Mary Willie (Cary) Anderson (1870 - 1946)

Born 14 Jan 1870 in Nottoway, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Edward Anderson — married 19 Jan 1891 in Amelia, Virginia, United States

Died 11 Mar 1946 at age 76 in Chester, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary Willie Cary Anderson, (Friday 14 Jan 1870 - Monday 11 Mar 1946) Age 76

Birth & Parents

On Friday 14 Jan 1870 in Nottoway County, Mary Willie Cary was born, the 5th known child of 9 known children born to Martha Ann Elizabeth Hamilton, (29 Jan 1849 - 29 May 1909), and Samuel Joseph Cary Jr., (30 Aug 1836 - 3 Feb 1908).

Parents & Siblings

In 1867 in Nottoway County, Virginia, Martha Ann Elizabeth Hamilton and Samuel Joseph Cary Jr. were married. Together Martha and Sam Cary had alot of children. She told John Page, the enumerator of the1900 US Census in Amelia County, Virginia, that she had given birth to 13 children.

Of the 13 children listed below 9 children, 5 daughters and 4 sons, survived to adulthood. The first nine children were born in Nottoway County; sometime after 1890 the family moved to Amelia County, where the last 4 children were born. In chronological order the 13 children are:

• 1. Lorena Cary, (unknown); She may be Luvenia Alice (1868-1891)
• 2. Cora D Cary ( unknown)
• 3. Mary Willie Cary Anderson, (14 Jan 1870 - 11 Mar 1946) Age 76
• 4. Edward Boswell Seawell Cary, (20 April 1871 - 5 Sept 1913) Age 42
• 5. Lelie Frances Cary, (24 Nov 1872 - 15 Sept 1879) Age 7
• 6. Martha Elizabeth Cary Simmons Wright, (16 Jan 1875 - 2 Feb 1949) Age 74
• 7. Rosa Lee Cary Paulett, (29 May 1878 - 24 Sept 1949) Age 71
• 8. Virginia Trueheart Cary Paulett, (25 Sept 1879 - 4 Oct 1951) Age 72
• 9. Annie Belle Cary Dunnavant Reams, (28 Oct 1882 - 23 Aug 1954) Age 71
• 10. Samuel Joseph Cary III, (1 July 1885 - 20 June 1947) Age 61
• 11. Thomas Howard Cary, (28 Oct 1887 - 28 Oct 1954) Age 67
• 12. Ida Florence Cary, (25 Mar 1891 - 1 Jan 1893) Age 3
• 13. John William Cary, (3 June 1893 - 5 Feb 1953) Age 59

Marriage to Samuel Edward Anderson

On 19 Jan 1891 in Amelia, Virginia, 21-year-old Mary Willie Cary married 29-year-old Samuel Edward Anderson, the only child of William T Anderson, (1832 - 1862) of Appomattox County, Virginia, and Martha Sue McCune Anderson Paulett Hastings, (x Feb 1845 - abt 1920).

8 Children: 4 son, 4 daughters

• 1. Nora Lee Anderson Cook, (28 Nov 1891 - 8 Feb 1980) Age 88
• 2. William Edgar Anderson, (18 Feb 1893 - 11 Mar 1966) Age 73
• 3. Joseph Melvin Anderson, (10 June 1896 - 20 Sept 1968) Age 72
• 4. Clara Mae Anderson Lumsford, (11 June 1899 - 8 Sept 1983) Age 84
• 5. Susie Blanche Anderson Smith Welch Rakes, (24 May 1902 - 1 Jan 1984)
• 6. Walter Howard Anderson, (31 Jan 1905 - 4 April 1999) Age 94
• 7. George Abner Anderson, (1 March 1908 - 10 Feb 1990) Age 81
• 8. Bertha Elizabeth Anderson Pigg, (16 May 1911 - 16 April 1972) Age 60

Death & Burial

On 11 Mar 1946 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, Mary Willey Cary Anderson died. She was 76 years. Her remains were buried in Oakwood Cemetery in RIchmond, Virginia. A description of the cemetery and grave site may be accessed here Find A Grave: Memorial #141463724;

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