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ANDERSON, James Peter
1855 - 1946 (90 years) 
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Name ANDERSON, James Peter Birth 28 Nov 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 
Gender Male WAC 26 Sep 1878 EHOUS _TAG Reviewed on FS Death 15 Sep 1946 Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States Burial 19 Sep 1946 Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States Headstones 
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Father ANDERSEN, Jens Peter , b. 4 Jan 1826, Gammelstrup, Viborg, Denmark Gammelstrup, Viborg, Denmarkd. 11 Dec 1910, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) Mother FRIIS, Rebecca Christina , b. 11 Jul 1818, Copenhagen, København, Denmark Copenhagen, København, Denmarkd. 24 Nov 1866, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 48 years) Marriage 23 Feb 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Family ID F10732 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CROWTHER, Elizabeth , b. 15 Aug 1858, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States Payson, Utah, Utah, United Statesd. 19 Jan 1937, Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States (Age 78 years) Marriage 31 Oct 1875 Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States 
Children9 sons and 3 daughters Family ID F10679 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
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Notes - James Peter Andersen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Nov 28, 1855 the oldest son of Jens Peter Andersen and Rebecca Christian Friis. When he was only one and one half years old his father was called by Brigham young, with a company of Scand natives to settle Sanpete County. They located in Ephraim and built a home. Here his father was engaged in farming for a little over six years, when they were again called to settle Sevier County. This time they moved to what was then known as Glenwood.
James was then only a small lad of eight years but he drove a yoke of oxen from Ephraim with a load of logs that were to be used in building the new home. He was so small that his father tied him on to the load of logs with a rope while crossing the Sevier River at the point called Rocky Ford lest he should fall off into the river. His father built the first home in Glenwood. James helped to make the adobes by tramping the mud. It was one large room and was also used as a house of worship until an adequate place could be built for this purpose. James well remembered the visit of Apostle Hyde and how his parents entertained him by the request of the Bishop in that ward.
As a small lad he herded cows outside the town and was always on the lookout for Indians who were very unfriendly. About two years after they settled here the Black Hawk War broke out. One morning when he and his little sister, Mary were milking the cow, bullets from the Indians arrows flew past them and they ran frightened to the house with out the milk. They were driven from Glenwood and moved to Richfield and from there back to Ephraim where his father assisted in building the old Ephraim Fort as a protection from the Indians.
At the age of eleven his mother died leaving the three small children. He watched over his little sister, Mary and tried to give her every wish. They were very close all the days of their life. It was not long after this that he went to live with a half-sister and her husband in Fountain Green working his own way at what ever he could. He was only fifteen when he began to freight from Ephraim to Pioche, a mining town in Nevada. It took him just one month to make the trip. This was in December and the weather was very cold. He had insufficient clothing to keep him warm so had to walk a lot of the way to keep from freezing. In March another attempt was made but he only could go as far as Beaver. When he returned his sister’s husband had died leaving her with two small sons. James then assumed the responsibility of caring for the family in which he did with credit. He built her a home and provided for her needs for six years when she remarried and left this home he had built for her.
October 31, 1895 he married Elizabeth Crowther in Manti, Utah at the age of 20 years. After he had paid for the marriage license he had only fifty cents in his pocket. His bride also had fifty cents so with this they bought some unbleached muslin and made a tick. Together they filled it with new, clean corn shucks and this was their first bed. Their first home was a dugout.
James knew the value of money and was ambitious so about four years later he rented a farm five miles north of Fountain Green at the head of Salt Creek Canyon known as Water Hollow. In a few short years he owned this farm where he and family worked in the summer months and in the winter moved to town where the children could attend school.
In October 1896 he answered a call from his church to go on a mission and spent 26 months in Kansas and Arkansas. After his return he was president of MIA in his ward for several years.
