anderson was born Oct. 18 1867 Lillie B. Anderson was born Feb. 22, 1870 Ira R. Anderson was born Feb. 05, 1872 Albert R. Anderson was born May 4th 1874 William A. Anderson was born Jan'y 5, 1877 The Anderson Family The individuals mentioned in the Anderson Family Bible are descendants of John Anderson and Elizabeth Guerrant, John being an 1812 War Veteran. John Anderson served in Capt. Richard Menifee's Company, commanded by Col. John Donaldson, of the Kentucky Mounted Militia. He mustered in at Montgomery Co. Kentucky, and was present at the taking of Ft. Malden and at the Battle of the River Thames, both in Canada. He received Bounty Land in the state of Illinois and settled in Melrose, Adams Co., in 1828/1829. John and Elizabeth were married at Canton, Buckingham Co., Virginia 3 Jan. 1819 according to the Bounty Land and Pension records. Their children were: Martha Ann Anderson 20 Oct 1819, Montgomery Co., Ky, m. Samuel R. Hastings John Guerrant Anderson 4 Jun 1821, Montgomery Co., Ky, died in infancy Mary Jane Anderson, 19 Jul 1822, Montgomery Co., KY, m. Charles Kirkpatrick Stephen Guerrant Anderson, 17 Jul 1824, Montgomery Co., Ky, died young Marcus Lindsey Anderson, 23 May 1826, Kentucky, m. Esther Roberts, served in Civil War John Anderson, 13 Apr 1831, Quincy, Illinois, m. Helen Blanchard. ( Entered Civil War with Marcus, discharged for disability when he shot off his own thumb. ) George Washington Anderson, 20 Feb 1835, Quincy, IL died aft 1870, unmarried. Elizabeth Anderson, 19 Jan 1837, Quincy, Illinois, m. Cyrus Felt, moved to Kansas Albert Anderson, 29 Dec 1839, Quincy, IL, d. 18 Jul 1886, Quincy, of typhoid. ( This Albert is the father of the Albert in the above Bible Records.) Adalaide Anderson, 9 Jul 1842, Quincy, IL, m. Isaac Linthicum, moved to Colorado Robert William Anderson, 12 Sep 1845, Quincy, IL, m. Mary M. Goodrich, moved to Idaho. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda Lee (© 1997 Linda Lee ) USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, *and* permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/il/adams/bible/anderson.txt