Anderson Family

Sarah Anderson Morton (mother of Eva Privett), was born on August 14, 1875. She was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Anderson (nee Schafer) and Jeremiah Anderson. She married James Washington Morton in August 25, 1897. She had a dislocated knee cap that was never attended to and left her somewhat disabled toward the end of her life. She passed away January 9, 1958.

Jeremiah Anderson (grandfather of Eva Privett) was born August 24, 1845 in Cassville, Missouri. He was the son of Anthony and Susan Evans. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Schafer. He joined the union forces in the Civil war and was wounded in the Battle of Wilson Creek, just outside of Springfield, MO. He returned home and homesteaded land on which they raised their family. Jeremiah and Mary Anderson had twelve (!) children: Sarah E. Anderson, Phillip Sampson Anderson, Martha M. Anderson, Marion W. Anderson, Alicia A. Anderson, Mary Caroline Anderson, Jeremiah Michael Anderson (Jr.), Clara A. Anderson, Jacob Anthony Anderson, Susan Alpha Anderson, James Anderson and Eva Delpha Anderson. He died on April 12, 1923 and is buried with his wife in Green Forest cemetery.

Ancestry.com civil war records list Jeremiah Anderson as a Private in Company D, 46th Infantry Regiment Missouri. 46th Infantry was under the command of Col. Robert W. Fyan, Lieut.-Col. Thomas A. Reed and Major Thomas K. Paul. The regiment was mustered into the United States service in September 1864, for a term of six months. The companies were mustered out at Springfield, MO, as their terms of enlistment expired the last company being mustered out on May 4, 1865.

Interestingly, there is another Jeremiah Anderson listed as fighting for the Confederacy as a Private with Company G, 8th Infantry Regiment Missouri. However, a Civil War pension record for a Jeremiah Anderson (with a wife named Mary E. Anderson) is listed with the 46th Infantry, meaning our Jeremiah was almost certainly the Union Private.

Anthony Anderson (great-grandfather of Eva Privett) was born in 1831. He married Susan Evans on August 17, 1837 and is the father of Jeremiah Anderson. (ref)

Susan Evans (great-grandmother of Eva Privett) was born in 1831 in Tennessee. She was the daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah Evans. She married Anthony Anderson on August 17, 1837. (ref)

Jeremiah Evans (great-great-grandfather of Eva Privett) was born around 1790 in Georgia and passed away around 1851(?) in Missouri. He was the son of Arden Evans. He and his wife Sarah were the parents of Anthony Anderson. (AFN: 2GQF-GH)

Sarah Evans (great-great-grandmother of Eva Privett) was born around 1797.

Arden Evans, Jr. (great-great-great-grandfather of Eva Privett) was born in 1755 in Virginia and passed away on October 6, 1843. He was the son of Arden Evans, Sr. and Susannah Ball. He was the father of Jeremiah Evans. (AFN: TCT4-PC)

Arden Evans, Sr. (great-great-great-great-grandfather of Eva Privett) was born March 5, 1721 in Prince George County, Maryland and passed away sometime after 1784 in Wilkes Georgia. His parents were David and Anne Evans. He married Susannah Ball in 1746 in Frederick, Maryland and they had 8 children, including Arden Evans, Jr. (AFN: FSJV-C7)

David Evans (great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Eva Privett) Was born in 1695 in Prince George County, Maryland and passed away in March of 1735 in Prince George County, Maryland. He married his wife Anne in 1715 and they had four children, including Arden Evans, Sr. (AFN: FSJV-HW)

Anne Evans (great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of Eva Privett) was born in 1699 in Prince George County, Maryland and passed away sometime before 1735 in Prince George County, Maryland. She married David Evans in 1715 and they had four children, including Arden Evans, Sr. (AFN: FSJV-J3)

Susannah Ball (great-great-great-great-grandmother of Eva Privett) was born in 1721 in Maryland and passed away sometime after 1784 in Wilkes, Georgia. She was the daughter of Thomas Ball. She married Arden Evans, Sr. in 1746 and had 8 children, including Arden Evans, Jr. (AFN: FSJV-DD)

Thomas Ball (great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Eva Privett) was born around 1700 in Maryland and passed away around 1745 in Frederick, Maryland. He was the father of Susannah Ball. (AFN: 21MV-GN7)