Samuel Anderson

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Anderson was born on 6 July 1802, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John P. Anderson, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth McMertry, was 40. He married Sarah Stookey on 3 December 1823, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 15 October 1888, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Anderson
1802–1888
Sarah Marney
1811–1903
Marriage: 18 August 1841
Caroline A Carrie Anderson
1844–1922
Josephine Anderson
1846–1930
Lavonia Anderson
1848–1898
Jerome Anderson
1851–1893
Lora Angeline Anderson
1852–1887
Nancy Anderson
1854–1920

Sources (17)

  • Samuel Anderson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Samuel Anderson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Samuel Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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