Zerviah Pelton was born in Connecticut in 1803, the daughter of Josiah Pelton and his wife Eunice Doan. She married Russel Andrus on April 7, 1835 in Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York. Shortly after their marriage, Zerviah and Russel Andrus moved to Sterling Township (now Sterling Heights), Macomb County Michigan. They had a family of ten children. Their first child, a daughter, was born in New York state, and the other nine children (7 boys and 2 girls) were all born in Michigan. Zerviah's husband died in 1850 in Michigan. After Russel's death, two of her sons, Isaac and Chancy, went to California for the gold rush. Four of her children moved to Nebraska: Mary Elmina, Horace, Dayton, and Asahel. Horace and Dayton Andrus were involved in the founding of the town of Ceresco, Nebraska, named for the town of Ceresco in Michigan. Zerviah Andrus arrived in Ceresco, Nebraska sometime before 1870 (when she appears in the U.S. Census in Ceresco for the first time). According to her husband's Pension Record from the War of 1812, Zerviah died on August 3 1879 in Ceresco, Nebraska.
Zerviah Pelton was born in Connecticut in 1803, the daughter of Josiah Pelton and his wife Eunice Doan. She married Russel Andrus on April 7, 1835 in Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York. Shortly after their marriage, Zerviah and Russel Andrus moved to Sterling Township (now Sterling Heights), Macomb County Michigan. They had a family of ten children. Their first child, a daughter, was born in New York state, and the other nine children (7 boys and 2 girls) were all born in Michigan. Zerviah's husband died in 1850 in Michigan. After Russel's death, two of her sons, Isaac and Chancy, went to California for the gold rush. Four of her children moved to Nebraska: Mary Elmina, Horace, Dayton, and Asahel. Horace and Dayton Andrus were involved in the founding of the town of Ceresco, Nebraska, named for the town of Ceresco in Michigan. Zerviah Andrus arrived in Ceresco, Nebraska sometime before 1870 (when she appears in the U.S. Census in Ceresco for the first time). According to her husband's Pension Record from the War of 1812, Zerviah died on August 3 1879 in Ceresco, Nebraska.
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This is an abandoned cemetery with no markers. Information about this grave came from Zerviah's great-granddaughter Dorothy (Nelson) Jurgens. See detailed description on cemetery page.
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