Source: ROBERT ANDERSON OF MARSHALL GROVE (Porter County, Indiana) 1807-1985 ~ Allen G. Hamann, editor, May 1985.
"Robert Anderson's Household"
Details concerning Robert Anderson's beginning years in Ireland have not been discovered to this point. It is the editor's opinion that he had several brothers and sisters who came to America, but nothing has been learned about their parents. Likewise, information on how the Andersons got to America is sketchy and somewhat contradictory.
Apparently, Robert Anderson and his first wife, Margaret Adams, lived in Ireland until her death in 1837. They had two sons -- John (b. 1834) and Thomas (b. 1836). Sometime after Margaret's death, Robert came to America. By 1842, he was in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where on 10 Sep 1842, he married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Biggart. She also had been born in Ireland, but it is not known when she came to America. (1832?).
It is uncertain when the two boys came to America. The 1900 census suggests that Thomas immigrated in 1840. One family tradition suggests that one or both boys returned to Ireland for their brides. Another tradition says that Robert "sent for his sons in 1856." It is recorded in the family Bible that John married in Ireland Feb. 12, 1856, and "came to America in May 1856, in a sailing vessel, 7 weeks on the way." Thomas reportedly left Ireland on March 5, 1856 at age 19. Fourteen years later, in 1870, he married a Trumbull Co., Ohio native. It is thus left to each person's own opinion whether the boys came about 1840 with their father and later returned to Ireland, or whether they remained in Ireland until 1856 when they journeyed to America following John's marriage. thus far, the editor has not been able to locate the name or date of the ships.
Robert Anderson and Betsy Biggart married on 10 Sep 1842, a double wedding at the home of Robert Biggart of Liberty, OH. (Trumbull Co.) which also saw Betsy's sister, Mary, marrying John M. Nelson. Twenty months earlier, on 4 Jan 1841 in Trumbull Co., OH., Robert's brother, David Anderson, had married Betsy and Mary's sister, Margaret Biggart.
Robert and Betsy had two sons born while living in Trumbull Co., OH. -- Samuel and Joseph, the latter dying at age 6 1/2. According to the History of Porter County (p. 637 article on Samuel B. Anderson), Robert brought his family to Porter Co. in 1847 in a prairie schooner, "but on arriving in Porter County, the father was at first much dissatisfied and for a number of days kept his goods loaded on the wagon with the intention of returning to Ohio." Finally, however, he decided to remain and bought eighty acres north of the Marshall Grove crossroads of Pleasant Township, land which presumably adjoined that which had been previously settled by Betsy's Biggart relatives who had preceded them to the area. Four more children were born to Robert and Betsy after coming to Indiana.
Skipping a few years, we discover that Robert's eldest son John had established himself just south of Marshall Grove, across the road from the Biggarts. His brother Thomas resided in Clinton Twp. of LaPorte Co., IN. Robert and Betsy's son, Samuel, lived across the drive from his parents, with his sisters Mag and Mary living with their parents. After the death of their parents, the two sisters moved to Kouts near the old Presbyterian Church, and Samuel's daughter Birdella with her husband of less than a year (Nelson Hughes) moved into the home place. Eventually, George Koontz, (husband of Robert Anderson's granddaughter Bess), bought the farm, part of which is now owned by George and Bess' daughter Mary Hamann and her husband Fred. Their son Larry lives next door.
The editor is not totally clear concerning the movement of Robert and Betsy's other two sons, (Newt and James), from the Marshall Grove area to the Tassinong area of the county which was 3-4 miles to the northwest. One of the key figures of that area was William Stoddard, head of the large farm known as "Tassinong Maples". Reportedly, Newt settled a half mile west of this farm on the place later to be known as the "Hebe Anderson farm". He then moved to Kouts, giving way to younger brother James, who had married the daughter of William Stoddard in 1878. Later, James would move to the Tassinong Maples homestead, with his own son Hebe taking over the farm first settled by his "Uncle Newt". These two farms would remain in the Anderson family down to the present day, and over the years would replace Marshall Grove as the focal point of the Anderson families.
Returning in our thinking to the parents of these children, Robert Anderson died in 1892 at age 84, and is buried in the Adams Cemetery of Morgan Twp. with many other members of the family. His widow and two daughter continued to reside in the Marshall Grove home.
There is some unnecessary debate concerning the year in which Betsy Anderson died, but the present editor has little doubt that it occurred on 3 June 1906. This is confirmed by the tombstone in Adams Cemetery, by the county death record, by two newspaper obituaries (7 June 1906 Valparaiso Messenger and 4 June 1906 Valparaiso Vidette, although one has some errors in other details), and by the proving of her will on 8 Jun 1906.
