Eliza Anderson

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Anderson was born on 1 March 1835, in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, her father, Major Miles Anderson, was 39 and her mother, Nancy Pace, was 33. She married Joseph Penn Barton on 21 May 1854, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1851 and lived in Red Creek, Iron, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 January 1912, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Paragonah Cemetery, Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Penn Barton
1831–1912
Eliza Anderson
1835–1912
Marriage: 21 May 1854
Joseph Franklin Barton
1855–1926
Amasa Miles Barton
1857–1887
Eliza Ann Barton
1860–1936
Mary Matilda Barton
1865–1937
James William Barton
1876–1932

Sources (46)

  • Eliza Anderson in household of Miles Anderson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Marriage and Sealing of Joseph Penn Barton and Eliza Anderson
  • Eliza Anderson Barton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

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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History of William R. Anderson given by his daughter Eliza A Gunn and printed in the Beaver (UT) press July 2017

Given by his daughter, Eliza A. Gunn In the Anderson (DUP -Daughters of Utah Pioneers) Camp William R. Anderson was the son of Miles and Nancy Pace Anderson, and was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, Sept. …

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