Emanuel Anderson (1827 - abt. 1900)

Born Apr 1827 in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Brown) Anderson — married 1855 in Illinois, USA

Husband of Sophia Louisa (Neuhaus) Anderson — married 26 Mar 1885 in Webster County, Nebraska, USA

Descendants

Died about 31 Aug 1900 at about age 73 in Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska, 68970, USA

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Biography

Born 1827 in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.

1850 Emanuel Anderson is listed as the oldest child of James and Teresa Anderson. They are living on a farm in Princton, Illinois with his 8 siblings.^[1] The youngest child Elizabeth is listed as born in Virginia, so they just must have moved to Illiois.

• James Anderson (45 years, male, farmer, born in Virginia?)
• Teresa Anderson (39 years, female, born in Virginia, can't write or read)
• Emanuel Anderson (23 years, male, farmer, born in Virginia)
• Amos Anderson (21 years, male, farmer, born in Virginia)
• Christina Anderson (18 years, female, born in Virginia)
• Jakob Anderson (15 years, male, born in Virginia, attended school)
• Sarah Anderson (13 years, female, born in Virginia, attended school)
• Andrew Anderson (11 years, male, born in Virginia)
• Alpheus Anderson (6 years, male, born in Virginia)
• William Anderson (4 years, male, born in Virginia)
• Elizabeth Anderson (2 years, female, born in Virginia)

about 1853/1854 Emanuel marries Elizabeth Brown.

Aug 1860 Emanuel and his wife Elizabeth live with thei four children in Macon Township, Illinois.^[2] Emanuel's brother Amos, his sister Christina and her family live next door.

• Emanuel Anderson (23? years, male, farmer, 1300 real estate, 675$ personal estate, born in Virginia)
• Elizabeth Anderson (25 years, female, born in Ohio)
• Mary T. Anderson (5 years, female, born in Illinois, attends school)
• Frank Anderson (4 years, male, born in Illinois)
• William Anderson (3 years, male, born in Illinois)
• Deborah J. Anderson (1 month, female, born in Illinois)

1870 Emanuel is still moving around with his family. They are listed in Township Sewenty-Six, Iowa now.^[3] Their daughter Deborah might have died, since she is not listed with them anymore.

• Anderson E. (43 years, male, white, farmer, born in Virginia)
• Anderson Elizabeth (33 years, female, white, born in Ohio)
• Anderson Mary (15 years, female, white, at school, born in Illinois)
• Anderson Frances (13 years, male, white, at school, born in Illinois)
• Anderson Wm L. (11 years, male, white, at school, born in Illinois)
• Anderson Clarence (4 years, male, white, at school, born in Illinois)

8 Dec 1875 Emanuel's wife Elizabeth dies in Webster County, Nebraska, USA.^[4] She was 38 years old.

09 Oct. 1879 Emanuel is mentioned in the The Red Cloud chief. ^[5]

Mr. Emanuel Anderson of Elm Creek, brought to our office last Saturday a radish that weight seven pounds and three quaters, another proof of the productiveness of our soil.

1880 Emaluel lives with two of his sons in Elm Creek (now area of Cowles), Webster County, Nebraska.^[6]

• Anderson Em (white, male, 53 years, widowed, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia?)
• Anderson Frank (white, male, 23 years, single, farmer, born in Illinois, both parents born in Virginia?)
• Anderson Clarence (white, male, 13 years, born in Illinois, both parents born in Virginia?)

26 Mar 1885 Emanuel (57) marries Sophia L. Zeiss (45) in Webster County, Nebraska. ^[7]

1885 Emanuel is still listed in Elm Creek, Nebraska.^[8] With him live his youngest son Clarence, his new wife Sophia and two of her children. Eventhough the oldest boy is listed as a servant, he is a step-son of Sophia.

