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Melissa Broadhurst Anderson

Birth	:	2 Jan 1846 Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Death	:	28 Jan 1915 Fruto, Glenn County, California, USA
Burial	:	Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.2991982, -122.2688980
Plot	:	lot 6, block 92
Description	:	Melissa was the 2nd of 4 children born to Joseph Broadhurst and his 1st wife Nancy (Gorham). Melissa and all of her full siblings were born in Michigan. When Melissa was around age 8, her mother died and her father remarried about 2 years after becoming widowed. Shortly after this 2nd marriage the family, consisting of Melissa’s farther, her new step-mother and her 2 younger siblings, reportedly came to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama in 1856. The family settled in the Napa area and it was there that Melissa met and married Andrew... Read More	Melissa was the 2nd of 4 children born to Joseph Broadhurst and his 1st wife Nancy (Gorham). Melissa and all of her full siblings were born in Michigan. When Melissa was around age 8, her mother died and her father remarried about 2 years after becoming widowed. Shortly after this 2nd marriage the family, consisting of Melissa’s farther, her new step-mother and her 2 younger siblings, reportedly came to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama in 1856. The family settled in the Napa area and it was there that Melissa met and married Andrew Anderson in June 1866. Melissa’s father and step-mother reportedly had 5 children of their own after arriving in California. While little is known about Melissa’s personality, family records suggest she was an attentive and supportive wife to her successful husband in his many farming and business endeavors. She and Andrew had no children, although there was one indication of an adoption of a young girl by the name of Alice Weeks in the 1880 US Census when Melissa and her husband were living in Iowa. Information about this girl does not appear again in any family documents or stories. Records indicate that Melissa and her husband were members of the RLDS Church. After Melissa and Andrew started their married life in Napa County, they moved around 1869 to Andrew’s previously established family farm in the Wheeler Grove area of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. With them in this move was Andrew’s widowed mother and his youngest sister Julia. They built a new home on this farm and lived there until around 1880 when they moved with Andrew’s mother to the town of Carson, Iowa. After this move 6 miles northwest, her husband, in addition to his expanding farming enterprises, established a large grain shipping business in conjunction with the grain elevator that he then owned. From their new large home in Carson the agricultural business expanded and diversified. In 1888 Andrew and Melissa retired to San Diego, California. This retirement was short lived, as they moved north in 1894 where her husband bought large acreage in the Fruto area west of Willows in Glenn County. Here, living with Andrew’s aging mother and often having relatives and friends come to visit, their cattle ranching operation prospered and expanded until the size of their ranch reportedly exceeded 3,500 acres. It was on this Fruto ranch that Melissa died. Her death notice appeared in “The Willows Review”, Willows, Glenn County, California, Friday, February 5, 1915, page 3, column 2, as follows: "Mrs. Melissa (sic) B. Anderson, aged wife of A. J. Anderson, a stock raiser who resides a mile West of Fruto, died last Thursday morning. She was a native of Michigan, aged 69 years. The remains were shipped to Napa for burial." [ NOTE: Initially it was believed that she was buried first in Glenn Co. where she died and then her body moved at a later date to be buried next to her husband at the Napa Tulocay Cemetery. However her Glenn Co. death notice clearly indicates that her body was sent to Napa. Records at the Napa cemetery indicate that her body was "moved" 18 Dec 1917 to be re-buried next to her husband in block 92, lot 6. She therefore must have been buried first in a different part of this Napa cemetery. ]

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Melissa Broadhurst Anderson's memorial is located at: Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa County, USA.
When did Melissa Broadhurst Anderson death?
Melissa Broadhurst Anderson death on 28 Jan 1915 in Fruto, Glenn County, California, USA
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Latitude: 38.2991982
Longitude: -122.2688980

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Broadhurst

(1818 - 1887)

Nancy Gorham Broadhurst

(1824 - 1851)

Spouse

Andrew Jackson Anderson

(1842 - 1917)

Siblings

Alpheus Broadhurst

(1849 - 1921)

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