"Robert Anderson's Household"
Details concerning Robert Anderson's beginning years in Ireland have not been discovered to this point. It is the editor's opinion that he had several brothers and sisters who came to America, but nothing has been learned about their parents. Likewise, information on how the Andersons got to America is sketchy and somewhat contradictory.
Apparently, Robert Anderson and his first wife, Margaret Adams, lived in Ireland until her death in 1837. They had two sons -- John (b. 1834) and Thomas (b. 1836). Sometime after Margaret's death, Robert came to America. By 1842, he was in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where on 10 Sep 1842, he married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Biggart. She also had been born in Ireland, but it is not known when she came to America. (1832?).
It is uncertain when the two boys came to America. The 1900 census suggests that Thomas immigrated in 1840. One family tradition suggests that one or both boys returned to Ireland for their brides. Another tradition says that Robert "sent for his sons in 1856." It is recorded in the family Bible that John married in Ireland Feb. 12, 1856, and "came to America in May 1856, in a sailing vessel, 7 weeks on the way." Thomas reportedly left Ireland on March 5, 1856 at age 19. Fourteen years later, in 1870, he married a Trumbull Co., Ohio native. It is thus left to each person's own opinion whether the boys came about 1840 with their father and later returned to Ireland, or whether they remained in Ireland until 1856 when they journeyed to America following John's marriage. thus far, the editor has not been able to locate the name or date of the ships.
Robert Anderson and Betsy Biggart married on 10 Sep 1842, a double wedding at the home of Robert Biggart of Liberty, OH. (Trumbull Co.) which also saw Betsy's sister, Mary, marrying John M. Nelson. Twenty months earlier, on 4 Jan 1841 in Trumbull Co., OH., Robert's brother, David Anderson, had married Betsy and Mary's sister, Margaret Biggart.
Robert and Betsy had two sons born while living in Trumbull Co., OH. -- Samuel and Joseph, the latter dying at age 6 1/2. According to the History of Porter County (p. 637 article on Samuel B. Anderson), Robert brought his family to Porter Co. in 1847 in a prairie schooner, "but on arriving in Porter County, the father was at first much dissatisfied and for a number of days kept his goods loaded on the wagon with the intention of returning to Ohio." Finally, however, he decided to remain and bought eighty acres north of the Marshall Grove crossroads of Pleasant Township, land which presumably adjoined that which had been previously settled by Betsy's Biggart relatives who had preceded them to the area. Four more children were born to Robert and Betsy after coming to Indiana.
Skipping a few years, we discover that Robert's eldest son John had established himself just south of Marshall Grove, across the road from the Biggarts. His brother Thomas resided in Clinton Twp. of LaPorte Co., IN. Robert and Betsy's son, Samuel, lived across the drive from his parents, with his sisters Mag and Mary living with their parents. After the death of their parents, the two sisters moved to Kouts near the old Presbyterian Church, and Samuel's daughter Birdella with her husband of less than a year (Nelson Hughes) moved into the home place. Eventually, George Koontz, (husband of Robert Anderson's granddaughter Bess), bought the farm, part of which is now owned by George and Bess' daughter Mary Hamann and her husband Fred. Their son Larry lives next door.
The editor is not totally clear concerning the movement of Robert and Betsy's other two sons, (Newt and James), from the Marshall Grove area to the Tassinong area of the county which was 3-4 miles to the northwest. One of the key figures of that area was William Stoddard, head of the large farm known as "Tassinong Maples". Reportedly, Newt settled a half mile west of this farm on the place later to be known as the "Hebe Anderson farm". He then moved to Kouts, giving way to younger brother James, who had married the daughter of William Stoddard in 1878. Later, James would move to the Tassinong Maples homestead, with his own son Hebe taking over the farm first settled by his "Uncle Newt". These two farms would remain in the Anderson family down to the present day, and over the years would replace Marshall Grove as the focal point of the Anderson families.
Returning in our thinking to the parents of these children, Robert Anderson died in 1892 at age 84, and is buried in the Adams Cemetery of Morgan Twp. with many other members of the family. His widow and two daughter continued to reside in the Marshall Grove home.
There is some unnecessary debate concerning the year in which Betsy Anderson died, but the present editor has little doubt that it occurred on 3 June 1906. This is confirmed by the tombstone in Adams Cemetery, by the county death record, by two newspaper obituaries (7 June 1906 Valparaiso Messenger and 4 June 1906 Valparaiso Vidette, although one has some errors in other details), and by the proving of her will on 8 Jun 1906.
