Photo: FOUNDING FATHER DESCENDANTS - Working on retracing the family tree, three descendants of Elias Anderson look through old letters and documents from the 1800s, now at the Anderson Historical Society Museum. Left to right are Sue Taylor, 45, of Eagle River, Alaska, great-great-granddaughter of Anderson; Donna Dixon, 72, of Lompoc, great-great-granddaughter of Anderson; and Joyce Schaper, 55, of Yorba Linda, great-great-great-granddaugter of Anderson, and Dixon's daughter. The women were visiting in Anderson last week, just one week after Elias Anderson's birthday, which was Feb. 2. Anderson lived from 1817 to 1907. - Anderson, CA

Mary Kofford

FOUNDING FATHER DESCENDANTS - Working on retracing the family tree, three descendants of Elias Anderson look through old letters and documents from the 1800s, now at the Anderson Historical Society Museum. Left to right are Sue Taylor, 45, of Eagle River, Alaska, great-great-granddaughter of Anderson; Donna Dixon, 72, of Lompoc, great-great-granddaughter of Anderson; and Joyce Schaper, 55, of Yorba Linda, great-great-great-granddaugter of Anderson, and Dixon's daughter. The women were visiting in Anderson last week, just one week after Elias Anderson's birthday, which was Feb. 2. Anderson lived from 1817 to 1907.

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