Title: Pease-Anderson Family Papers, 1836-1948
Collection identifier: 882
Primary Creator: Pease-Anderson Family
Extent: 1.0 cubic feet
Subjects: Arkansas--Mound City, Banks and banking, Booksellers and bookselling, First National Bank of Chicago, Genealogy, Journalism, Michigan--Cassopolis, United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
Forms of Material: Family papers
Erastus H. Pease (1807-1887) was the son of Salmon Pease and a native of Litchfield County, Connecticut. Erastus lived much of his life in Albany, New York, where he was involved in bookselling and paper manufacturing. He married Lydia Fry in 1835.
Thomas Huntington Pease (1837-1900) was the son of Erastus H. Pease. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Thomas worked as a journalist in New York City. He married Carrie Anderson in 1870 and was the father of Albert, Lydia, and Theodore Pease.
Amy Pease Stuart was the sister of Thomas H. Pease. She spent many years teaching school in such places as New York City and Ogantz, Pennsylvania. In 1895, she married Gustavus Stuart, the son of Sir Andrew Stuart and Elmire Charlotte Aubert de Gaspi. Elmire Stuart was the daughter of Phillipe Aubert de Gaspe, author of Anciens Canadiens.
Albert A. Pease (1873-1950[?]) was the son of Thomas H. Pease and the brother of Theodore Calvin Pease. A resident of Oak Park, Illinois, Albert worked as a banker at the First National Bank of Chicago.
Mahala Phipps Anderson (1807-1884) was the wife of Samuel Finely Anderson and resided in Cassopolis, Michigan. She was the mother of Carrie Anderson Pease and Albert Anderson.
Albert Anderson (1841-1862) was the son of Samuel and Mahala Anderson and served in the Second Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War. His letters are to family members and detail his experiences in the Western Theatre. Anderson was wounded and died near Boonesville, Mississippi on July 3, 1862.
Carrie Anderson Pease (1849-1918) was the daughter of Samuel and Mahala Anderson. In 1870, she married Thomas Huntington Pease.
Arkansas--Mound City
Banks and banking
Booksellers and bookselling
First National Bank of Chicago
Genealogy
Journalism
Michigan--Cassopolis
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Acquisition Source: Mrs. Marguerite J. Pease donated the collection to the Illinois Historical Survey, the predecessor of the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, in 1991.
Related Materials: IHLC MS 181 Theodore Calvin Pease Papers, 1903-1948
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/pease-anderson.pdf
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