Does anyone know if there is a way to find information on a relative that was a Mason, Eastern Star or an Elk? Sandy

I've read so many messages titled "George m. Vannoy" or whatever it was ... can we PLEASE remember to change the subject lines? Thanks ... Kay

I have so many John Anderson's but none that would have been in the VA/WV area as early as 1797 I don't think. I was thinking on the Charlestown Academy though and I could see my Anderson's sending a son there as we were/are a family of educators and big believers even back then in education. In fact, one of my ggggggg-fathers' sons (don't know how many) was probably one of the first teachers in PA: Taken from the 1910 Historical Souvenir Book for Phoenixville, Pa: "that probably the earliest teacher in this vicinity was Patrick Anderson, son of James Anderson, a Scotchman by birth, who was the first settler in what is now SchuykillTownship, in about the year 1710. Patrick Anderson, his son, when quite young, was sent by his parents to Philadelphia, there to be educated; and this was done of course, because of the lack of schools then in this section of the country. Mr. Pennypacker in his history says, that upon Patrick's return from Philadelphia, 'he taught the children of the neighbors in his father's house.'"

In "Kentucky Land Grants" (for Rev. War. Service) there is a Jonathan Anderson listed 1783 Lincoln Co. Can anyone tell me anything about him and if he is the father of the Jonathan b. abt.1800 Ky. and married Elizabeth Pettyjohn in Pulaski Co. Feb.02,1822 Is this the same John Anderson m to Barbara Jane Landers 8Mar.,1805? If so who was Jonathan b. Abt. 1800 Mother? Jenny Oldham jloldham@vvm.com

--part1_4f.50ea1e.25b13fa4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_4f.50ea1e.25b13fa4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <PKB1969@worldnet.att.net> Received: from rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (rly-zc01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.1]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:07:17 1900 Received: from mtiwmhc07.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc07.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.42]) by rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:07:04 1900 Received: from newmicronpc ([12.79.203.71]) by mtiwmhc07.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with ESMTP id <20000115030703.LTDC1891@newmicronpc> for <MAGICKRN@aol.com>; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:07:03 +0000 From: "Patrick Bouchard" <PKB1969@worldnet.att.net> To: <MAGICKRN@aol.com> Subject: Re: members Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:24:08 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20000115030703.LTDC1891@newmicronpc> Dear Sheila, What may help you is the following: 1) Find out where your relatives were living for the majority of their lives. 2) Contact the Grand Lodge of the states involved, or in the case that they lived in one town for their entire adult lives, perhaps contact the Lodge and leave a message with the name of the relative you think may have been a Mason. There is a list of those Grand Lodge on-line at: http://mastermason.com/mmlinks/GL.htm This is not always fool-proof...records can get lost when Lodges become defunct or consolidate or merge into other Lodges. Good luck in your search!!!! Pat Bouchard NJ ---------- From: MAGICKRN@aol.com To: freemasonry-list@MASONIC.ORG Subject: members Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:44 PM My grandfather John S. DeBusk was a Mason in Northfork, WV last lived there in the early 1980's. I was a Rainbow girl in the 1970's. How do I find out if I have other relatives that were Masons? Is there a search list somewhere? Others that I know would like to know if they have Mason ancestors. Sheila Anderson-Lewis --part1_4f.50ea1e.25b13fa4_boundary--

My Anderson's were from SD, anyone have anything? I have just started tracing my family, so I don't have much info......any help would be great. Thanks Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Kincaid" <skincaid@cwv.net> To: <ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-L] George W. ANDERSON m. VANNOY > Some of the Anderson's that I have found were fairly wealthy , in land that > is. > I also have a George in the Anderson's I am searching , where is yours from. > Sarah > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BKAYMEL@aol.com> > To: <ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:00 AM > Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-L] George W. ANDERSON m. VANNOY > > > > In a message dated 1/13/2000 1:22:19 AM EST, Poiu5432@aol.com writes: > > > > << George & Elizabeth's marriage could have been when they were > > children >> > > > > True - but at 2 years old? We're not talking about a wealthy family > here - > > the Anderson family anyways - unless something happened that I don't know > > about, lol! > > > > > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > > Some Members ANDERSON Web Pages > > rickshay@grin.net (Rick Anderson) > > http://www.grin.net/~rickshay/anderson/JAnderson/WC_TOC.htm > > AmyHutton@aol.com (Amy Hutton) > > http://members.aol.com/AmyHutton/Anderson.html > > SAnderson@mailhost.accolade.com (Slade Anderson) > > http://www.slade-anderson.com > > farris@netnitco.net (Bryan L. Farris) > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9649/gen.htm > > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > Some Members ANDERSON Web Pages > rickshay@grin.net (Rick Anderson) > http://www.grin.net/~rickshay/anderson/JAnderson/WC_TOC.htm > AmyHutton@aol.com (Amy Hutton) > http://members.aol.com/AmyHutton/Anderson.html > SAnderson@mailhost.accolade.com (Slade Anderson) > http://www.slade-anderson.com > farris@netnitco.net (Bryan L. Farris) > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9649/gen.htm >

Dear Susan I have a john anderson who lived in switzerland co. when he died in 1868 he was born in scotland in 1788 Melinda Anderson Comley lcomley@seidata.com Smlathrum@aol.com wrote: > Kay, > When did your line of Andersons move from Ohio into WVA? Was there a John > Anderson among them? Did any of them live in Charlestown, Jefferson County > around 1810? > Susan > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > Try this link to <a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~anderson/virginia.html">Colonial Virginia Anderson Families</a> with family trees from 1600 to 1800.

