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Generation
No. 1
1. John
Turrentine10 Anderson (Edmund9, John8, Armstead7,
John6, James5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Richard1)1 was born April 12,
1836 in Hamilton County, Illinois2, and died June 20, 1911 in Hamilton
County, Illinois. He married (1) Mary A. Barnett August 23, 1862
in Hamilton County, Illinois, daughter of James Barnett and Sarah ?. She
was born August 11, 1844 in Hamilton County, Illinois, and died December
08, 1864 in Hamilton County, Illinois. He married (2) Martha
Elizabeth Patrick December 15, 1865 in Pinkneyville, Perry County,
Illinois3. She was born May 24, 1834 in Athen, Alabama, and died
February 07, 1931 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Notes for John Turrentine Anderson:
John and Mary A. Barnett were married with a 08/23/1862 license in a
08/23/1862 ceremony by Z. B. Reed, J.P. recorded at Hamilton County,
Illinois (C.2194). Mary A. Barnett was a daughter of James R.
Barnett and Sarah A. Thornton. They are buried in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, McLeansboro, Illinois. Mary died while John was away in
the civil war. John is listed as school teacher in the national census
and the Illinois Military census. His mother was the first college
educated teacher in Hamilton County, Illinois. He home was South West of
McLeansboro, Illinois. He finished his education at Princeton
College, Princeton, Kentucky. He was
elected county surveyor on 12/17/1861, resigning in 1862. John helped
enroll Company A of the 87th Illinois Infantry at the outbreak of the
Civil War. He was Captain of A Company that contained Sgt/Lt
Warner P. Anderson, his brother.
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The History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin, and Williamson
Counties, Illinois (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887) pages
671-2:
Maj. John T. Anderson, farmer, was born in 1836 in Hamilton County, the
second of seven children of Edmund and Nancy (Turrentine) Anderson.
The father, born in Union County, Ky., about 1812, and of Scotch
origin, was the son of John Anderson, born in Virginia, about 1781, and
who at fourteen removed to Tennessee with his parents. In 1818,
John, Sr., having been married in Kentucky, located on the site of the
McLeansboro fair ground, and assisted in laying out the town and roads,
and organizing the county. Hamilton County's first court was held
in his house. He served as deputy sheriff, and was elected coroner
in 1830, receiving his commission from ex-Gov. Edwards. He was a
farmer. Four of his eight children are living, all in Hamilton
County. He died in 1873, and his wife in 1846. Edmund was
married in Hamilton County when twenty-one, was always a farmer near
McLeansboro, and died in 1864. His wife, born about 1813 in
Alabama, died about 1870, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our
subject alternated teaching and educating himself, finishing at
Princeton, Ky., after he was of age. In 1862 he married Mary,
daughter of James and Sarah Barnett, native of Tennessee. Their child is James
E. She died in 1863, and in December, 1866, he married Martha E.,
daughter of Hillery and Sarah Patrick. Their children are Charles
L., Flora B., C. Hillery, Walter and Harry. In August, 1862, he resigned his
surveyorship, to which he had been elected in 1860, and enlisted in
Company A, Eighty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was made captain,
and in 1864 major. After eighteen months in the regular, he was
afterward in the mounted infantry, at Vicksburg and all through the Red
River Campaign. After three years' service he returned to farming
and stock raising. Since 1866 he has been a resident of his
present farm. He owns 275 acres of choice land near McLeansboro.
He has been for many years a member of the school board, is an Odd Fellow,
and he and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Formerly a Democrat, voting for Douglas, he has since been a
Republican.
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At Vicksburg John became ill with dysentery and was sent home by rail.
His family had to recover him unconscious from the railcar (source
Everett Anderson 1973). John made it into "official"
history by being recorded in the published U.S. Army History of the
Civil War as the commander of a "battle" at Friar's
Point, Mississippi. McAllister Hooker one of the privates in his
company recorded the battle in his diary as follows:
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February,
Thursday, 9, 1865.
I went on covering gard to day pretty wether I
started on a scout with 50 others get to prier point at 4
a.m.
Friday,
10,
we get off at priers point & went out [11] milds &
surounded a house with 5 rebels in it they give us 10
minuts fighting killing 2 of our men & wounding 3 & 2 of
them got away but was wounded we captured 3 of them the
fight took place at early breakfast it was
a bloody litle fight
Saturday, 11.
nothing to day
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McAllister recorded the followup to the battle in a letter home
to his wife:
Letter 650522 from Helena, Arkansas
Helena Arkansas
May 22nd 1865
My Dearest Elizabeth
this morning is warm and I feal lazy & stupid tho I am as
well as I have ever been & hope this may find you well.