In 1907 he was stricken with sciatic rheumatism and for 13 weeks was confined to bed. On the advice of his doctor that he should find a warmer and dry climate he went to Moapa Valley in Nevada in the spring of 1908. He was impressed with the country so he sold his farm for $6000 and 2000 sheep for $2 a head and on 21 Aug moved to this valley. He purchased part of the old Koenig ranch. In November of the same year he purchased the Brigham Whitmore store and the following year was made Postmaster in Overton, Nevada. This position he held for six years then turned it over to one of his daughters, Mildred.
He became the owner of the F.F. Gunn Store. He was a very successful merchant and a friend to any one in need. He gave to the needy widows in his community and any one else in need. He was never known to turn a hungry soul from his door. He was a successful businessman and helped his children with a start in life.
When his wife died Jan 19, 1937 he was broken hearted and lonely for they had been so close and were the ideal couple. He suffered from palsy and for more that ten years was almost helpless. He turned the store over to his younger son, Alvin. The last six years of his life he lived in the home of his son, Fay. He spent most of his time in a wheel chair but as long a he could read he was quite content. He read without glasses until he was nearly ninety years. He was a proud and independent man and it hurt him to have to be waited upon, but he was so gently, patient, kind, considerate, and appreciative through it all. He truly was a gentleman. His great desire was to join his companion in the great beyond and often expressed himself as wondering why he had to remain here so long. He passed as gently as he had lived, Sept 15, 1946. He was buried by the side of his wife in the Pioneer Cemetery in Overton, Nevada, where he had erected a double tombstone waiting for his call. He had also purchased his coffin from the Priesthood and it had been stored in the Welfare Building for years. Though it was a home made one it was beautiful and strong.
He was a wonderful husband and father to his ten living children. He loved his many grandchildren and was proud of them. He was a High Priest in his church and lived the commandments. He was prepared for the life to come and I am sure his is a glorious life in the eternities.
A MISSIONARY BLESSING
Pronounced upon the head of Elder James Peter Andersen
In the Historian's office Salt Lake City
October 14, 1896
By President Christian D. Fjelssed
Reported by Markin S. Linsay
James Peter Andersen, dear brother, we place our hands upon your head and in the name of Jesus Christ, and by the virtue of the Holy Priesthood vested in us we set you apart for a mission to the Indian Territory Mission, and we seal upon you the blessing and the spirit of this mission that you may labor in faithfulness under the presidency of the same, and we say unto you, have faith in the promises which the Lord has given unto his servants, that you may be able to warn the people of the dangers to come. And proclaim unto them the restoration of the Holy Gospel that is given to man in this dispensation of the fullness of time, and all who listen to your warnings will come unto you and receive baptism for the remission of their sins, and you will be able to bless them and seal upon them the Holy Ghost; and in as much as you are called by the Lord through his servants, the Prophets, you shall have joy and satisfaction in wakening the human family.
And they shall dream about you; they shall see you in the night's vision; your warning voice shall be in their minds and they shall acknowledge it to you. The Lord will raise up friends to assist you and give you all that you need, and you shall travail in faith and power, and escape the diseases that are abroad in the land, and you shall see the power of God in your administrations, and this shall cause you to rejoice in the Lord, our God. And when mobs come against you, the Holy Angels of the Lord shall ward off the blows. You shall go in peace and return to safety, and be a swift messenger to the nations in proclaiming the everlasting Gospel.
We reconfirm upon you all your former blessings, and say unto you, they are yours, and the blessings of the Lord shall follow you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
We again place our hands upon your head, and ordain you a Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and we seal upon you the power, authority, keys, and blessings pertaining to the high and holy calling in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and we say unto you that if you will be humble, watchful, and prayerful the spirit of this office and calling shall rest upon you, and you shall have joy in administering therein, and you shall have comfort and satisfaction, even so, Amen.
- James Peter Andersen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Nov 28, 1855 the oldest son of Jens Peter Andersen and Rebecca Christian Friis. When he was only one and one half years old his father was called by Brigham young, with a company of Scand natives to settle Sanpete County. They located in Ephraim and built a home. Here his father was engaged in farming for a little over six years, when they were again called to settle Sevier County. This time they moved to what was then known as Glenwood.
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