My great-grandfather was at Anamosa prison in 1886.  I am trying, so far unsuccessfully to find any records of his court appearance. Any suggestions? I have contacted Audubon courts where he was sentenced with no response.  He lived in Atlantic and there was no help there either.


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Can you tell us more about him. Name, who he married,  anything to tell us more about him and hopefully someone can come up with something

He was married to Agnes Duncan who was his second wife.  This was her second marriage as well and she was previously married to George Lowe in Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. R. T. was first married to a Mary Cunningham. Agnes and R. T. had William, who died when he was 8.  Not sure what of. Other children were Frank, Grace, Herbert Howard, Bertha, Robert Bruce (my grandfather), and George.

Who was married to Agnes Duncan who was his second wife

Sorry.  My great grandfather was Robert Thomas Anderson

was he working there or in jail?

ok, 1880 Census..

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

ANDERSON AGNES 38 W SCOT IA CEDAR FAIRFIELD 1880

Husband Robert, farmer age49

Agnes 38

Children:

Sarah 22

Ross 17

Joseph 20

Frank (can't read)

Grace 1

Mary 11

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1900 she's widowed, Cass Iowa, with the initials of the names you have above.

Iowa State Census, 1885 for Robert T Anderson

name: Robert T Anderson
event: Census
event year: 1885
event place: Atlantic, Cass, Iowa
gender: Male
age: 54
estimated birth year: 1831
family number: 112
page: 17
line number: 16
film number: 1021449
digital folder number: 004539577
image number: 00031
Household Gender Age
Robert T Anderson M 54
Agnes Anderson F 42
Mary Anderson F 18
William D Anderson M 15
Frank H Anderson M 8
Grace Anderson F 6
Howard Anderson M 2

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/HHTB-BZM

trying to track him, if he was a farmer.. how did he wind up in jail??

name: Robert T. Anderson
gender: Male
burial date:
burial place: Atlantic, Iowa
death date: 01 Nov 1898
death place: Grove Twp., Cass, Iowa
age: 68
birth date: 1830
birthplace: Pennsylvania
occupation: Frmer
race:
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name:
father's birthplace:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B00001-9
system origin: Iowa-EASy
source film number: 1035240
reference number: Page 1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVHD-8WL

name: Agnes Anderson
gender: Female
burial date:
burial place: Atlantic, Iowa
death date: 14 May 1908
death place: Grove, Cass, Iowa
age: 62
birth date: 1846
birthplace: ..., Aberdeen, ..., Scotland
occupation: Farmer
race:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name:
father's birthplace:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B00001-9
system origin: Iowa-EASy
source film number: 1035240
reference number: Page 1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVHD-Z3D

Well what ever it was it didn't make the papers and most criminal  acts did, real and  made up.. how odd......how do you know he was there, family lore or is there some paper work you have that lists him?

This isn't much help, but might interest you:

http://www.asphistory.com/

In case you don't already have the following:

Robert Thomas Anderson

Birth: Jul. 13, 1830
Freeport
Armstrong County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Nov. 1, 1898
Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa, USA

Family links:
Spouses:
Mary E. Cunningham Anderson (1836 - 1870)*
Agnes Duncan Anderson (1842 - 1908)*

Children:
Sarah Louisa Anderson (1858 - 1883)*
Joseph C. Anderson (1860 - 1892)*
Randall Ross Anderson (1863 - 1954)*
Grace A. Anderson Sanders (1878 - 1936)*
Herbert Howard Anderson (1882 - 1948)*
Robert Bruce Anderson (1884 - 1957)*
George Washington Anderson (1885 - 1955)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Atlantic Cemetery
Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa, USA

Created by: Dotty Sharp Hunt
Record added: Jan 26, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 24192791

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Anderson&...;

you can click on the names and see some stones.

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