the next generation — part 2: john anderson and...

The September 2011 Anderson Clan News article entitled “The Early Andersons in America” covered three generations of An-dersons, namely Robert Anderson, his son George Anderson and his grandson Lemuel Anderson. Part 1 of this series covered Le-muel’s first three of his nine children. This part covers Buckley Burnham's parents John and Lydia (Kellogg) Anderson. The remaining children will be covered in a sub-sequent article(s). Lemuel Anderson and Rachel Hall were married on February 1, 1787 in Mans-field Township, Windham County, Connecti-cut. They lived at Mansfield for the next ten years during which their first four children were born. Connecticut to the Ohio Firelands John was Lemuel and Rachel Ander-son’s fourth child. He was born March 9, 1796 in Mansfield Township, Windham County, Connecticut. John moved to Wil-lington Township, Tolland County, Connecti-cut about 1797 with his parents and three siblings. The Andersons had lived in Mans-field Township for several generations, back to John’s great-grandparents Robert and Abigail Anderson, who had arrived there back in 1722. Lydia Kellogg was born July 21, 1792 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. Lydia's parents were James and Lydia (Kellogg) Kellogg. Lydia’s grandparents Moses and Jerusha Kellogg had moved to Hebron from West Hartford, Connecticut. By 1810, the Anderson family was liv-ing in Willington Township whereas the Kel-logg family was living in Tolland Township both in Tolland County, only a few miles apart. Because of their respective locations, it is likely that John and Lydia Kellogg knew each other. Lydia’s parents decided to

move the wilderness of Ohio likely as part of the Firelands settlement after the War of 1812 which ended in 1815. In June 1816, James Kellogg purchased 118 acres from William Eldridge located in Lots seven and eight in Range one in Eldridge township for $472. When they arrived from Tolland in the fall of 1816, they settled on lot seven. James and Lydia had their three children with them: Lydia, Earlisa and James. After this, John Anderson left his par-ents and siblings behind and moved to El-dridge Township, Huron County, Ohio near the Kellogg family. The Firelands tract was land set aside from the Connecticut Western Reserve as compensation for Connecticut residents who

The Next Generation — Part 2: John Anderson and Lydia Kellogg

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Huron County Ohio—1826

lost homes in the revolutionary war. John and Lydia married on March 5, 1818 in Eldridge Township, Huron County, Ohio. Their marriage was officiated by Daniel Butler, Justice of the Peace. In May 1819, John Anderson pur-chased a small lot in the village of Beatty for $30, and then sold it in July 1819 for $35. Just before his death in 1822, James

and Lydia Kellogg sold 14 acres of their land in Lots seven and eight in Range one to their daughter Lydia Anderson. It is likely that John and Lydia and their young family had lived there since John and Lydia’s marriage. All of John and Lydia’s children were born in Eldridge Township (renamed Berlin in 1832) over the next fifteen years. They were: 1. Buckley Burnham born January 14, 1819

(twin); 2. Blakely B born January 14, 1819 (twin); 3. Celia B born March 20, 1820; 4. Brigham born April 23, 1822; 5. Mary born August 5, 1823; 6. Aaron Burr born August 12, 1824; 7. Melissa born December 25, 1825; John Anderson & Lydia Kellogg

Marriage Record—March 5, 1818

Firelands of the Connecticut Western Reserve The Firelands were 500,000 acres set aside for the Sufferers located on the western side of the Connecticut Western Reserve mainly in Huron and Erie Counties in the present state of Ohio. This land was set aside for residents and their heirs of several Connecticut towns who lost their homes in 1779 and 1781 from fires set by British soldiers during War of Independence. It wasn’t until after the War of 1812 that migration to the Firelands be-gan. By 1820, there were still only 1135 families living in Huron County (Firelands) and only 69 families living in Eldridge Township where John and Lydia Anderson lived.

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8. Amos born April 13, 1827; 9. Elijah born October 22, 1828 (twin); 10. Elisha born October 22, 1828 (twin); 11. William Wallace born April 25, 1830; 12. Henry Morton born August 12, 1831; 13. Harriet born December 29, 1833. Four of John and Lydia's young chil-dren had died by mid-1830, while the family

