Anna Champion Landon


Other Name:
Nancy Landon, Anna Champion
Gender:
Female
Born:
September 17, 1763
Died:
April 5, 1849
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Later Residences:
Castleton, VT
Marriage(s):
John Russel Landon (January 10, 1796)
Biographical Notes:
Anna "Nancy" Champion was born to Elizabeth Welch Champion and Reverend Judah Champion. She married John Russell Landon of Salisbury, Connecticut in 1796. He served as High Sheriff of Litchfield County from 1801-1818. The couple had four daughters who attended the Litchfield Female Academy and one son who became a doctor. The couple eventually moved to Castleton, Vermont, where they remained until their deaths.


Related Objects and Documents
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Secondary Sources:
Trowbridge, Francis Bacon The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion, of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the name, Printed for the author : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1891 accessible online at https://archive.org/stream/championgenealog01trow#page/n3/mode/2up

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