Brief Life History of Thomas J.
When Thomas J. Anderson was born on 30 October 1859, in Anna, Union, Illinois, United States, his father, James Harrison Anderson, was 23 and his mother, Rose Ann Worley, was 18. He married Frances Catharine Hartman on 1 January 1883, in Anna, Union, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Anna Precinct, Union, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Union, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died on 6 April 1940, in Anna, Union, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Union, Illinois, United States.
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- Thomas Anderson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Thomas J. Anderson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Thomas J Anderson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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