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1847–1868

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Birth Date
3 October 1842
Death Date
27 January 1922
Gender
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James Anderson Sr.

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  • He came from Scotland on the ship, Enoch Train in 1856 with his mother, Agnes and brothers, John and Archibald, Jr. His father Archibald came a year earlier. 

Daniel D. McArthur Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 13

Traveled with

  • Agnes Anderson (Age: 52)
  • Archibald Adamson Anderson (Age: 20)
  • John Anderson (Age: 15)

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • 1880 Utah Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • 1910 Utah Census.
  • 1920 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Ogden: W. H. Lever, 1898), 358.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 26 September 1856, 33.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 156.
  • United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926.
  • Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.