Richard ANDERSON (Abt 1806-Bef 1858)

Martha (1804-Abt 1890)

Green Berry ANDERSON (1836-1923)

Martha HENSON (-Abt 1888)

Elizabeth ANDERSON

 

Family Links Elizabeth ANDERSON 1 Born: Indian Territory 2   General Notes: In December 1959, Martha Esther (Anderson) Shinn, the oldest daughter of Albert Slayton Anderson, wrote, "The only thing I remember about Lizzie was when she married grandpa disowned her and she died a year later in childbirth." 2

1 Dr. John Q. Anderson, "Anderson" (an unpublished preliminary family history) (College Station, Texas, December, 1959). Dr. John Q. Anderson was a son of Albert Slayton Anderson and a grandson of Green Berry Anderson. In December, 1959, Dr. Anderson, a professor at Texas A & M, wrote a preliminary family history for our Anderson family. It is a combination of family stories and family data. Since he was an accomplished scholar in the fields of english, history and folklore and since he wrote this history at a time when the events were closer in time and could be remembered by older family members, I generally defer to his data concerning names, dates and places. The stories, however, particularly the older ones, were probably not intended by Dr. Anderson to be factual. They are what they are -- memories -- which often wander from the facts as they are passed down from one generation to another. As a folklorist, Dr. Anderson knew the importance of recording the memories without regard to their factual accuracy. Dr. Anderson died February 1975. I am indebted to Helen Hill for sharing his work with me.

2 Dr. John Q. Anderson, "Anderson" (an unpublished preliminary family history) (College Station, Texas, December, 1959).