Nancy Ellen Anderson
- Born: 27 Apr 1821, Vernon, Clinton, Ohio
- Marriage (1): Jesse Buntin on 1 Jun 1842 in , Boone, Indiana
- Marriage (2): John Henry Ferguson on 17 Apr 1851 in Thorntown, Boone, Indiana 1
- Died: 26 Oct 1902, Urbana, Benton, Iowa at age 81
- Buried: Oct 1902, Urbana, Benton, Iowa
 General Notes:
It is not known when Jesse Bunten, Nancy's first husband, died but the 1850 federal census for Jackson Twp, Clinton Co, Indiana finds her living alone with her two small sons.
After her marriage to John Ferguson in 1851, she had seven more children. For additional information on Nancy's life and her children's children, see the Ferguson genealogy.
It is no small thing to be a pioneer housewife and mother to 15 children. Her stepson, Andrew Jackson Ferguson, said "during the childhood days of this large and mixed family with three sets of children, with all the perplexities of raising such a family, was presided over as mother by this good woman to the whole fourteen children, eight of her own and six of us orphan children, and that too with a mother's care, without any distinction having been made in care or attention to our many childish wants." 2
Noted events in her life were:
• Census, 1830, Marion, Clinton, Ohio. 3
Hiram Anderson. Males: 1 under 5. 2 - 5 to 10, 1 - 15 to 20, 1 - 40 to 50. Females: 2 under 5, 2 - 5 to 10, 2 - 10 to 15, 1 - 30 to 40.
• Census, 1850, Jackson, Clinton, Indiana. 4
Nancy Buntin, 29, property $800, born in Ohio. Hiram A. Buntin, 6, born in Indiana. John W. Buntin, 4, born in Indiana.
Nancy married Jesse Buntin on 1 Jun 1842 in , Boone, Indiana. (Jesse Buntin was born about 1819 in Of, , , Maryland and died before 1850 in , , Indiana.)
Nancy next married John Henry Ferguson on 17 Apr 1851 in Thorntown, Boone, Indiana.1 (John Henry Ferguson was born on 6 Apr 1810 in , Rockingham, North Carolina, died on 10 Feb 1889 in Urbana, Benton, Iowa and was buried in Feb 1889 in Urbana, Benton, Iowa.)
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