Mrs. Anderson Taken In Death
Widow of City’s Pioneer Shoe Merchant Passes;
Rites on Friday
The funeral of Mrs. Ella McConihay Anderson, 87 years old, a member of one of Kanawha county’s oldest and best known families, who died Wednesday night at the home of her son, Harry McC. Anderson, in Kanawha City, will be held at the First Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. Friday. She will be buried in the Spring Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her son, her only child. Her husband, John Anderson, who established Charleston’s first wholesale boot and shoe business, died in 1897. He came to Charleston from Wheeling in 1870, and he and Mrs. Anderson, who was Ella McConihay, the daughter of John McConihay, were married in 1871.
Mr. Anderson’s shoe firm sent out Charleston’s first traveling salesmen.
John McConihay, the father of Mrs. Anderson, came to Kanawha County from Virginia 1810 with his father, who was Ira McConihay, one of the first men to establish a salt works in this section. He settled on the south side of the Kanawha river near Marmet, and acquired many acres of land, for which he used for raising tobacco. Mrs. Anderson’s father, John, also became a tobacco grower, his fine products being shipped upon wagon trains across the Alleghanies to the market at Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Anderson’s mother was Mary Hurt McConihay, she and Mr. McConihay had 14 children. Mrs. Anderson was the last of these to survive. She was born on April 30, 1848, at Lewiston near here, and spent her entire life as a resident of this section. As a girl she attended school in Charleston and at Point Pleasant.
After Mr. Anderson’s death, Mrs. Anderson devoted much of her time to the First Presbyterian, of which she was a life-long member, and to charities of different kinds – to social and civic activities. Her interest always ran along lines which would benefit her church and the community in which she lived. She helped to plan the building of two of the first Presbyterian church, including the present structure at Broad and Virginia streets, and the old one that formerly was at Hale and Quarrier streets. She had many friends of all walks of life. She was a regular attendant at all church service until recently, when the condition of her health prevented her from going out of the house.
At one time she resided at the home of Mrs. S. L. Flournoy, in Virginia street, but in recent years resided with her son, in Kanawha City.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] May 3, 1934 Thu
Ella was the daughter of John McConihay & Mary Pell HURT. She married John Anderson
Widow of City’s Pioneer Shoe Merchant Passes;
Rites on Friday
The funeral of Mrs. Ella McConihay Anderson, 87 years old, a member of one of Kanawha county’s oldest and best known families, who died Wednesday night at the home of her son, Harry McC. Anderson, in Kanawha City, will be held at the First Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. Friday. She will be buried in the Spring Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her son, her only child. Her husband, John Anderson, who established Charleston’s first wholesale boot and shoe business, died in 1897. He came to Charleston from Wheeling in 1870, and he and Mrs. Anderson, who was Ella McConihay, the daughter of John McConihay, were married in 1871.
Mr. Anderson’s shoe firm sent out Charleston’s first traveling salesmen.
John McConihay, the father of Mrs. Anderson, came to Kanawha County from Virginia 1810 with his father, who was Ira McConihay, one of the first men to establish a salt works in this section. He settled on the south side of the Kanawha river near Marmet, and acquired many acres of land, for which he used for raising tobacco. Mrs. Anderson’s father, John, also became a tobacco grower, his fine products being shipped upon wagon trains across the Alleghanies to the market at Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Anderson’s mother was Mary Hurt McConihay, she and Mr. McConihay had 14 children. Mrs. Anderson was the last of these to survive. She was born on April 30, 1848, at Lewiston near here, and spent her entire life as a resident of this section. As a girl she attended school in Charleston and at Point Pleasant.
After Mr. Anderson’s death, Mrs. Anderson devoted much of her time to the First Presbyterian, of which she was a life-long member, and to charities of different kinds – to social and civic activities. Her interest always ran along lines which would benefit her church and the community in which she lived. She helped to plan the building of two of the first Presbyterian church, including the present structure at Broad and Virginia streets, and the old one that formerly was at Hale and Quarrier streets. She had many friends of all walks of life. She was a regular attendant at all church service until recently, when the condition of her health prevented her from going out of the house.