was living in Eldridge Township, Huron County. Those children were Brigham, Amos, Elijah and Elisha. Melissa died some-time after mid-1830. In February 1823, John Anderson and Earlisa Kellogg sold all land previously owned by James Kellogg in Lots seven and eight in Range one in Eldridge Township (except that owned by Lydia Anderson) to James Kellogg Jr. for $50. John and Lydia were amongst several families living in Florence that had become involved in the new religious movement headed by Joseph Smith Jr., which was making its headquarters and building a tem-ple at Kirtland, Ohio. John and Lydia hosted an appointment in their home in Florence Township. As well, John Anderson had donated money to William McLellin who was ordained as one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve. Lydia was baptized into the LDS Church in June 1833. In October 1833, John and Lydia pur-chased about 160 acres of land in Lots 75 and 85 of Florence Township, Huron County. John and Lydia sold their Florence township land back to Moses Daley in March 1835. In August 1835, John and Lydia of Florence Township sold 35 acres of their land located in Lot seven Range one of Ber-lin Township. While living in Huron County, John Anderson had paid taxes based on his land and livestock holdings each year in Eldridge (1819-1833) and Florence (1834-1835). John and Lydia’s daughter Celia B Anderson married Robert B Ennes on Au-gust 25, 1835 in Huron County, Ohio. Over the next 18 years, they had ten children, six who died as infants or young children. Missouri and Nauvoo It is not clear whether John and Lydia moved to Kirtland to help build the temple. The family moved to Fishing River Town-ship, Clay County, Missouri in September 1835 from Ohio. The Missouri Mormons had begun to move across the Missouri River a

Town of Eldridge, Huron County Plat

Town of Florence, Huron County Plat

year earlier because of past difficulties in Jackson County. John and Lydia had ob-tained a 60 acre farm in Section 28 of Fish-ing River Township (identified as Township 52 North of Range 30 West of the 5th Merid-ian), which was later sold to James Roberts on October 25, 1836 for the consideration of $220.00. By early 1837, the Missouri Mormons were moving north out of Clay County to the newly created Caldwell and Daviess Coun-ties. John and Lydia moved in February 1837 to Mirabile Township, Caldwell County

(identified as Township 52 North of Range 29 West of the 5th Meridian) to a 40 acre parcel of public lands in Section 7, which they later purchased on August 2, 1838. John and Lydia's son Buckley Burn-ham Anderson married Sally Maria Cutler on December 31, 1837 in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. The marriage was regis-tered January 5, 1838 in Richmond. Be-tween 1838 and 1864, Buckley and Sally had thirteen children, four who died as infants or young children, one as a teenager and one as a young adult. Soon after their marriage, John's son Buckley and his wife Sally moved up to Caldwell County, which had been created out of Ray County in 1836 with the under-standing that it would be dedicated to Mor-mon settlers, with its county seat in Far West. John Anderson attended a LDS Con-ference on November 7, 1837 at Far West.

Fishing River Township Clay County, Missouri—1877

Buckley & Sally Anderson Marriage Record—January 1838

Caldwell County, Missouri—1838

Mormon Exodus from Missouri - 1838/39

John had a Church meeting held at his home in 1838. The Mormon War had begun on Au-gust 6, 1838 and continued on until Novem-ber 1, 1838. After the Battle of Crooked River on October 24, 1838, the militia was called out to prevent further violence. On October 27, 1838, Missouri’s Governor is-sued Executive Order 44, an extermination order which stated that the Mormons must be treated as enemies and driven from the State if necessary for the public peace. After Haun’s Mill massacre, which oc-curred on October 30, 1838, and the siege of Far West by the Missouri militia, the Mor-mons agreed to evacuate the State by the next spring, thus fulfilling the Executive Or-der. Missouri blamed the Mormons for the conflict, forcing the Mormons to sign over all their lands in order to pay for the state mili-tia muster. In 1838, John and Lydia and their chil-dren (Blakely B, Aaron Burr, William Wal-lace, Henry Morton & Harriet) were living in Caldwell County. John Anderson received

title to 75 acres located in Caldwell County, Missouri from The United States of America on July 28, 1838. It was later in 1838 and early 1839, when the Mormon War and the Missouri Ex-termination Order forced most of the Mor-mon families, including John and his family, to flee to Illinois. John's son Buckley and his family moved from Far West to the Quincy area in Adams County, Illinois arriving in March 1839 with more than five thousand other Mormons, who were sheltered and helped by the residents of Quincy. By the spring of 1840, the Mormons were on the move north to Commerce, Hancock County which was later renamed Nauvoo. John and Lydia’s daughter Mary mar-ried Samuel Thompson on August 30, 1838 in Huron County, Ohio. They had four chil-dren between 1839 and 1845. By June 1840, John and Lydia were living in Nauvoo. During their stay in Nau-voo, they lived in three locations: Nauvoo Block 49, Lot 2; Nauvoo Block 62, Lot 4 SW/2; and Wells Block 6, Part of Lot 3. John

