Amanda Elizabeth (Flanagan) Anderson (1839 - 1898)

Born 18 May 1839 in Georgia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Newton Anderson — married 18 Jul 1871 in MS

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1898 at age 59 in Erath County, Texas

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Biography

Amanda was born in 1839 and passed away in 1898. She was Isaac Anderson's second wife, and he was her second husband. Her first husband, William Jefferson Laird, died at an early age leaving a young son, Thomas Jefferson Laird, who eventually went to Erath Co TX where he was a doctor and farmer. After Isaac N. Anderson's death in MS, Amanda moved for a short time to LA where she tried rice farming, but soon joined her son Tommy Laird and daughter Nancy "Nannie" Anderson Martin in Texas where she lived untilher death. She is buried in Turnbow cemetery in Erath Co., TX.

Amanda and Isaac had nine(?) childen.

Sources

“Anderson/Laird Family Bible,” Held by Nannie Anderson in TX, Apparently destroyed after Nannie’s death, Hand Copied in 1953 by Winona Anderson Liverman daughter of Isaac Anderson, who was the son of Isaac Newton Anderson and Amanda Flanagan Laird Anderson..

“Letter from Winona Anderson Liverman,” 11/8/95, Family album - Carolyn DeWolfe.

“Phone conversations with Winona Anderson Liverman,” 1995 / 96, Carolyn Wolfe, Winona was in Fort Worth, TX while Carolyn was in VA.

Probate Record, Marion CO MS,” 6 July 1889, Marion CO MS, Hand Copy of Isaac N. Anderson's will by Winona Anderson Liverman, Photo Copy of Winona’s Copy is in Carolyn's files.

Conversation with Ralph Liverman, Winona's son, regarding the attempted rice farming.

Amanda's Flanagan ancestry is well documented by both Anderson and Flanagan families. More details will be added later. For more specific information, please ask.