Born in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Anderson
and Mary Ann (Cann) Anderson
Sister of
Sarah (Anderson) Gray, Paul Cann Anderson, William Anderson, James Anderson, Letitia (Anderson) Caldwell and Mary Ann (Anderson) Way
Wife of
John Herron
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
James A Herron, John D Herron, Richard G Herron, Francis J Herron, David R Herron, Mary Ann (Herron) Lyon, Elizabeth (Herron) Sill and Margaret D (Herron) Friend
Died
at about age 75
in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jan 2016
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Biography
Her father William Anderson served American Rev. War, Enlisted Carlisle, PA, Sgt In Capt. Wm Rippey’s Co., 6th Penn. Bn 18 Jan 1776. Cumberland Co. [1]
From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
In 1817 Mr. Herron married Clarissa, daughter of Maj. William and Nancy (Cann) Anderson. To this union were born nine children: James A. (deceased July 4, 1843, in his twenty fifth year), William A. (sketch of whom follows), John D. (married to Emma, daughter of Samuel Thompson), Richard G. (a colonel in the war of the rebellion, married to Annette Tomlinson), Francis J. (the youngest general in the Union service during the civil war), David R. (lieutenant of an Iowa battery), Mary Ann (married to Rev. George A. Lyon, D. D., of Erie. Pa.), Eliza (married to Richard Sill, also of Erie) and Margaret D. (married to William C. Friend, of Pittsburgh).
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 2020), "Record of William Anderson", Ancestor # A002535.
- Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 268-269)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #42678541
- DAR Genealogical Research System
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clarissa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clarissa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clarissa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clarissa:
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~0.78%
Kat (Watson) Prawl
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23andMe, GEDmatch M452300 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A392218 [compare], Ancestry member K_Prawl
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T352849 [compare], FTDNA kit #527111
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~0.78%
Frances (Peasley) Robinson :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member franceslee37
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch TS6911981 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ginger (Peasley) West :
23andMe
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