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Andrew Jackson Anderson

Birth	:	12 Apr 1842 LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	15 Dec 1917 San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial	:	Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.2991982, -122.2688980
Plot	:	Lot 6, block 92
Description	:	Andrew was one of ten children born to Norwegian immigrants who came to America aboard the historic sloop Restauration in 1825 and who eventually settled (& are buried) in Napa Co., California. His parents and a younger brother are buried elsewhere at Tulocay. He was most likely born on the Anderson farm in Rutland Township, part of the early Norwegian settlement in the Fox River area in LaSalle County of north-central Illinois. Following traditional Norwegian naming practices, he was probably the 1st born son in this family and was given the Americanized name “Andrew” after his paternal... Read More	Andrew was one of ten children born to Norwegian immigrants who came to America aboard the historic sloop Restauration in 1825 and who eventually settled (& are buried) in Napa Co., California. His parents and a younger brother are buried elsewhere at Tulocay. He was most likely born on the Anderson farm in Rutland Township, part of the early Norwegian settlement in the Fox River area in LaSalle County of north-central Illinois. Following traditional Norwegian naming practices, he was probably the 1st born son in this family and was given the Americanized name “Andrew” after his paternal grandfather “Anders” Knudsen Slogvik. Andrew was the only male child in this family to become an adult and marry. As a 6 year-old, his family moved to southwestern Iowa where they were “one of the five first settlers in Grove Township, Pottawattamie County,” an area that later became known as Wheeler’s Grove. Six years after his family established this successful farm, the family move west again in 1854, this time to settle, acquire land and start farming in the Soscol area south of the town of Napa, California. According to the Norwegian immigrant history book, “The Sloopers,”* Andrew was called “the man with the golden finger. He was not much of a mechanic but he was a good business man and everything he touched turned to gold. … When his father died [1864], Andrew took over the operation of the home ranch at Soscol. Two years later he married Melissa B. Broadhurst.” With his father’s estate settled, Andrew, his new wife and his mother moved in 1869 back to the family’s Iowa farm. “In Iowa, Andrew built a nice frame house diagonally across the Mormon Trail to the southwest. … About 1880 Andrew J. Anderson acquired interests in the nearby town of Carson, Iowa. Here he was very successful with the ownership of a grain elevator and had a large business shipping grain. He lived in a large house in town but he was a diligent worker and continued to raise stock and run the farm, which he increased to 1000 acres. … During his Iowa residence, Andrew was quite active in Masonry.” He was also an active member of the Wheeler Grove Branch of the RLDS Church. Andrew, then only age 46½, and his wife retired and moved to San Diego, CA, in December 1888. Apparently finding retirement not to his liking, he and his wife, joined by his aging mother, moved to the Sacramento Valley in northern California. There he bought 1300 acres west of the tiny community of Fruto, west of Willows, Glenn County. He went into stock raising and expanded his holdings to a little over 3.500 acres. It was on this ranch that his mother died in 1898, and, 17 years later after over 48 years of marriage, his wife died in 1915. After Melissa’s death, Andrew sold his Fruto ranch holdings and his 600 head of high grade cattle. He retired again, this time to San Jose, California, where one of Melissa’s sisters lived. Intending to just put all of his money in a bank, he instead saw another investment opportunity. He entered a real estate partnership with a Mr. Montgomery dealing with commercial properties. One such property was a “two story brick building [which ] came to be known as the Anderson building,** for Andrew owned it and lived on the second floor. … The man with the golden finger died in November, 1917. He was buried beside his wife in Troucalay [sic.] Cemetery, Napa, California. The Iowa land and the rest of his estate were divided among his heirs.” Andrew and his wife had no children. Only 2 of his sisters married and had children of their own to expand the descendants from this Norwegian immigrant family. Andrew’s death in 1917 ended any direct continuation of the family’s “Anderson” surname. * Rosdail, J. Hart, "The Sloopers; Their Ancestry and Posterity; The Story of the People on the Norwegian Mayflower, The Sloop, 'Restoration'." Broadview, IL: Norwegian Slooper Society of America, 1961. **Family records indicate that A. J. Anderson owned a half interest in the commercial building at the corner of San Antonio St. & S. 2nd St. in the center of downtown San Jose. ----- "James B. Newman, cement contractor and monument builder, was preparing to install an all-polished granite monument and concrete wall around the lot for Andrew J. Anderson." Napa Valley Register, May 22, 1922 -----

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Andrew Jackson Anderson's memorial is located at: Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa County, USA.
When did Andrew Jackson Anderson death?
Andrew Jackson Anderson death on 15 Dec 1917 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Andrew Jackson Anderson's memorial?
Latitude: 38.2991982
Longitude: -122.2688980

Family Members:

Parent

Jacob Anderson

(1807 - 1864)

Serena Tormodsdatter Madland Anderson

(1813 - 1898)

Spouse

Melissa Broadhurst Anderson

(1846 - 1915)

Siblings

Jacob Anderson Jr.

(1844 - 1866)

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