The Vital Statistic of Sherwood Berton Anderson

Sherwood Berton Anderson

The Author of Winesburg Ohio

The Vital Statistic of Sherwood Berton Anderson

Name: Sherwood Berton Anderson
Born: September 13, 1876 Camden Preble County Ohio
Died: March 8, 1941; Colón Panama
Spouse: 1. Cornelia Lane
2. Tennessee Mitchell
3. Elizabeth N. Prall
4. Eleanor Gladys Copenhaver
Parents: Father: Irwin Major-McLain Anderson
Mother: Emma Jane Smith
Occupation: Author
Served: 1898 Army National Guard Left Chicago Serve Cuba after Combat had ended in the Spanish American War
Chronology
1898—Anderson left Chicago to serve in Cuba [after combat had ended] in the Spanish American War.
Political Party: Democrat
Cause of Death: peritonitis Intestinal Blockage
Contribute: Swallowed tooth pick while eating olive
Date of Burial: March 26, 1941
Interment: Round Hill Cemetery. Marion Smyth County Virginia

1st

Cornelia Platt Lane

1st Wife Cornelia Platt Lane

Name: Cornelia Platt Lane
Born: May 16, 1877 Toledo Lucas County Ohio
Died: April 1967 Madison, Rockingham County North Carolina
Spouse: Sherwood Anderson
Parents: Robert Herber Lane, Kate Pepple
Occupation: Public School Teacher
Social Security: 230-42-3234
Cause of Death: Record Pending
Age at Death: YRS: 89
Date of Burial:
Interment:

Married: May 16, 1904 Toledo, Lucas County Ohio
Separation: 1914
Divorced: July 1916
Some day in July three days later he marries Tennessee Mitchell

Issues: Robert Lane Anderson, John Sherwood Anderson, Marion Mimi Anderson [Spear]

Children:

1. Robert Lane Anderson
Born: August 16, 1907 Elyria Lorraine County Ohio
Died: June 1951 Marion Smyth County Virginia
Spouse: Mary Leigh Chryst
Parents: Sherwood Berton Anderson
Cornelia Pratt Lane
Occupation: Editor/ Journalist
Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
Date of Burial:
Social Security #: 227-03-3065
Interment:
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2. John Sherwood Anderson
Born: December 31, 1908 Elyria Lorraine County Ohio
Died: July 7, 1995 Chicago Cook County Illinois
Spouse: Eleanor Crist or Chryst
Parents: Sherwood Berton Anderson
Cornelia Pratt Lane
Occupation: Journalist
Social Security #: 224-12-6203
Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
Date of Burial:
Interment:
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3. Marion Mimi Anderson
Born: October 29, 1911 Elyria Lorraine County Ohio
Died: January 20, 1996 Madison, Rockingham County North Carolina
Spouse: Russell Mayo Spear
Parents: Sherwood Berton Anderson
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
Date of Burial:
Social Security #: 243-48-3964
Date of Burial:
Interment:

2nd
Tennessee Mitchell--Passport Photo

2nd Wife Tennessee Mitchell

Name: Tennessee Mitchell
Alias: Jennie , Tennie, Tennis, Tenne
Born: April 18, 1874 Jackson South Central Michigan
Died: December 26, 1929 Chicago Cook County Illinois
Spouse: Sherwood Berton Anderson
Parents: Jay P Mitchell
Martha C. “Mattie” Stockham
Occupation: Sculptress
Cause of Death: Lung Hemorrhage
Age at death: YRS: 55
Burial Date: December 31, 1929
Interment: Graceland Cemetery Chicago Cook County Illinois

Married: July 1916 Chateauguay St. Lawrence County New York
Separation: 1922
Divorced: April 24, 1924 Reno Nevada

Sherwood Anderson files for a divorce on the grounds of Justifiable desertion and Mitchell did not contest the divorce. Source: New York Times December 27, 1929 Tennessee Mitchell’s Obituary.

3rd
Elizabeth N.Prall

With Sherwood Anderson/Passport Photo

3rd Wife Elizabeth N. Prall

Name: Elizabeth N. Prall
Born: December 14, 1884 Saginaw, Saginaw County Michigan
Died: April 1976
Spouse: Sherwood Berton Anderson
Parents: Delbert N. Prall, Jane Wight
Occupation: Bookstore Manager, School Teacher Liberian
Political Party: Democrat
Religion
Cause of Death:
Interment:

Married: 1924 Reno Nevada
Separated: August 30, 1928
Divorce: 1932

4th
Eleanor Gladys Copenhaver


4th Wife Eleanor Glady’s Copenhaver

Name: Eleanor Gladys Copenhaver
Born: June 15, 1896 Marion Smyth County Virginia
Died: September 12, 1985 Marion Smyth County Virginia
Spouse: Sherwood Bernton Anderson
Parents: Father: Bascom Eugene Copenhaver
----------Mother: Laura Lu Scherer
Occupation: YCWA---Social Worker
Cause of Death: Death Record Pending
Political Party: Democrat
Religion: Lutheran
Interment: Round Hill Cemetery Marion Smyth County Virginia

Married: April 5, 1933 Marion Smyth County Virginia.

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