and Lydia's son Buckley and his family lived in three locations: Nauvoo Block 49, Lot 2 (likely with Buckley’s parents); Nauvoo Block 60, Lot 2; and Kimball 1st Block 2, Lot 55. The Nauvoo Block is turquoise in colour on the map on page 6. John also owned 160 acres identified as the NW Quarter in Section 17 of Prairie Township about five miles west of Carthage, Illinois (see map above). John was a 3rd Lieutenant in the 2nd Company of the Nauvoo Legion on May 6, 1842. Lydia was a member of Women of Nauvoo Relief Society. John’s son Buckley was listed on the 1842 Nauvoo City Tax List, so presumably he would have been subject to taxes. While in Nauvoo, Buckley worked as a Temple Stone Cutter. Two of John and Lydia’s children died during the period they were in Nauvoo. They were Harriet who died around 1840 at age 6 and Aaron Burr who died after 1845 as an adult. Prior to arrival in Nauvoo, John Anderson had been ordained a Seventy. While in Nauvoo, John worked as a Temple Stone Cutter.

John and Lydia participated in a LDS Endowment Ceremony on January 24, 1846 in Nauvoo. Buckley and Sally had partici-pated in a LDS Endowment Cere-mony on January 3, 1846 in Nau-voo. Iowa John and Lydia and their family departed from Nauvoo soon thereafter heading west towards Winter Quarters. Buckley, Sally and their three children departed from Nauvoo in early 1846 as well and eventually arrived at Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory.

It is likely that John and his family spent time at Winter Quarters before they moved to Cutler’s Camp on Silver Creek. Buckley and Sally and family lived at Win-ter Quarters Fifteenth Ward Residential Area with their four children. On December 9, 1846, John and Lydia’s grandson Adney A C was born at Winter Quarters, and five months later died of inflammation of the bowels on May 11,

Partial Map of Mills County, Iowa — 1875 Cutler’s Camp & Buckley’s 40 Acres Highlighted

Partial Map of Hancock County, Illinois—1844

1847 at Winter Quarters. Adney was buried in an unmarked grave (Plot 151) at the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery in Florence, Nebraska. Might Adney’s initials A. C. have stood for Alpheus Cutler? Soon after Adney’s death, Buckley and his family moved to Platte County, Missouri. John's son Blakely B Ander-son married Julia Ann Durfee on November 15, 1846 in Missouri. Their first daughter Eliza A Anderson was born March 3, 1848 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Blakely died in St. Jo-seph on January 24, 1849. Their second daughter Mary Anderson was born on March 21, 1849 in St. Joseph, but died there in August 1849. Blakely never had the op-portunity to see his second child before his death. By 1850, John and Lydia along with their sons William and Henry were living in District 21, Pottawattamie County, Iowa most likely at Cutler’s Camp on Silver Creek. In August 1851, John Anderson par-ticipated in the first Mills County election voting in the Silver Creek precinct. During the spring of 1852, a committee of Silver Creek Saints located the site of a new settlement in south-western Iowa. About thirty-five to forty Latter-day Saint families moved to this village which was given the Book of Mormon name Manti. In September 1853, Alpheus Cutler began bap-tizing his followers into the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite). Early in the 1850s, Buckley and his family moved back to Iowa from Missouri to a 40 acre plot of land in Oak Township, Mills County. Buckley purchased these 40 acres of public lands on June 15, 1855. The pur-chased public lands are identified as the NE quarter of NE quarter of Section 28 in Town-ship 73 North in Range 42 West of the 5th

Meridian. John and Lydia’s son William Wallace married Jane Lookabill on August 20, 1854. They had thirteen children over the next 28 years, four who died as infants or young chil-dren. Between 1853 and 1856, John Ander-son died likely in Fisher Township, Fremont County, Iowa. The exact location and date of his death and burial are unknown. How-ever, John Anderson is listed as a member of the Cutlerites dated 1853. The Iowa State Census for 1856 shows Lydia as a widow, living at Manti, Fremont County, Iowa with her son William Wallace and his family. John and Lydia’s son Henry Morton Anderson married Lois Asenath Sherman on March 8, 1855 at Manti, Fremont County, Iowa. Their daughter Lois A Anderson was born about 1858 at Manti. However, Lois A