At one time she resided at the home of Mrs. S. L. Flournoy, in Virginia street, but in recent years resided with her son, in Kanawha City.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] May 3, 1934 Thu
Ella was the daughter of John McConihay & Mary Pell HURT. She married John Anderson
Mrs. Anderson Taken In Death
Widow of City’s Pioneer Shoe Merchant Passes;
Rites on Friday
The funeral of Mrs. Ella McConihay Anderson, 87 years old, a member of one of Kanawha county’s oldest and best known families, who died Wednesday night at the home of her son, Harry McC. Anderson, in Kanawha City, will be held at the First Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. Friday. She will be buried in the Spring Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her son, her only child. Her husband, John Anderson, who established Charleston’s first wholesale boot and shoe business, died in 1897. He came to Charleston from Wheeling in 1870, and he and Mrs. Anderson, who was Ella McConihay, the daughter of John McConihay, were married in 1871.
Mr. Anderson’s shoe firm sent out Charleston’s first traveling salesmen.
John McConihay, the father of Mrs. Anderson, came to Kanawha County from Virginia 1810 with his father, who was Ira McConihay, one of the first men to establish a salt works in this section. He settled on the south side of the Kanawha river near Marmet, and acquired many acres of land, for which he used for raising tobacco. Mrs. Anderson’s father, John, also became a tobacco grower, his fine products being shipped upon wagon trains across the Alleghanies to the market at Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Anderson’s mother was Mary Hurt McConihay, she and Mr. McConihay had 14 children. Mrs. Anderson was the last of these to survive. She was born on April 30, 1848, at Lewiston near here, and spent her entire life as a resident of this section. As a girl she attended school in Charleston and at Point Pleasant.
After Mr. Anderson’s death, Mrs. Anderson devoted much of her time to the First Presbyterian, of which she was a life-long member, and to charities of different kinds – to social and civic activities. Her interest always ran along lines which would benefit her church and the community in which she lived. She helped to plan the building of two of the first Presbyterian church, including the present structure at Broad and Virginia streets, and the old one that formerly was at Hale and Quarrier streets. She had many friends of all walks of life. She was a regular attendant at all church service until recently, when the condition of her health prevented her from going out of the house.
At one time she resided at the home of Mrs. S. L. Flournoy, in Virginia street, but in recent years resided with her son, in Kanawha City.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] May 3, 1934 Thu
Ella was the daughter of John McConihay & Mary Pell HURT. She married John Anderson
Widow of City’s Pioneer Shoe Merchant Passes;
Rites on Friday
The funeral of Mrs. Ella McConihay Anderson, 87 years old, a member of one of Kanawha county’s oldest and best known families, who died Wednesday night at the home of her son, Harry McC. Anderson, in Kanawha City, will be held at the First Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. Friday. She will be buried in the Spring Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her son, her only child. Her husband, John Anderson, who established Charleston’s first wholesale boot and shoe business, died in 1897. He came to Charleston from Wheeling in 1870, and he and Mrs. Anderson, who was Ella McConihay, the daughter of John McConihay, were married in 1871.
Mr. Anderson’s shoe firm sent out Charleston’s first traveling salesmen.
John McConihay, the father of Mrs. Anderson, came to Kanawha County from Virginia 1810 with his father, who was Ira McConihay, one of the first men to establish a salt works in this section. He settled on the south side of the Kanawha river near Marmet, and acquired many acres of land, for which he used for raising tobacco. Mrs. Anderson’s father, John, also became a tobacco grower, his fine products being shipped upon wagon trains across the Alleghanies to the market at Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Anderson’s mother was Mary Hurt McConihay, she and Mr. McConihay had 14 children. Mrs. Anderson was the last of these to survive. She was born on April 30, 1848, at Lewiston near here, and spent her entire life as a resident of this section. As a girl she attended school in Charleston and at Point Pleasant.
After Mr. Anderson’s death, Mrs. Anderson devoted much of her time to the First Presbyterian, of which she was a life-long member, and to charities of different kinds – to social and civic activities. Her interest always ran along lines which would benefit her church and the community in which she lived. She helped to plan the building of two of the first Presbyterian church, including the present structure at Broad and Virginia streets, and the old one that formerly was at Hale and Quarrier streets. She had many friends of all walks of life. She was a regular attendant at all church service until recently, when the condition of her health prevented her from going out of the house.
At one time she resided at the home of Mrs. S. L. Flournoy, in Virginia street, but in recent years resided with her son, in Kanawha City.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] May 3, 1934 Thu
Ella was the daughter of John McConihay & Mary Pell HURT. She married John Anderson
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