Brown County Indiana: History and Families 1836-1900, complied by the Brown County Historical Society.
Article submitted by Mary Murphy Taylor.
ALLEN STOVER ANDERSON, second child of Joseph Anderson and Christiana Britz, was Surveyor of Brown County from 1839 to 1852, blazing the trail from Morgantown to Nashville. He entered land in 1837 in Jackson Township Sec. 13 T10N, R2E. Allen's wife Sarah was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Sampson and Nancy Richards Canatsey. Sarah entered land in Brown County in 1839 which passed to her son George Anderson. Allen Stover gave each of his children a farm.
He later made a brick kiln, burnt red brick, and built his own house and houses for others. If each brick didn't sound just right when he thumped it with his cane, it was taken out and replaced before going farther. The home he built for his family now overlooks State Rd. 135 north. It has an open porch on the second floor and was built between 1861 and 1864. His son, Sampson Anderson, later lived there.
In addition to the linked children, there was a son Francis Marion who was born 16 July 1849 and died 15 April 1934.
Article submitted by Mary Murphy Taylor.
ALLEN STOVER ANDERSON, second child of Joseph Anderson and Christiana Britz, was Surveyor of Brown County from 1839 to 1852, blazing the trail from Morgantown to Nashville. He entered land in 1837 in Jackson Township Sec. 13 T10N, R2E. Allen's wife Sarah was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Sampson and Nancy Richards Canatsey. Sarah entered land in Brown County in 1839 which passed to her son George Anderson. Allen Stover gave each of his children a farm.
He later made a brick kiln, burnt red brick, and built his own house and houses for others. If each brick didn't sound just right when he thumped it with his cane, it was taken out and replaced before going farther. The home he built for his family now overlooks State Rd. 135 north. It has an open porch on the second floor and was built between 1861 and 1864. His son, Sampson Anderson, later lived there.
In addition to the linked children, there was a son Francis Marion who was born 16 July 1849 and died 15 April 1934.
Brown County Indiana: History and Families 1836-1900, complied by the Brown County Historical Society.
Article submitted by Mary Murphy Taylor.
ALLEN STOVER ANDERSON, second child of Joseph Anderson and Christiana Britz, was Surveyor of Brown County from 1839 to 1852, blazing the trail from Morgantown to Nashville. He entered land in 1837 in Jackson Township Sec. 13 T10N, R2E. Allen's wife Sarah was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Sampson and Nancy Richards Canatsey. Sarah entered land in Brown County in 1839 which passed to her son George Anderson. Allen Stover gave each of his children a farm.
He later made a brick kiln, burnt red brick, and built his own house and houses for others. If each brick didn't sound just right when he thumped it with his cane, it was taken out and replaced before going farther. The home he built for his family now overlooks State Rd. 135 north. It has an open porch on the second floor and was built between 1861 and 1864. His son, Sampson Anderson, later lived there.
In addition to the linked children, there was a son Francis Marion who was born 16 July 1849 and died 15 April 1934.
Article submitted by Mary Murphy Taylor.
ALLEN STOVER ANDERSON, second child of Joseph Anderson and Christiana Britz, was Surveyor of Brown County from 1839 to 1852, blazing the trail from Morgantown to Nashville. He entered land in 1837 in Jackson Township Sec. 13 T10N, R2E. Allen's wife Sarah was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Sampson and Nancy Richards Canatsey. Sarah entered land in Brown County in 1839 which passed to her son George Anderson. Allen Stover gave each of his children a farm.
He later made a brick kiln, burnt red brick, and built his own house and houses for others. If each brick didn't sound just right when he thumped it with his cane, it was taken out and replaced before going farther. The home he built for his family now overlooks State Rd. 135 north. It has an open porch on the second floor and was built between 1861 and 1864. His son, Sampson Anderson, later lived there.
In addition to the linked children, there was a son Francis Marion who was born 16 July 1849 and died 15 April 1934.
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