Map of Manti, Fremont County, Iowa—c1860

Anderson’s mother died that same year, per-haps during childbirth. Lois A Anderson went to live with her grandparents Almon Worthy and Lois Huntington (Cutler) Sherman. By September 1856, Buckley and his family had also moved to Manti, Iowa. Buckley and family spent several years liv-ing in Manti. By 1860, Lydia remained in the Manti area living with her son William Wallace Anderson and his family, as well as her son Henry Morton Anderson. Lydia was baptized into the Reorgan-ized LDS (RLDS) Church on May 6, 1863 at Manti by Elders W.W. Blair and W. Bald-win. Her son Buckley and his wife Sally were baptized at the same time. As well, Buckley Anderson was ordained as an Elder of the RLDS Church by W.W. Blair. Minnesota After Alpheus Cutler’s death in the summer of 1864, many of his followers moved north from Manti in Iowa to Otter Tail County in Minnesota, including Sally’s sister Lois Huntington (Cutler) Sherman (who’s husband was Almon Worthy Sherman) and her family. After residing in Otter Tail County for three years, Almon W. Sherman moved to Becker County, arriving on Section 18 in Detroit Township on June 28, 1868. Almon Sherman built a house and wintered with his family during the winter of 1868 and 1869 at Oak Lake, with no neighbours nearer than White Earth in one direction and the Otter Tail River in the other. Almon died at Oak Lake on Decem-ber 30, 1869. Buckley B. Anderson, having received positive reports about the opportunities and free land, moved to Becker County, Minne-sota, arriving on September 6, 1869, in Audubon Township with his wife and family of six children, and settled on what became Sections 17 and 20. Buckley’s oldest daugh-ter Jerusha, who was the wife of Jackson Burdick, came with her husband and three

children in the same party with the Ander-sons. Burdick took his land also on Section 17 and 20. Lois Cutler, Alpheus’ widow, came into Becker County with her son-in-law, Almon Sherman in the year 1868. Cutler Alma Sherman, son of Almon and Lois Sherman, came with his parents to Detroit Township. He resided on the shores of Oak Lake. He took for his claim the east half of the north-west quarter, and the west half of the north-east quarter of Section 19. John and Lydia’s daughter Celia B (Anderson) Ennes died December 15, 1869. In 1870, Lydia Anderson was residing with Erastus Cutler (grandson of Alpheus) and his family in Scott Township, Fremont County, Iowa. In the early 1870s, Lydia Anderson moved to Becker County to reside with her son Buckley, and his family. Lydia Anderson died May 27, 1876 in Audubon Township, Becker County. In 1876, when Lydia died, no cemeteries had been established in Audubon Township. Cemeteries did exist in the town of Detroit and in Lake Park Township. It can be con-

Part of Audubon Township Becker County, Minnesota—1871

cluded that when Lydia Anderson died in 1876, Buckley and Sally had to decide where to bury her. The nearest cemetery was located in the Town of Detroit, about ten miles away. Given the distance and time it would have taken to make arrange-ments in Detroit, it is very likely that they would choose a place much closer to their home for her burial. A certificate was filed with the Regis-trar of Becker County, Minnesota dated March 15, 1876 for the purchase of public lands (160 acres) by Buckley and Sally Anderson: 1. NE quarter of NE quarter of Section 20

in Township 139 North and 42 West of the 5th Meridian (40 acres);

2. South half of SE quarter of Section 17 in Township 139 North and 42 West of the 5th Meridian (80 acres), and;

3. NW quarter of SE quarter of Section 17 in Township 139 North and 42 West of the 5th Meridian (40 acres).

Buckley and Sally had just taken ownership of their homestead in Audubon Township. This would make it possible to bury Lydia close to where they lived and later establish a cemetery on their land. While there is no specific record or grave-stone to confirm the location of her grave, Buckley and Sally’s subsequent actions clearly suggest where they buried her. The year after she died, they established the

Oakwood Cemetery, which still exists to-day. In a Warranty Deed dated October 26, 1877, Buckley B & Sally M Anderson sold four acres of land to the Oakwood Cemetery Association for the sum of $40.00. The year after she died, they estab-lished the Oakwood Cemetery, which still exists today under the name Felker Ceme-tery. Since Lois Cutler died in 1878 at Oak Lake, where she lived with her grandson, it is unlikely they established this cemetery for her, but rather used it as a burial loca-tion. Lois Cutler died at the home of her grandson, C. A. Sherman, at Oak Lake, on March 23, 1878. Lois Cutler was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in the spring of 1878. It would be reasonable to conclude that Lois Cutler was buried beside Lydia Anderson at Oakwood Cemetery. Buckley and Sally’s youngest child Adney Bordeen Anderson died the next year on January 14, 1879 at age 14. He was likely buried along side his two grand-mothers at Oakwood Cemetery. Lydia’s son Henry Morton married Aseneth A Oaks in September 1887 after Lydia’s death. They had three children over the next four years. Nine of Lydia’s thirteen children had preceded her in death. The remaining four were: 1. Son Buckley Burnham Anderson who

died July 4, 1895 at Lebeck, Cedar County, Missouri;

2. Daughter Mary (Anderson) Thompson who died September 16, 1899;

3. Son William Wallace Anderson who died June 16, 1902;

4. Son Henry Morton Anderson who died March 19, 1909.

Editor’s Note: Research is continuing on Lemuel and Rachel Anderson’s children. Updates will be included in the Clan News as they become available.

Oakwood Cemetery, Becker County

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