Frances Eliza Bush Anderson

Frances Eliza Bush “Eliza” Burgwin Anderson BIRTH 26 Jan 1808 New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 31 Oct 1839 (aged 31) Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA PLOT Section H, Lot 89 MEMORIAL ID 167609906 · View Source

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Frances Eliza Bush Burgwin, eldest daughter of George W. B. Burgwin and Maria Nash Burgwin, was born in New Hanover County, N.C. on January 26, 1808 and died in Hillsborough, N.C. on October 31, 1839. On Jan. 10, 1828 she married William Edward Anderson. Sources: (1) John Burgwin, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; Their Ancestors and Descendants by Walter Burgwyn Jones (1913) and (2) Obituary of Mrs. Eliza B. Anderson, wife of Wm. E. Anderson, Esqr., published in the Hillsborough Recorder newspaper found in "Marriage and Death Notices from The Hillsborough Recorder, Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, Volume 2, 1837-1845" Compiled by Barry Munson.

In the 1830s, her husband, William E. Anderson kept a boarding school in Hillsborough, N.C. Lochiel was the name of the residence of William and Eliza Burgwin Anderson. Source: Caroline Elizabeth Burgwin Clitherall Diaries, Collection # 158, Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Series 1, Volume 8, Folder 8, Scan 12.

William Edward Anderson and Eliza Burgwin Anderson had the following children: Mary Read Anderson, born May, 1830, George Burgwin Anderson, born April 12, 1831, Elizabeth Anderson, born April 29, 1833; William E. Anderson, born Nov. 29, 1835 and Robert Walker Anderson, born January 23, 1838. Main sources: John Burgwin, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; Their Ancestors and Descendants by Walter Burgwyn Jones (1913); NCPedia article for George Burgwyn Anderson found on the Internet at: http://ncpedia.org/biography/anderson-george-burgwyn; Entry for William Anderson in the 1850 Census of Wilmington, N.C.

Although she died in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., and could have been buried in Hillsborough like her son Robert Walker Anderson, current research instead locates her final resting place as Oakdale Cemetery on Wilmington, N.C. It is believed that she was initially buried at the Hermitage plantation in New Hanover County, the home of her father George Burgwin and mother, Maria Nash Burgwin. There are a number of reasons for this belief. First, the Hermitage was the family home place where her parents were both still living. Secondly, her mother nursed her during her four-week final illness. Thirdly, her parents George and Maria Burgwin brought the remains of their son, Eliza’s brother, Mexican War hero Captain John Henry King Burgwin back to the Hermitage in 1848 after his body had been buried at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, in 1847. Sources: Obituary of Mrs. Eliza B. Anderson, wife of Wm. E. Anderson, Esqr., published in a Hillsborough Recorder newspaper and “Inscriptions” Newsletter, article: Captain J.H.K.Burgwin published by Friends of Oakdale Cemetery, Inc., Volume 8, No. 1, Spring, 2012. http://www.oakdalecemetery.org/docs/Inscriptions-Spring-2012.pdf.

In 1872 the remains of a number of members of the Burgwin family were removed from the cemetery at the Hermitage and moved to Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington. These included George Burgwin, his wife Maria Nash Burgwin, their son, Captain John Henry King Burgwin and “three other Burgwin family members.” Sources: Oakdale burial database (listing George Burgwin and wife and three unidentified Burgwin family members in Section H, Lot 89) and “Inscriptions” Newsletter, article: Captain J.H.K.Burgwin published by Friends of Oakdale Cemetery, Inc., Volume 8, No. 1, Spring, 2012. http://www.oakdalecemetery.org/docs/Inscriptions-Spring-2012.pdf

It is believed that the remains of Frances Eliza Bush Burgwin Anderson were among the unidentified three Burgwin family members moved from the Hermitage to Oakdale in 1872. Her grave is unmarked.

Family Members Parents Photo George William Bush Burgwin 1787–1854

Photo Maria Jones Nash Burgwin 1786–1848

Spouse William Edward Anderson 1805–1852 (m. 1828)

Siblings Photo John Henry King Burgwin 1810–1847

Photo Margaret Ann Burgwin Johnston 1811–1886

Photo Caroline Attilia Burgwin Ashe 1814–1894

Photo Hasell Witherspoon Burgwin 1818–1893

Photo Ann Maria Frederica Burgwin Quince 1821–1899

Photo Sarah Priscilla Burgwin 1823–1904

Photo Nathaniel Hill Burgwin 1825–1898 (m. 1848)

Children Photo Mary R. Anderson 1830–1911

Photo George Burgwyn Anderson 1831–1862

Elizabeth Nash Anderson Thompson 1835–1885

Photo William Anderson 1835–1890

Photo Robert Walker Anderson 1838–1864

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