James Addison Annas (1827 - 1885)

Born 12 Sep 1827 in New York, United States

Died 9 Feb 1885 at age 57 in De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States

Biography

James Addison Annas. Given Name: James Addison. Surname: Annas. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

FSFTID K1D1-PXJ.

Buried De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin.

• Fact: Residence (1870) Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Depere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch James Annas was born Sep 12, 1827 in York Hills, Oneida, NY, and died Feb 9, 1885 in DePere, Brown, WI. He married Esther Ann Loper Sep 16, 1855 in Omro, Fond du Lac, WI.

James left his father's home when he was 20 years old. He attended Yale University, and removed to Wisconsin to teach school at Omro. In order to secure the teaching job he was required to interpret a scripture reading. As a father of three, on August 26, 1864 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at Chicago, IL He was a Landsman on the U.S.S. General Pillow and five months after his enlistment he was injured during a work detail. He later turned to cabinet making, which he had learned from his father in New York, and removed to DePere, Wisconsin in 1873. He could read music, and played the flute, as well as holding the position of Choir Director at the West DePere Methodist Church for many years. He died as a result of a railroad accident on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad about one mile north of DePere, Wisconsin. He had been riding in the caboose when the train was rear-ended by a snowplow train coming from Frost Junction.

• Fact: Burial Greenwood Cemetery, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin
• Fact: Find A Grave Memorial# 39170460

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 October 2017, 20:45), entry for James Addison Annas(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K1D1-PXJ); contributed by various users.
• Un-sourced tree from FamilySearch.com or ancestory.com added by Don Sage-1513 as part of Gov. Thomas E. DEWEY/Brownell/Neare/James/Sage tree. Please add, merge, delete, correct, update as needed. 4/12/2018 Sources did not transfer with GED file.