Saturday, September 23, 2017

Emma Jane Smith The Wife of Irwin McLain Anderson The Mother of Sherwood Berton Anderson American Novelist and Karl James Anderson American Artist

Emma Jane Smith  The Wife of Irwin McLain Anderson  The Mother of Sherwood Berton Anderson American Novelist and Karl James Anderson American Artist
Anderson’s beautiful and beloved mother Emma Smith Anderson, born in Oxford, Ohio in 1852. The family split up after her death in 1895. Photo from “Sherwood Anderson:

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Name: Emma Jane Smith 
Born: October 2, 1852, Oxford, Butler, Ohio, USA
Died: May 10, 1895 216 Spring Street; Clyde Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Irwin McLain Anderson
Parents: William H. Smith 
             Margaret Austry
Occupation: Hard Working Homemaker
Cause of Death: Consumption
Death Record: VOL: 3 Page 41
Age at Death: YRS: 42 MOS: 8 DYS: 2
FUNERAL: by REV George E. Wilson
                       216 Spring Street; Clyde Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Religion: Methodist 1st 
Religion: Presbyterian 2nd
Find A Grave Memorial# 109036773
Interment: McPherson Cemetery, Clyde Sandusky, Ohio,  USA

Sherwood Anderson A Writer in America Volume 1 by Walter B. Rideout Introduction by Charles Modlin
Margaret Austry, was originally from Germany.  She was the daughter of one Henry Austry and was born, probably near Berlin, on September 10, 1830.  When she was still a young child, her parents brought her to the United States.  On December 22, 1851, at age of Cincinnati, for on that day she was married by a justice of the peace to William H. Smith, possibly an Englishman and a teacher, who probably lived near Oxford. By this husband Margaret had two daughters.  The first of these, Emma Jane, who was to become the mother of Sherwood Anderson, was born on October 1, 1852, near Oxford.  What-ever William Smith may have been like, faithfulness was not one of his strong points; in March of 1854 shortly before the birth of Emma’s sister Mary Ann, and he deserted his wife “without any cause” and permanently disappeared, leaving his family without support of her parents.

Sherwood Anderson A Writer in America Volume 1 by Walter B. Rideout Introduction by Charles Modlin
On July 8, 1857 Margaret Smith petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County for a divorce, custody of the children, “reasonable alimony,” and restoration “to her maiden name Margaret Ostray on December 4, 1857, the divorce was granted.  Margaret was given exclusive Custody of the Children.

The divorce decree released Margaret to marry again, and shortly thereafter, on March 29, 1858, she married a Louis Meyers, who seems to have been a farmer or farm laborer of German extraction, to have been about two years older than she, and to have lived either in or near Oxford [Butler] County Ohio.  However, though a year later Margaret bore yet another daughter, also named Margaret, this second marriage was hardly more fortunate than the first; for it appears that Louis Myers was killed by a bolt of lightning while standing under a tree.”

Sherwood Anderson A Writer in America Volume 1 by Walter B. Rideout Introduction by Charles Modlin
Pg. 13-14:  The University Press of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0-209-21530-x Date: 2006

Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center about Emma J Anderson 
Name: Emma J Anderson [Emma J Smith]  Birth Date: abt 1853 Death Date: 10 May 1895 Age at Death: 42 Death Place: Clyde Spouse: I M Newspaper: Clyde Enterprise, Clyde, Ohio Newspaper Date: 14 May 1895 Newspaper Page: p. 3, col. 5 Years Indexed: 1878-current Newspaper Repository: Hayes Presidential Library - Fremont, Oh; Hayes Presidential Library - Fremont, Oh  Pending Source Information: Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=OHobit%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Emma&gsln=Anderson&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUSA&gs1pl=38%2cOhio&year=1852&yearend=1895&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_sch=Web+Property&pcat=34&fh=0&h=145993&recoff=11+12

Ohio Obituary Index
Basic information for person: Last Name:  ANDERSON  First Name:  EMMA Middle Name:  J  Spouse First Name:  I M  Age at Time of Death:  42 City of Death:  CLYDE  Month of Death:  5   Day of Death:  10  Year of Death:  1895  Other Names  There is 1 other family name for this person:  1.)  Last Name:  SMITH  First Name:  EMMA  Middle:  J
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CLYDE ENTER PRISE MAY 14, 1895 PG 3 COLUMN 5
Emma J.., wife of I.M. Anderson who had been lying very Ill for several weeks, died at her home on Spring Street on Friday afternoon, aged forty-two years, eight months, and nine days. The funeral was held at the house Sunday at three O Clock conducted by REV George E. Wilson; the burial will be in McPherson Cemetery.

Mrs. Emma Smith Anderson was born October 1, 1852 near Oxford Butler County Ohio.  She united with the Methodist at Oxford in 1865.  On March 11, 1873, and She married to Mr. I. M. Anderson at the College Corner.  The family moved to Clyde in March 1884, and in 1891 deceased united with the Presbyterian church at this place.  She was faithful, consistent Christian.  She leaves two Sisters, Mrs. Theodore Finch, and Mrs. Mary Jones; and mother, husband, five sons and a daughter.

Mrs. Anderson was a most estimable lady and leaves very many friends who sympathize with the family in their sad affliction.

Death Record of Emma Jane Smith Anderson






The Marriage of
Irwin
&
Emma


Married: March 11, 1873 Israel, Preble ,Ohio, USA
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Sherwood Anderson A Writer in America Volume 1 by Walter B. Rideout Introduction by Charles Modlin
February 26, 1873, Irwin Anderson, age twenty-seven, and Emma Smith age twenty, were granted a marriage license by the probate judge of Preble County; and on March 11, they were united in marriage by the Reverenced Joseph MacHatton, pastor, for a dozen years of Hopewell Church, at a ceremony in the Faris Home.

Religion—Anderson Family--Presbyterian
Emma Smith Anderson decided to leave the Methodism for Presbyterianism, for on August 21, 1873, she was received into the Hopewell Church.  Religion was to be comfort in the difficult years yet to come.
 Sherwood Anderson A Writer in America Volume 1 by Walter B. Rideout Introduction by Charles Modlin 
Pg. 15:  The University Press of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0-209-21530-x Date: 2006

Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 about Emma Smith
Name: Anderson, Irwin M. Spouse: Smith, Emma Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1873 County: Preble State:
OH Source Information: Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900


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Children




Estelle, Karl James
Irwin McLain Jr., Ray Maynard, Earl Jason, & Sherwood Berton


Karl, Irwin Jr., Sherwood, Estella, Ray, &; Earl










                                                       











                                                                                  Find A Grave Memorial# 109036773
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In this picture Sherwood is in Den working above on the wall is the picture of his beloved mother Emma the same one displayed on my blog.
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