Married Olive Lowry, 30 May 1888, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Children - George Lowry Anderson, Edda Anderson, Eva Anderson
History - By the 1890s Charles Roscoe Savage was growing old, and the era of the pioneer photographer was coming to an end, aided by the advent of the Kodak camera. But there was one more pioneer photographer — the eccentric artist George Edward Anderson of Springville. A student of Savage, Anderson was never a commercial success. But he was the last of his kind and possessed a rare talent and dedication. He was a traveling photographer, going from one settlement to the next, providing "a service not generally available to the rural folk of Utah."
After being called on an LDS mission to England, Anderson left Utah and was gone seven years, most of which time was spent compiling a comprehensive history of Mormonism in photographs, traveling "without purse or scrip" throughout the Midwest and East—an obsession that alienated him from family and friends. The Anderson negatives have survived several near catastrophes to become the most complete collection of historic Utah/Mormon images available.
Utah Death Certificate
Married Olive Lowry, 30 May 1888, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Children - George Lowry Anderson, Edda Anderson, Eva Anderson
History - By the 1890s Charles Roscoe Savage was growing old, and the era of the pioneer photographer was coming to an end, aided by the advent of the Kodak camera. But there was one more pioneer photographer — the eccentric artist George Edward Anderson of Springville. A student of Savage, Anderson was never a commercial success. But he was the last of his kind and possessed a rare talent and dedication. He was a traveling photographer, going from one settlement to the next, providing "a service not generally available to the rural folk of Utah."
After being called on an LDS mission to England, Anderson left Utah and was gone seven years, most of which time was spent compiling a comprehensive history of Mormonism in photographs, traveling "without purse or scrip" throughout the Midwest and East—an obsession that alienated him from family and friends. The Anderson negatives have survived several near catastrophes to become the most complete collection of historic Utah/Mormon images available.
Utah Death Certificate
Family Members
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Charles Alexander Thorn "Little Charley" Anderson
1862–1866
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Mary Ellen Anderson Stain
1864–1945
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Jedediah Stanley Anderson
1866–1950
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Adam Saig Anderson
1869–1944
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Victoria Winnifred Anderson
1871–1872
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Joseph Anderson
1873–1875
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Camilla Josephine Anderson Popper
1875–1925
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Lillian Anderson Taylor
1879–1939
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