John William Anderson (1842 - 1908)

Born 21 Feb 1842 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Clementine (James) Anderson — married 1873 in Franklin, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1908 at age 66 in White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

John William grew up in the Lafayette County, Mississippi area, served briefly in the Civil War before a disease caused his discharge, then moved to Franklin County, AR after the war with his family. He farmed around the White Oak area until his death. John patented the family farm at White Oak around 1876 under the recent Homestead Act. That farm stayed in the family until 1995.

Sources

• Full Ancestry site with links, including chapter on the life of John William and Sarah Clementine James Anderson, and photos, relatives, etc.: [1]

• 1850 Federal Census, Lafayette County, MS, John William's first census after his birth in 1842, living in Lafayette County, MS, age 7: [2].

• 1860 Federal Census, Panola County, MS, John William living with his parents in Panola County, MS, right before the start of the Civil War. He would sign up later with Captain Middleton's cavalry unit along with his father William and older brother Robert Moore. [3]

• 1870 Federal Census, Limestone Township, Franklin County, AR: John William now living in Franklin County, AR, where the family moved shortly after the Civil War. He is unmarried, with his father and father's new bride Talitha James. [4]

• 1873, US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, marriage of John William to Sarah Clementine James, secondary source at [5]

• 1880 Federal Census, Limestone Township, Franklin County, AR, John William now married to Sarah Clementine James, living in White Oak, Franklin County on newly patented land under the Homestead Act. He has four children in this census. [6]
• 1900 Federal Census, Limestone Township, Franklin County, AR, John William on the family farm in White Oak, now with 9 children all still at home. This is his last census, he died in 1907.[7]

• 1873 marriage record to wife Sarah Clementine James: [8]

• Find-a-Grave Death Record, Oct 14, 1908, buried at Duncan Cemetery, White Oak Arkansas, survived by his wife and several children. [9]

• Elmer Anderson "Blue Book" summary of John William's life: [10].

• John William's Confederate Pension Application 1902: [11].

• Gravestone Duncan Cemetery, White Oak, Arkansas, incluing photograph (site visited by profile manager): [12]

• Confederate Cavalry records: [13]; [14]