Jemima (Taylor) Anderson (1787 - 1864)

Born 4 Jan 1787 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 4 Sep 1864 at age 77 in Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

From Find A Grave:

• Jemima was born in 1787, the daughter of Enoch Taylor (1749-1801) and Elizabeth Maris (1750-1827).
• She married, 1st, Joseph Swearingen (1770 - 1809).
• They had a son, Joseph Cloud Swearingen (1808 - 1855).
• She married, 2nd, Robert Anderson (1776–1836).

They had the following children:

• Margaret Clark Anderson Young (1812 - 1889).
• James B Anderson (1815 - 1850).
• Julia Ann Anderson Porter (1818 - 1881).
• Hetty Ann Anderson (1820 - 1829).
• William B. Anderson (1822 - 1897).
• David Shields Anderson (1825 - 1899).
• John Clark Anderson (1828 - 1928).
• Mary Jane Anderson Allison (1832 - 1853).

• She died in 1864.
• Burial: Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

He (Robert Anderson) married (first) Elizabeth Agnew, (second) Jemima Taylor, who died September 1, 1864. Children of his second marriage: Margaret, James, Julia, Hettie, William, David, John Clark, of whom further and Mary, all deceased with the exception of John Clark.

From Ancestry.com: Marriage Bond, 11/14/1811, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Robert Anderson and Jemima Sweringen with John Johnson as the bondsman. Source: Pennsylvania Vital Records, Volume II.

From Ancestry.com: From "A History of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, Pennsylvania shared by Dora Brubaker on 07/20/2010 - Robert Anderson, a native of Chester County, came with his family from Washington County to Sewickley in the spring of 1825. He rented from David Shields and made his home in a square brick house which still stands below the railroad, a few hundred yards north of Leetsdale station; he afterward purchased a farm lying immediately behind the village of Sewickley, to which his family moved about 1850. The homestead is the brick house on Division Street, adjacent the Young Men's Christian Association building, in which Miss Jemima A. Young now resides. Robert Anderson and his wife, Jemima (Taylor) Anderson, joined the Sewickley church on certificate, December 3, 1825. Mr. Anderson was accidentally killed November 11, 1836, by falling beneath a load of wood which he was hauling with a yoke of oxen down the steep face of the hill on his farm, above the site of Mr. George E. Tener's present residence. His widow continued in the membership of the Sewickley church until her death September 2, 1864. It was she who in 1860 gave, from the quarry on her farm, the stone of which the present church was built. A son, James, was one of the first trustees of the church.

1840 United States Census, Jemima Anderson, Ohio, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

1850 United States Census, Ohio, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Jemima Anderson, female, white, age 62, birth year 1788, birthplace: Pennsylvania, widow, household members: Jemima Anderson age 62, Hetty Anderson age 28, William Anderson age 26, Jacob Brengolf age 26, David Anderson age 24, Mary Anderson age 17.

1860 United States Census. Sewickley, Alleghany, Pennsylvania, Jemima Anderson, age 73, birth year 1787, female, white, birthplace: Delaware, household members: Jemima Anderson age 73, Hatty Anderson age 37, David Anderson age 34.

Buried in the Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Parents: Enoch Taylor born 1749 and died 1801 and Elizabeth Maris born 1750 and died 1827. 1st married Joseph Swearingen and had child: Joseph Cloud Swearingen, and 2nd married Robert Anderson.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 1, p. 237-240)

• Ancestry.com: 1840, 1850 and 1860 United States Census.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #115781020

From Ancestry.com: A note from Dora Brubaker states there is an error on Jemima's tombstone. The correct date of death is 1864 not 1854.