Source: ROBERT ANDERSON OF MARSHALL GROVE (Porter County, Indiana) 1807-1985 ~ Allen G. Hamann, editor, May 1985.
"Robert Anderson's Household"
Details concerning Robert Anderson's beginning years in Ireland have not been discovered to this point. It is the editor's opinion that he had several brothers and sisters who came to America, but nothing has been learned about their parents. Likewise, information on how the Andersons got to America is sketchy and somewhat contradictory.
Apparently, Robert Anderson and his first wife, Margaret Adams, lived in Ireland until her death in 1837. They had two sons -- John (b. 1834) and Thomas (b. 1836). Sometime after Margaret's death, Robert came to America. By 1842, he was in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where on 10 Sep 1842, he married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Biggart. She also had been born in Ireland, but it is not known when she came to America. (1832?).
It is uncertain when the two boys came to America. The 1900 census suggests that Thomas immigrated in 1840. One family tradition suggests that one or both boys returned to Ireland for their brides. Another tradition says that Robert "sent for his sons in 1856." It is recorded in the family Bible that John married in Ireland Feb. 12, 1856, and "came to America in May 1856, in a sailing vessel, 7 weeks on the way." Thomas reportedly left Ireland on March 5, 1856 at age 19. Fourteen years later, in 1870, he married a Trumbull Co., Ohio native. It is thus left to each person's own opinion whether the boys came about 1840 with their father and later returned to Ireland, or whether they remained in Ireland until 1856 when they journeyed to America following John's marriage. thus far, the editor has not been able to locate the name or date of the ships.
Robert Anderson and Betsy Biggart married on 10 Sep 1842, a double wedding at the home of Robert Biggart of Liberty, OH. (Trumbull Co.) which also saw Betsy's sister, Mary, marrying John M. Nelson. Twenty months earlier, on 4 Jan 1841 in Trumbull Co., OH., Robert's brother, David Anderson, had married Betsy and Mary's sister, Margaret Biggart.
Robert and Betsy had two sons born while living in Trumbull Co., OH. -- Samuel and Joseph, the latter dying at age 6 1/2. According to the History of Porter County (p. 637 article on Samuel B. Anderson), Robert brought his family to Porter Co. in 1847 in a prairie schooner, "but on arriving in Porter County, the father was at first much dissatisfied and for a number of days kept his goods loaded on the wagon with the intention of returning to Ohio." Finally, however, he decided to remain and bought eighty acres north of the Marshall Grove crossroads of Pleasant Township, land which presumably adjoined that which had been previously settled by Betsy's Biggart relatives who had preceded them to the area. Four more children were born to Robert and Betsy after coming to Indiana.
Skipping a few years, we discover that Robert's eldest son John had established himself just south of Marshall Grove, across the road from the Biggarts. His brother Thomas resided in Clinton Twp. of LaPorte Co., IN. Robert and Betsy's son, Samuel, lived across the drive from his parents, with his sisters Mag and Mary living with their parents. After the death of their parents, the two sisters moved to Kouts near the old Presbyterian Church, and Samuel's daughter Birdella with her husband of less than a year (Nelson Hughes) moved into the home place. Eventually, George Koontz, (husband of Robert Anderson's granddaughter Bess), bought the farm, part of which is now owned by George and Bess' daughter Mary Hamann and her husband Fred. Their son Larry lives next door.
The editor is not totally clear concerning the movement of Robert and Betsy's other two sons, (Newt and James), from the Marshall Grove area to the Tassinong area of the county which was 3-4 miles to the northwest. One of the key figures of that area was William Stoddard, head of the large farm known as "Tassinong Maples". Reportedly, Newt settled a half mile west of this farm on the place later to be known as the "Hebe Anderson farm". He then moved to Kouts, giving way to younger brother James, who had married the daughter of William Stoddard in 1878. Later, James would move to the Tassinong Maples homestead, with his own son Hebe taking over the farm first settled by his "Uncle Newt". These two farms would remain in the Anderson family down to the present day, and over the years would replace Marshall Grove as the focal point of the Anderson families.
Returning in our thinking to the parents of these children, Robert Anderson died in 1892 at age 84, and is buried in the Adams Cemetery of Morgan Twp. with many other members of the family. His widow and two daughter continued to reside in the Marshall Grove home.
There is some unnecessary debate concerning the year in which Betsy Anderson died, but the present editor has little doubt that it occurred on 3 June 1906. This is confirmed by the tombstone in Adams Cemetery, by the county death record, by two newspaper obituaries (7 June 1906 Valparaiso Messenger and 4 June 1906 Valparaiso Vidette, although one has some errors in other details), and by the proving of her will on 8 Jun 1906.