I am confident that I will not write much for my fealings
proves that tho it has been 5 or 6 days since I have writen on
account of being on a scout down the river. Shurly I will
be acquainted with the Mississippi River for I have traveled it
over & over. Capt Anderson ( Major now) with 75 men
went down to Friar's Point 15 milds below here and stade 4 days
& nights to try to get Capt Stanly or a band of Gurrillers
that was in that portion of the state of (Miss) but the
Citizens saved us of the truble by capturing him and his men and
shooting them. The citizens are worse than the yanks after
the Gurrillas now for they have no mercy at all. Out of 15
they only
took 2 prisoner and they was going to hang one of them but they
sent them to us saying that if we did not well then they would.
We went out from Friar's Point and out 6 milds we met some
of them with guns and they told us that we need not go for they
had cleand them out. Stanly was a notorious carectar and
if you remember he killed 3 of the 87 some 2 months ago. While
on a scout over there a citizen told me that they caught Stanly
an took him up stares to gaurd him and he beged them not to kill
him. They told him to pray if he wishd and he got down on
his knees and tride to pray but could not and then he made a
brake for the window and jumpt through it and he was shot 3
times befour he struck the ground and after he struck the ground
they emted 3 duble barill shot guns in to him. They had 6 of his
men and they made a brak to get away and they
shot 4 of them and give us the other two. They are in jail
now. The wether is warm the river is falling a litle. I am
now detailed to go on duty. I went to some sinks Our duty is not
hard atall I have not been on picket for a month we are laying
around waiting on uncle sam to muster us out or keep us in one
or the other. All the Rebels East of Red River has
surenderd and are to come in here tomorrow or next day and
deliver up there arms it is thought that they are 700 strong.
There is big talk this morning of going home all is lively and
one says that one sombody said that the company Sergent said
that he
herd the Chaplain say that he herd the post master say that the
orders to muster the 87 out was then & thare in the office
and there is an order in the "Commonwealth
Commercial" for all troops in Grant's & Sherman's Army
shoes terms of service expires prior to October 1865 is to be
mustered out rite off but not the troops in the dept of Mo &
Ark Commanded by General Pope. And you ought to here what
a talk this gets up. Some will have it the way he wants it ever
day. I must now close hoping that camp talk may be true
this time and if so I will be home soon.
I am as ever yours truly
McAllister A. Hooker
Co A 87 Ills. Vols Inft. |
After the civil
war John T. Anderson returned to Hamilton County, Illinois to his young
son and picked up his life again. John and Martha Elizabeth
Patrick were married 12/15/1865 recorded at Pinkneyville, P Co., Ill. Martha was a daughter of Hillery Patrick and Mary Finley
Houston. She too is buried in Oddfellows Cemetery, McLeansboro,
Illinois. Hillery Patrick was a minister and performed the
ceremony for the marriage of his daughter to John T. Anderson. When the
local farmer's Institute was organized in 1895, John T. Anderson was its
president. The John T. Anderson family bible and officer's civil war
sword is in the hands of family in North Carolina in 2000.
More About John Turrentine Anderson:
Burial: I.O.O.F., McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
Obituary: June 22, 1911, "Times", Hamilton County, Illinois
Notes for Mary A. Barnett:
She is buried in "Union Hall" / "Shed" Cemetery
found west of McLeansboro, Illinois by taking 142 to the Golf Course
Road left then a couple miles to the cemetery on the left at the road
side.
Notes for Martha Elizabeth Patrick:
Story of 96th birthday 22 May 1930 in the Times
Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois
Obituary: February 12, 1932, "Times", Hamilton County,
Illinois
Child of John Anderson and Mary Barnett is:
2 i. James Edmund11 Anderson, born
October 07, 1863 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died March 01, 1935 in
Louann, Arkansas. He married Sue Ida Blackwell December 25, 1888;
born September 07, 1867; died May 08, 1953 in Louann, Arkansas.
Notes for James Edmund Anderson:
James was a school teacher and a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. Soon after he married he moved to Camden, Arkansas.
Children of John Anderson and Martha Patrick are:
3 i. Charles Leonidas11 Anderson4,
born October 19, 1866 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died December 10,
1890 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Notes for Charles Leonidas Anderson:
Charles Anderson was killed in a shotgun accident according to Everett
Anderson letter dated 4 Feb. 1974. During a winter snow storm, a
disturbance was heard in the barn. Believing that a predator had
taken shelter in the barn, Charles took up a shotgun and made his way
through the deep snow and raging storm toward the barn by following a
rope. While crossing through a wooden fence the gun discharged
killing him. This story is as recalled in 1986 by Patrick Anderson
as it was told to him by Everett in 1974. Charles was an M.D. This story is has so much in common with the story of Carmi Anderson son
of John Anderson that obviously some confusion has resulted as to whom
this incident occurred to. However a study of dates has led me to
the conclusion that this story belongs to Charles.
