OBITUARY, MR. & MRS. HENRY ANDERSON OF UNION PARISH

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Obits:  The Ouachita Telegraph 1873 Obits, Ouachita Parish La
These older obituaries are being typed in by Ms. Lora Peppers at the Ouachita
Parish Library. We are once again fortunate to have someone interested in
helping us find our ancestors. 
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The Ouachita Telegraph
February 21, 1867
Page 1, Column 4

The Union Record furnishes the following brief but unusually melancholy 
history of a husband and wife of Union Parish.  The history of our late 
friend and neighbor, Henry Anderson, is a sad one. He and his wife and 
daughter, about two months since, went to N. Orleans. Not having heard 
from them for some time after they should have been at home the friends 
of the family made the necessary investigation and found that after 
reaching the city Mr. Anderson and wife both died, and the daughter has 
been very low ever since, and is at this time. Mr. Anderson was one of 
our most energetic and useful citizens, and his loss will be greatly 
felt by the community. They leave two or three small children 
fatherless and motherless.

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FAMILY LORE - contributed by Sherry Gritzbaugh

My great grandmother, Mrs. Wiley (Mittie Rea) Anderson once
told me Elizabeth Thomas, the second wife, and Henry P.
Anderson went to New Orleans to sell cotton. There was a
fever epidemic. Henry P. got sick and Elizabeth stayed behind
to take care of him. She also became ill. It has been told that
they were buried in a mass grave. It appears that family lore
was correct. I was also told they took some former slaves
with them. It would be interesting to know how the daughter
was able to get back home. Many years ago I wrote to New
Orleans asking for information on the mass burial but no one
replied to my query.
Sherry Gresham Gritzbaugh

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