TMG 52539
Erastus Anderson farmer, Ashton, is a native of Canada West, and was born in 1824. He is the son of John H. and Martha Morgan) Anderson; the former, a native of New York, emigrated with his father to Canada when sixteen years of age, where he grew up. John H served as a British soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Lundy's Lane.
In 1848 he came to Lee county, where he remained the balance of his life. Erastus Anderson's mother was a native of Canada, and died a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Anderson came first to Michigan, where he remained till 1846, when he settled in Ogle county, where he lived till the spring of 1848, when he settled in the northeast part of Ashton township, where he still lives.
He was married in 1847, to Mary Halverd, a na'tive of Norway, by whom he has had two children: Roda A., now Mrs. W. M. F. Clark, and John H. Mr.
Anderson's education is only such as he has been able to obtain in active business. He began life for himself by working at whatever he could earn a penny, and SO continued till he had saved enough to buy eighty acres of land; then he began farming for himself. In politice he has always been a republican.
Erastus Anderson's grandfather was a ship-carpenter by trade, a Scotchman by birth, and emigrated to Canada. His paternal grandmother by birth was a German; his maternal grandmother's people formerly came from Ireland.
Mr. Anderson has a fine farm two and one-half miles northeast of Ashton. It is well improved and well stocked.
Source: History of Lee County Pg 627
Erastus Anderson farmer, Ashton, is a native of Canada West, and was born in 1824. He is the son of John H. and Martha Morgan) Anderson; the former, a native of New York, emigrated with his father to Canada when sixteen years of age, where he grew up. John H served as a British soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Lundy's Lane.
In 1848 he came to Lee county, where he remained the balance of his life. Erastus Anderson's mother was a native of Canada, and died a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Anderson came first to Michigan, where he remained till 1846, when he settled in Ogle county, where he lived till the spring of 1848, when he settled in the northeast part of Ashton township, where he still lives.
He was married in 1847, to Mary Halverd, a na'tive of Norway, by whom he has had two children: Roda A., now Mrs. W. M. F. Clark, and John H. Mr.
Anderson's education is only such as he has been able to obtain in active business. He began life for himself by working at whatever he could earn a penny, and SO continued till he had saved enough to buy eighty acres of land; then he began farming for himself. In politice he has always been a republican.
Erastus Anderson's grandfather was a ship-carpenter by trade, a Scotchman by birth, and emigrated to Canada. His paternal grandmother by birth was a German; his maternal grandmother's people formerly came from Ireland.
Mr. Anderson has a fine farm two and one-half miles northeast of Ashton. It is well improved and well stocked.
Source: History of Lee County Pg 627
TMG 52539
Erastus Anderson farmer, Ashton, is a native of Canada West, and was born in 1824. He is the son of John H. and Martha Morgan) Anderson; the former, a native of New York, emigrated with his father to Canada when sixteen years of age, where he grew up. John H served as a British soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Lundy's Lane.
In 1848 he came to Lee county, where he remained the balance of his life. Erastus Anderson's mother was a native of Canada, and died a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Anderson came first to Michigan, where he remained till 1846, when he settled in Ogle county, where he lived till the spring of 1848, when he settled in the northeast part of Ashton township, where he still lives.
He was married in 1847, to Mary Halverd, a na'tive of Norway, by whom he has had two children: Roda A., now Mrs. W. M. F. Clark, and John H. Mr.
Anderson's education is only such as he has been able to obtain in active business. He began life for himself by working at whatever he could earn a penny, and SO continued till he had saved enough to buy eighty acres of land; then he began farming for himself. In politice he has always been a republican.
Erastus Anderson's grandfather was a ship-carpenter by trade, a Scotchman by birth, and emigrated to Canada. His paternal grandmother by birth was a German; his maternal grandmother's people formerly came from Ireland.
Mr. Anderson has a fine farm two and one-half miles northeast of Ashton. It is well improved and well stocked.
Source: History of Lee County Pg 627
Erastus Anderson farmer, Ashton, is a native of Canada West, and was born in 1824. He is the son of John H. and Martha Morgan) Anderson; the former, a native of New York, emigrated with his father to Canada when sixteen years of age, where he grew up. John H served as a British soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Lundy's Lane.
In 1848 he came to Lee county, where he remained the balance of his life. Erastus Anderson's mother was a native of Canada, and died a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Anderson came first to Michigan, where he remained till 1846, when he settled in Ogle county, where he lived till the spring of 1848, when he settled in the northeast part of Ashton township, where he still lives.
He was married in 1847, to Mary Halverd, a na'tive of Norway, by whom he has had two children: Roda A., now Mrs. W. M. F. Clark, and John H. Mr.
Anderson's education is only such as he has been able to obtain in active business. He began life for himself by working at whatever he could earn a penny, and SO continued till he had saved enough to buy eighty acres of land; then he began farming for himself. In politice he has always been a republican.
Erastus Anderson's grandfather was a ship-carpenter by trade, a Scotchman by birth, and emigrated to Canada. His paternal grandmother by birth was a German; his maternal grandmother's people formerly came from Ireland.
Mr. Anderson has a fine farm two and one-half miles northeast of Ashton. It is well improved and well stocked.
Source: History of Lee County Pg 627
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