I have Anderson ties in two areas of South Dakota. The first is in the Gary, Clear Lake area and the second group is in the Fairview, Canton area. These families also spent time accross the Sioux River in Iowa, mainly the Larchwood and Inwood areas. Would like to compare notes with others that might have some connection. Jim Cochrane

Linda, The Freemasons, which is the Masonic Lodge. I was a full member of the Order of the Rainbow Girls in the 1970's, through the Order of the Eastern Star, our mother organization. My grandfather was a Mason. Sheila

--part1_77.a86711.25b133ef_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_77.a86711.25b133ef_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <frangolf@mediaone.net> Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) by air-yh04.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:17:47 -0500 Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.128.1.71]) by rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:17:40 -0500 Received: from mediaone.net (h0000949239b5.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.73.111]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA18548 for <MAGICKRN@aol.com>; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:17:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <387FD98A.4D793C22@mediaone.net> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:20:58 -0500 From: Fran Foster <frangolf@mediaone.net> X-Sender: "Fran Foster" <frangolf@pop.ne.mediaone.net> (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en]C-gatewaynet (Win98; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: MAGICKRN@aol.com Subject: Re: members References: <be.7c8d07.25b12ae0@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One way that might be of help is to go to the Grand Lodge of your state with the names of those you think might be Masons and ask the Secretaries office for information. In the Grand lodge of Massachusetts there is a record of anyone who ever was a Mason in the state. I found out that my great, great, great grandfather was a Mason through this method. Fran Foster PM and sec. Satucket Lodge AF&AM East Bridgfewater, MA MAGICKRN@aol.com wrote: > > My grandfather John S. DeBusk was a Mason in Northfork, WV last lived there > in the early 1980's. I was a Rainbow girl in the 1970's. How do I find out if > I have other relatives that were Masons? Is there a search list somewhere? > Others that I know would like to know if they have Mason ancestors. Sheila > Anderson-Lewis --part1_77.a86711.25b133ef_boundary--

Was it a list for the surname Mason? Or the Masonic Order. Linda

Otto, Your John doesn't fit with any of my known Andersons as they were not in Ohio to my knowledge...VA (now WVA), Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas. I'm sure the family split up and some went one direction, some another, though. Susan

Oh, how I wish I had a DOB, DOD, spouse, anything on this John Anderson. All I know is that he is mentioned over and over again in family oral history and the story is consistent: He lived in Charlestown, Jefferson County, VA (now WVA), he was a friend of George North, he may have been a cooper, he had a son David born April 15, 1797 in Charlestown who grew up in Charlestown, attended the old Charlestown Academy (an educational institution to teach Latin and the classics to young boys). He was probably pretty well off for the times and also well educated himself. The Norths were both and probably would not have been good friends with a family that was not peers (not snobbishness, just reality!), especially since John's grandson and George's granddaughter married. There are sooooooo many John Andersons but I can't get a connection on this one! Any help would be much appreciated as this is my last significant brick wall! Susan

I just subscribed to the Masons list to see what I can find out, will let you know.

Randy It did not say in the probate where John Anderson was living just not living in Indian. I don't know even where this John was born. Just that he had something to do with the will. I was just guessing that he was born in Ohio. As my g grandfather was. Sincerely Otto Anderson

I would like to know that also. My grandfather was a Mason. I was a Rainbow girl, which is from the Order of the Eastern Star. I would like to know of other relatives in the Masons. Sheila Anderson-Lewis magickrn@aol.com

Otto, I am looking for the parents of my John W. Anderson. John W. Anderson was born in Indiana, Jan 1823. Moved to Ill. and was married in Macoupin County, Ill. Jan 1843. Censes records indicate that John W.'s father was born in Kentucky and his mother in INdiana. Do not know who any of siblings were. Does your probate mention anything that might tie to your JOhn Anderson? Sincerely Randy Anderson

I may as well get into this John Anderson. In a probate of my gg grandfather James Anderson who died in Indiana in 1852 there was a JohnAnderson mention and must of lived out of state at that time. Dose mine seem to conect in anyway.? What I just wrote is all I know, but at one time my gg grandfather live in Miami County Ohio in th1820-1840 before moving to Elkhart County Indiana. Otto Anderson oander713@aol.com

Hi All, Researching the following ANDERSONs in or around Shelby Co. Tn. Edward was married to Mary (nee HARMAN(ON). The children were; Frank b. 1877, Edward, Floyd, Hopper, Sadie, plus two more? The only firm info I have is a listing from a City Directory that they lived in Fort Pickering, Shelby Co. in 1885. They might have migrated to St. Louis, Mo. because Frank married Ada (nee ECKERT) there in 1903. Any connections? Happy searching, Wayne

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