Morris Anderson Biography, Genesee County, Michigan

This Biography extracted from “Portrait and Biographical Record of 
Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan…”, published be Chapman 
Bros., Chicago (1892), p. 1044-1045

This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.

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MORRIS ANDERSON is a prosperous farmer who makes his home on section 
16, Flint Township, Genesee County. He is a native of the Empire State, 
having been born in Newstead, Erie County, July 10, 1820. His parents 
were Lemuel and Jane (Morris) Anderson, who after their marriage 
located in Madison County, N. Y., and from that place removed to Erie 
County, where they continued to reside until 1850, when they came to 
Michigan and located in Flint Township. Here the parents made their 
home until death.

   The parental family included five children, of whom Morris was the 
eldest but one. He grew to manhood in his native county and when his 
parents came to Michigan he cane with them and aided his father in the 
work of clearing the farm. He remained here only a twelvemonth, 
however, when he returned to New York, and made Genesee County his home 
for the succeeding ten years. At the expiration of that time he again 
came West, and lived for a year on the old homestead and later settled 
on section 16, which has since been his home, with the exception of 
eight years when he resided in the village of Flint, at the same time 
carrying on the work of his farm. His landed possessions aggregate one 
hundred acres, all of which is improved and embellished with good 
buildings.

   Mr. Anderson was united in marriage May 25, 1847, in Erie County, N. 
Y., to Miss Mary Ann Jewell, a native of Dutchess County N. Y. Her 
father was Abraham Jewell. To our subject and his estimable wife has 
been granted a family of nine children of whom we make the following 
mention: Cecelia M. is the wife of Nelson Evans; Cynthia J. is the wife 
of W. J. McAllister; Augusta died in infancy; Edwin married Ella 
Carpenter; Ida W. is the wife of R. H. Aitken; Harley is also married; 
Homer married Ora Utley; Adelaide A. and Hattie Gertrude. In politics 
Mr. Anderson is a true-blue Republican and is regarded as one of the 
well-to- do farmers of Flint Township.



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