More About Charles Leonidas Anderson:
Burial: I.O.O.F., McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
4 ii. Flora Belle Anderson4, born
January 16, 1868 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died December 19, 1898 in
Hamilton County, Illinois.
More About Flora Belle Anderson:
Burial: I.O.O.F., McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
Obituary: December 23, 1898, "Times", Hamilton County,
Illinois
5 iii. Cyrus Hillary Anderson4, born
September 15, 1869 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died December 18, 1939
in Elgin, Illinois. He married (1) Florence ?. He married
(2) Mary E. Williams August 16, 1893 in White County, Illinois; born
1869 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died March 16, 1926 in Anna,
Illinois.
Notes for Cyrus Hillary Anderson:
Cyrus enrolled at Southern Illinois Teacher's College in 1887 and
received a B.S. degree in Education in 1893. In 1895 he enrolled at
Washington University, St. Louis graduating as Doctor of Medicine in
1898. He became managing officer of the Chester State Hospital in
1907. He left in 1913 and spent a year of post-graduate study in
neuropsychiatry in New York, then returned to private practice in
McLeansboro until 1917. He was appointed managing officer of the
Anna State Hospital in 1917, managing officer of East Moline State
Hospital in 1926 until 1933. He joined the staff at Elgin State
Hospital in 1934 until his death.
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biography.
Note: From Legacy of Kin, Vol. 1, p. 409
Pub.: Times-Leader, January 12, 1939
Dr. C. H. Anderson, age 70 yrs, b. Ham. Co.; d. at Elgin, Ill., resident
staff physician at Elgin State Hosp.; son of Capt. & Mrs. John
Anderson. Leaves widow: Florence; 2 daus.: Miss Ruth Anderson of
Chicago & Mrs. Ann Rile of Rock Island; 1 bro.: Harry Anderson of
McLeansboro.
More About Cyrus Hillary Anderson:
Burial: I.O.O.F., McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
Obituary: December 21, 1939, "Times-Leader", Hamilton County,
Illinois
More About Mary E. Williams:
Burial: I.O.O.F., McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
Obituary: March 18, 1926, "Times", Hamilton County, Illinois
6 iv. Walter M. Anderson4, born July
21, 1871 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died March 26, 1898 in Hamilton
County, Illinois. He married Nellie M. Hooker August 26, 1894 in
Hamilton County, Illinois; born February
01, 1875; died 1941 in McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Notes for Walter M. Anderson:
Preacher & Teacher - taught at Harrisburg, Illinois
Minister of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Bradford, Ohio
Walter was a teacher in the Anderson school. See 1891 photograph
of Anderson school. His death was caused by laryngitis. He died at
the home of John T. Anderson.
More About Walter M. Anderson:
Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois
Obituary: April 21, 1898, "Times", Hamilton County, Illinois
Notes for Nellie M. Hooker:
Nellie Hooker raised her granddaughter Marjorie after the death of her
daughter Ruby and her husband
Burial: I.O.O.F., McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois
7 v. Harry Anderson4, born May 22,
1874 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died July 27, 1951 in Hamilton
County, Illinois. He married Minnie Emma Wilson June 01, 1902 in
Hamilton County, Illinois; born June 24, 1880 in
Broughton, Illinois; died August 21, 1952 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Notes for Harry Anderson:
Buried in Odd fellows Cem., McLeansboro, Illinois east of town on Route
14.
Obituary 02 August 1951 in the Times-Leader
Harry's Family Bible is in the hands of Gloria Ruth Henderson in 1999.
Notes for Minnie Emma Wilson:
Buried in Oddfellows Cem., McLeansboro, Illinois east of town on Route
14.
Obituary 28 August 1952 in the Times-Leader
/Samuel
Philiman WILSON b: 1809 d: 18 NOV 1863
/Samuel G WILSON b: 20 NOV 1848 d: 27 NOV 1921
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/John DOUGLASS b: 5 NOV 1777 d: 16
JUL 1844
| \Elizabeth
DOUGLASS b: 3 MAY 1815 d: unknown
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\Margaret
JAMISON b: 1 JAN 1788 d: 3/17 JUL 1856
Minnie Emma WILSON b: 24 JUN 1882 d: 21 AUG 1952
\Mary Spence (Molly) STINSON b: 15 OCT 1858 d:
17 JUL 1934
Endnotes
1. Wallace Julian Anderson, Letter from Wallace Julian Anderson,
(Louisville, Kentucky; 17 April 1993).
2. Edmund Anderson, etal, Bible of Edmund Anderson, (Given
to the McLeansboro, Illinois Historical Museum).
3. Ralph S. Harrelson, Hamilton County, Illinois, Marriages,
1821-1870, (The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois,
Carterville, Illinois; 1986).
4. Wallace Julian Anderson, Letter from Wallace Julian Anderson,
(Louisville, Kentucky; 17 April 1993). |
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