• Anderson Emanuel (white, male, 58 years, married within the year, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents also born in Virginia?)
• Anderson Sophia (wife, white, female, 43 years, married within the year, born in Prussia, both parents also born in Prussia)
• Anderson Clarence (son, white, male, 18 years, single, compositor, born in Illinois, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio)
• Zeiss, Albert (servant, white, male, 29 years, single, farm laborer, born in Connecticut, father born in Saxony, mother born in Illinois)
• Zeiss Lizzie (step-daughter, white, female, 9 years, single, at school, born in Nebraska, father born in Saxony, mother born in Prussia)

Emanuel's farm ins also also listed in the the Agricultur Schedule of Elm Creek in 1885^[9]

• Emanuel Anderson: owner, 68 acres of tilled land, 8 acres of permanent meadows, 87 acres of other unimproved land, 3000$ of farm value, 100$ of farm impiements and machinery, 900$ live stock value, 40$ costs of fence repairs in 1884, 50$ paid for wages of farm labor in 1884, 8 weeks of hired labor, estimated 1000$ farm productions sold,consumed or on hand from 1884, 3 acres of mown grassland, 5 acres of hay, 4 horses, 3 milk cows, 4 other cows, 2 calves droped, 3 cattle bought, 2 cattle sold alive, 156lb of butter made in 1884, no sheep, 27 swine, 90 poultry, 300 eggs produced in 1884, on 90 acres 1000 bushes of Indian corn, on 3 acres 110 bushes of oats, 10 acres 270 bushes of wheat, 1 acre apples with 8 trees produced 10$ of products

1900 Emanuel and Sophia live in Red Cloud Township, Nebraska now.^[10] They have a 14 year old daughter.

• Anderson Emanuel (white, male, born Apr 1827, 73 years, married for 15 years, born in Virginia, both parents born in Pennsylvania?, owns a mortgaged house, can wirte, read and speak English)
• Anderson Sophia L. (wife, white, female, born Sep 1842, 57 years, married for 15 years, 3 of her 4 children are alive, born in Germany, both parents also born in Germany, lives in US since 1852, can wirte, read and speak English)
• Anderson Grace M. (daughter, white, female, born May 1886, 14 years, single, born in Nebraska, father born in Virginia, mother born in Germany, at school, can wirte, read and speak English)

Died 31 AUG 1900. Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska, 68970, USA.

Buried Elm Creek Cemetary, Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska, 68970, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PSC-MXD?cc=1401638&wc=95RV-HZW%3A1031317001%2C1032630501%2C1031586601 : 9 April 2016), Illinois > Bureau > Princeton > image 56 of 67; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-NWV?cc=1473181&wc=QZ2C-ZGQ%3A1589423252%2C1589423994%2C1589423738 : 24 March 2017), Illinois > Bureau > Macon > image 1 of 18; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WG3-X2X?cc=1438024&wc=9223-SPP%3A518655701%2C518654602%2C519776401 : 22 May 2014), Iowa > Washington > Seventy Six > image 10 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12107418/elizabeth-anderson#source
5. ↑ (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.), 09 Oct. 1879. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022835/1879-10-09/ed-1/seq-4/>
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB2-9XVC?cc=1417683&wc=QZ24-NZ3%3A1589408354%2C1589400711%2C1589403422%2C1589394882 : 24 December 2015), Nebraska > Webster > Elm Creek > ED 69 > image 6 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X584-QQS : 16 March 2018), Emanuel Anderson and Sophia L. Zeiss, 26 Mar 1885, , Webster, Nebraska, United States; citing ref. ID #BK B 1879-1886 P 467, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.
8. ↑ "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-87FZ-F?cc=1810728&wc=SKHN-48D%3A1060109012%2C1060109017%2C1060108502 : 1 April 2016), Webster > Elm Creek > Population > image 3 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-87FF-N?cc=1810728&wc=SKHN-48Z%3A1060109012%2C1060109017%2C1060107102 : 21 May 2014), Webster > Elm Creek > Agriculture > image 2 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S3Q-KQ6?cc=1325221&wc=9BQY-HZS%3A1030896901%2C1030729601%2C1034021201 : 5 August 2014), Nebraska > Webster > ED 174 Red Cloud Township Red Cloud City Ward 1-2 > image 22 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).