Biography and Notes

Margaret C. Spears and Berry W. Anderson

Picture courtesy of Clinton Northcutt, Formosa, Arkansas

Margaret C. Spears and Berry W. Anderson

BERRY W. ANDERSON (THOMAS W.) was born June 04, 1825 in Arkansas. He married MARGARET C. SPEARS September 02, 1846 in Nacogdoches County, Texas, daughter of DICKSON SPEARS and ELIZABETH.

MARGARET C. SPEARS (DICKSON, SAMUEL) was born November 30, 1827 in Alabama. She married BERRY W. ANDERSON September 02, 1846 in Nacogdoches County, Texas, son of THOMAS ANDERSON and NAPHRONIA.

Children of BERRY ANDERSON and MARGARET SPEARS are:

  1. MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON, b. April 07, 1847, Kaufman County, Texas.
  2. NANCY ANN ANDERSON, b. October 10, 1849, Kaufman County, Texas; m. JAMES M. SANDLIN, March 06, 1870, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas.
  3. BARNEY A. ANDERSON, b. October 10, 1849, Kaufman County, Texas; d. Bef. 1851.
  4. SARAH JANE ANDERSON, b. December 05, 1851, Kaufman County, Texas; m. JOHN ELLIS.
  5. JOHN D. ANDERSON, b. January 16, 1854.
  6. MATILDA CATHERINE ANDERSON, b. April 12, 1856; d. March 28, 1936, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
  7. ELIZA EVALINE ANDERSON, b. June 10, 1858, Hunt County, Texas; d. July 16, 1953, Alsa, Van Zandt County, Texas.
  8. JAMES W. ANDERSON, b. November 15, 1860.
  9. JOSEPHINE ANDERSON, b. May 11, 1863.
  10. FANNIE I. ANDERSON, b. March 25, 1865.
  11. JOSEPH SAMUEL ANDERSON, b. July 21, 1868.
  12. JULIA A. ANDERSON, b. December 15, 1870; m. BILL ROBERTS.

Notes and Thoughts: 

Berry Wilson Anderson was the 2nd Sheriff of Van Zandt County from 1850-1852

1860 Census

Van Zandt County, Texas

page 44A entries 5-12

The 1870 Census for Van Zandt County, Texas shows the following:

102/113

BARRY 44M Farmer 4000 Acres Born Arkansas (Berry W. Anderson)

MARGARET 42F Keeping House Alabama (Margaret C. Spears)

MARY 23F Weaver Tx (Mary Elizabeth Anderson)

JOHN 18M Farm hand Tx (John D. Anderson)

 MATILDA 14 F Tx (Matilda Catherine Anderson)

LIZZIE 12 F Tx (Eliza Evaline Anderson)

JAMES 9 M Tx (James W. Anderson)

JOSEPHINE 7 F Tx (Josephine Anderson)

SAMUEL 2 M Tx (Joseph Samuel Anderson)

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