"Robert Anderson's Household"
Details concerning Robert Anderson's beginning years in Ireland have not been discovered to this point. It is the editor's opinion that he had several brothers and sisters who came to America, but nothing has been learned about their parents. Likewise, information on how the Andersons got to America is sketchy and somewhat contradictory.
Apparently, Robert Anderson and his first wife, Margaret Adams, lived in Ireland until her death in 1837. They had two sons -- John (b. 1834) and Thomas (b. 1836). Sometime after Margaret's death, Robert came to America. By 1842, he was in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where on 10 Sep 1842, he married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Biggart. She also had been born in Ireland, but it is not known when she came to America. (1832?).
It is uncertain when the two boys came to America. The 1900 census suggests that Thomas immigrated in 1840. One family tradition suggests that one or both boys returned to Ireland for their brides. Another tradition says that Robert "sent for his sons in 1856." It is recorded in the family Bible that John married in Ireland Feb. 12, 1856, and "came to America in May 1856, in a sailing vessel, 7 weeks on the way." Thomas reportedly left Ireland on March 5, 1856 at age 19. Fourteen years later, in 1870, he married a Trumbull Co., Ohio native. It is thus left to each person's own opinion whether the boys came about 1840 with their father and later returned to Ireland, or whether they remained in Ireland until 1856 when they journeyed to America following John's marriage. thus far, the editor has not been able to locate the name or date of the ships.
Robert Anderson and Betsy Biggart married on 10 Sep 1842, a double wedding at the home of Robert Biggart of Liberty, OH. (Trumbull Co.) which also saw Betsy's sister, Mary, marrying John M. Nelson. Twenty months earlier, on 4 Jan 1841 in Trumbull Co., OH., Robert's brother, David Anderson, had married Betsy and Mary's sister, Margaret Biggart.
Robert and Betsy had two sons born while living in Trumbull Co., OH. -- Samuel and Joseph, the latter dying at age 6 1/2. According to the History of Porter County (p. 637 article on Samuel B. Anderson), Robert brought his family to Porter Co. in 1847 in a prairie schooner, "but on arriving in Porter County, the father was at first much dissatisfied and for a number of days kept his goods loaded on the wagon with the intention of returning to Ohio." Finally, however, he decided to remain and bought eighty acres north of the Marshall Grove crossroads of Pleasant Township, land which presumably adjoined that which had been previously settled by Betsy's Biggart relatives who had preceded them to the area. Four more children were born to Robert and Betsy after coming to Indiana.
Skipping a few years, we discover that Robert's eldest son John had established himself just south of Marshall Grove, across the road from the Biggarts. His brother Thomas resided in Clinton Twp. of LaPorte Co., IN. Robert and Betsy's son, Samuel, lived across the drive from his parents, with his sisters Mag and Mary living with their parents. After the death of their parents, the two sisters moved to Kouts near the old Presbyterian Church, and Samuel's daughter Birdella with her husband of less than a year (Nelson Hughes) moved into the home place. Eventually, George Koontz, (husband of Robert Anderson's granddaughter Bess), bought the farm, part of which is now owned by George and Bess' daughter Mary Hamann and her husband Fred. Their son Larry lives next door.
The editor is not totally clear concerning the movement of Robert and Betsy's other two sons, (Newt and James), from the Marshall Grove area to the Tassinong area of the county which was 3-4 miles to the northwest. One of the key figures of that area was William Stoddard, head of the large farm known as "Tassinong Maples". Reportedly, Newt settled a half mile west of this farm on the place later to be known as the "Hebe Anderson farm". He then moved to Kouts, giving way to younger brother James, who had married the daughter of William Stoddard in 1878. Later, James would move to the Tassinong Maples homestead, with his own son Hebe taking over the farm first settled by his "Uncle Newt". These two farms would remain in the Anderson family down to the present day, and over the years would replace Marshall Grove as the focal point of the Anderson families.
Returning in our thinking to the parents of these children, Robert Anderson died in 1892 at age 84, and is buried in the Adams Cemetery of Morgan Twp. with many other members of the family. His widow and two daughter continued to reside in the Marshall Grove home.
There is some unnecessary debate concerning the year in which Betsy Anderson died, but the present editor has little doubt that it occurred on 3 June 1906. This is confirmed by the tombstone in Adams Cemetery, by the county death record, by two newspaper obituaries (7 June 1906 Valparaiso Messenger and 4 June 1906 Valparaiso Vidette, although one has some errors in other details), and by the proving of her will on 8 Jun 1906.
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