The Next Generation — Part 2:
John Anderson and Lydia Kellogg
Written by Perry Exley - Reviewed by Patti Jobe and Andy Leary
The September 2011 Anderson Clan
News article entitled “The Early Andersons
in America” covered three generations of Andersons, namely Robert Anderson, his son
George Anderson and his grandson Lemuel
Anderson. Part 1 of this series covered Lemuel’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 subsequent article(s).
Lemuel Anderson and Rachel Hall
were married on February 1, 1787 in Mansfield Township, Windham County, Connecticut. 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 Anderson’s fourth child. He was born March 9,
1796 in Mansfield Township, Windham
County, Connecticut. John moved to Willington Township, Tolland County, Connecticut about 1797 with his parents and three
siblings. The Andersons had lived in Mansfield 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 living in Willington Township whereas the Kellogg 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
Huron County Ohio—1826
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 parents and siblings behind and moved to Eldridge 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
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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 began. 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.
Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Western_Reserve_Including_the_Fire_Lands_1826.jpg
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 purchased 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
John Anderson & Lydia Kellogg
Marriage Record—March 5, 1818
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;
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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 children had died by mid-1830, while the family
Town of Eldridge, Huron County Plat
was living in Eldridge Township, Huron
County.
Those children were Brigham,
Amos, Elijah and Elisha. Melissa died sometime 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 temple 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 purchased 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 Berlin 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 August 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
Town of Florence, Huron County Plat
It is not clear whether John and Lydia
moved to Kirtland to help build the temple.
The family moved to Fishing River Township, Clay County, Missouri in September
1835 from Ohio. The Missouri Mormons had
begun to move across the Missouri River a
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(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 Burnham Anderson married Sally Maria Cutler
on December 31, 1837 in Richmond, Ray
County, Missouri. The marriage was registered January 5, 1838 in Richmond. Between 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 understanding that it would be dedicated to Mormon settlers, with its county seat in Far
West.
John Anderson attended a LDS Conference on November 7, 1837 at Far West.
Fishing River Township
Clay County, Missouri—1877
year earlier because of past difficulties in
Jackson County. John and Lydia had obtained a 60 acre farm in Section 28 of Fishing River Township (identified as Township
52 North of Range 30 West of the 5th Meridian), 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 Counties. John and Lydia moved in February
1837 to Mirabile Township, Caldwell County
Buckley & Sally Anderson
Marriage Record—January 1838
Caldwell County, Missouri—1838
Mormon Exodus from Missouri - 1838/39
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John had a Church meeting held at his home
in 1838.
The Mormon War had begun on August 6, 1838 and continued on until November 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 issued 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 occurred on October 30, 1838, and the siege of
Far West by the Missouri militia, the Mormons agreed to evacuate the State by the
next spring, thus fulfilling the Executive Order. Missouri blamed the Mormons for the
conflict, forcing the Mormons to sign over all
their lands in order to pay for the state militia muster.
In 1838, John and Lydia and their children (Blakely B, Aaron Burr, William Wallace, 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 Extermination Order forced most of the Mormon 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 married Samuel Thompson on August 30, 1838
in Huron County, Ohio. They had four children between 1839 and 1845.
By June 1840, John and Lydia were
living in Nauvoo. During their stay in Nauvoo, 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
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John and Lydia participated in a
LDS Endowment Ceremony on
January 24, 1846 in Nauvoo.
Buckley and Sally had participated in a LDS Endowment Ceremony on January 3, 1846 in Nauvoo.
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
Partial Map of Hancock County, Illinois—1844
Quarters, Nebraska Territory.
It is likely that John and his family
and Lydia's son Buckley and his family lived
in three locations: Nauvoo Block 49, Lot 2 spent time at Winter Quarters before they
(likely with Buckley’s parents); Nauvoo moved to Cutler’s Camp on Silver Creek.
Block 60, Lot 2; and Kimball 1st Block 2, Lot Buckley and Sally and family lived at Win55. The Nauvoo Block is turquoise in colour ter Quarters Fifteenth Ward Residential
Area with their four children.
on the map on page 6.
On December 9, 1846, John and
John also owned 160 acres identified
as the NW Quarter in Section 17 of Prairie Lydia’s grandson Adney A C was born at
Township about five miles west of Carthage, Winter Quarters, and five months later died
Illinois (see map above). John was a 3rd of inflammation of the bowels on May 11,
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
Partial Map of Mills County, Iowa — 1875
worked as a Temple Stone Cutter.
Cutler’s Camp & Buckley’s 40 Acres Highlighted
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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 Anderson 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. Joseph 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 opportunity 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
Map of Manti, Fremont County, Iowa—c1860
likely at Cutler’s Camp on Silver
Creek. In August 1851, John Anderson par- Meridian.
John and Lydia’s son William Wallace
ticipated in the first Mills County election
married Jane Lookabill on August 20, 1854.
voting in the Silver Creek precinct.
During the spring of 1852, a committee They had thirteen children over the next 28
of Silver Creek Saints located the site of a years, four who died as infants or young chilnew settlement in south-western Iowa. dren.
Between 1853 and 1856, John AnderAbout thirty-five to forty Latter-day Saint
families moved to this village which was son died likely in Fisher Township, Fremont
given the Book of Mormon name Manti. In County, Iowa. The exact location and date of
September 1853, Alpheus Cutler began bap- his death and burial are unknown. Howtizing his followers into the Church of Jesus ever, John Anderson is listed as a member of
the Cutlerites dated 1853. The Iowa State
Christ (Cutlerite).
Early in the 1850s, Buckley and his Census for 1856 shows Lydia as a widow,
family moved back to Iowa from Missouri to living at Manti, Fremont County, Iowa with
a 40 acre plot of land in Oak Township, Mills her son William Wallace and his family.
John and Lydia’s son Henry Morton
County. Buckley purchased these 40 acres
of public lands on June 15, 1855. The pur- Anderson married Lois Asenath Sherman on
chased public lands are identified as the NE March 8, 1855 at Manti, Fremont County,
quarter of NE quarter of Section 28 in Town- Iowa. Their daughter Lois A Anderson was
ship 73 North in Range 42 West of the 5th born about 1858 at Manti. However, Lois A
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Anderson’s mother died that same year, perhaps 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 living 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 Reorganized LDS (RLDS) Church on May 6, 1863 at
Manti by Elders W.W. Blair and W. Baldwin. 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.
Part of Audubon Township
Becker County, Minnesota—1871
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 December 30, 1869.
Buckley B. Anderson, having received
positive reports about the opportunities and
free land, moved to Becker County, Minnesota, 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 daughter Jerusha, who was the wife of Jackson
Burdick, came with her husband and three
children in the same party with the Andersons. 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 northwest quarter, and the west half of the northeast 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-
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Oakwood Cemetery, Becker County
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 arrangements 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 Registrar 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 gravestone 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 today.
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 established the Oakwood Cemetery, which still
exists today under the name Felker Cemetery. 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 location.
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 grandmothers 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.
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