Married 18 July 1875
Cookeville, Tenn.—(Spl)—James T. Anderson, 80, widely known banker and business man, died at his home here Friday night at 9 o'clock, following a long illness.
He was born in Jackson County and spent a greater part of his active life there. He organized the Bank of Gainesboro in 1889, and founded the Gainesboro Telephone Company in 1898. As a young man he entered the office of Captain R. A. Cox, and served as deputy clerk and master of Jackson County for 20 years. He later began the practice of law entering the firm of Captain Cox and E. L. Gardenshire.
In addition to his business activities at Gainesboro, Mr. Anderson organized banks at Celina, Sparta, Cookeville, Monterey and Oneida.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and was an elder of the Cookeville congregation.
He is survived by four sons, O. H. Anderson, Superior, Ariz.; W. C. Anderson, of Harriman, Tenn.; J. H. Anderson, of Knoxville, and J. M. Anderson, of Cookeville; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Drake, Cookeville; one brother, Ridley Anderson, Cookeville, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Anderson, Cookeville and Mrs. Lula Arms, Hamilton, Miss.
Funeral services were conducted from the Cookeville Church of Christ Saturday at 3 p.m. by Elder J. Petty Ezell, of Nashville, and Elder D. L. Douthitt, pastor of the Cookeville Church of Christ. Burial was made in the Cookeville Cemetery.—Nashville Tennesseean.
info is from a obit clipping from the Gainesboro newspaper dated Wednesday, May 1, 1929
b. 3 February 1849, nr. Flynn's Lick, Jackson Co., TN – d. 26 April 1929, Cookeville, TN md 18th of July 1875 to Mary Jane (Montgomery) Washburn Anderson, b. 24 December 1849, TN d. 13 June 1924, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Hamilton Montgomery & Mary Jane Draper. James Travis Anderson, s/o
William Carroll Anderson (1819-1882) & Aletha Mumford Draper (1827-1901).
Census Place: 1880 District 1, Jackson Co., TN
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jas. T. ANDERSON Self M M W 31 TN
Occ: Lawyer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary J. ANDERSON Wife F M W 30 TN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Oliver H. ANDERSON Son M S W 4 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Walter C. ANDERSON Son M S W 2 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Bennie R. WASHBURN SSon M S W 11 TN
Occ: At Home Fa: TN Mo: TN
(1900 census 1st Civil Dist., Jackson Co., TN: Dwl: 131 –J. T. Anderson is head of household, 51 yrs. old, b. February 1849, TN md 24 yrs. to Mary J., 50 yrs. old, b. December 1849, TN, 8 children born, 5 children living. Children: Joel H., 19 yrs. old, b. September 1880; May, 15 yrs. old, b. February 1885 & James Anderson, 12 yrs. old, b. September 1887. All born in TN).
Cookeville, Tenn.—(Spl)—James T. Anderson, 80, widely known banker and business man, died at his home here Friday night at 9 o'clock, following a long illness.
He was born in Jackson County and spent a greater part of his active life there. He organized the Bank of Gainesboro in 1889, and founded the Gainesboro Telephone Company in 1898. As a young man he entered the office of Captain R. A. Cox, and served as deputy clerk and master of Jackson County for 20 years. He later began the practice of law entering the firm of Captain Cox and E. L. Gardenshire.
In addition to his business activities at Gainesboro, Mr. Anderson organized banks at Celina, Sparta, Cookeville, Monterey and Oneida.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and was an elder of the Cookeville congregation.
He is survived by four sons, O. H. Anderson, Superior, Ariz.; W. C. Anderson, of Harriman, Tenn.; J. H. Anderson, of Knoxville, and J. M. Anderson, of Cookeville; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Drake, Cookeville; one brother, Ridley Anderson, Cookeville, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Anderson, Cookeville and Mrs. Lula Arms, Hamilton, Miss.
Funeral services were conducted from the Cookeville Church of Christ Saturday at 3 p.m. by Elder J. Petty Ezell, of Nashville, and Elder D. L. Douthitt, pastor of the Cookeville Church of Christ. Burial was made in the Cookeville Cemetery.—Nashville Tennesseean.
info is from a obit clipping from the Gainesboro newspaper dated Wednesday, May 1, 1929
b. 3 February 1849, nr. Flynn's Lick, Jackson Co., TN – d. 26 April 1929, Cookeville, TN md 18th of July 1875 to Mary Jane (Montgomery) Washburn Anderson, b. 24 December 1849, TN d. 13 June 1924, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Hamilton Montgomery & Mary Jane Draper. James Travis Anderson, s/o
William Carroll Anderson (1819-1882) & Aletha Mumford Draper (1827-1901).
Census Place: 1880 District 1, Jackson Co., TN
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jas. T. ANDERSON Self M M W 31 TN
Occ: Lawyer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary J. ANDERSON Wife F M W 30 TN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Oliver H. ANDERSON Son M S W 4 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Walter C. ANDERSON Son M S W 2 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Bennie R. WASHBURN SSon M S W 11 TN
Occ: At Home Fa: TN Mo: TN
(1900 census 1st Civil Dist., Jackson Co., TN: Dwl: 131 –J. T. Anderson is head of household, 51 yrs. old, b. February 1849, TN md 24 yrs. to Mary J., 50 yrs. old, b. December 1849, TN, 8 children born, 5 children living. Children: Joel H., 19 yrs. old, b. September 1880; May, 15 yrs. old, b. February 1885 & James Anderson, 12 yrs. old, b. September 1887. All born in TN).
Married 18 July 1875
Cookeville, Tenn.—(Spl)—James T. Anderson, 80, widely known banker and business man, died at his home here Friday night at 9 o'clock, following a long illness.
He was born in Jackson County and spent a greater part of his active life there. He organized the Bank of Gainesboro in 1889, and founded the Gainesboro Telephone Company in 1898. As a young man he entered the office of Captain R. A. Cox, and served as deputy clerk and master of Jackson County for 20 years. He later began the practice of law entering the firm of Captain Cox and E. L. Gardenshire.
In addition to his business activities at Gainesboro, Mr. Anderson organized banks at Celina, Sparta, Cookeville, Monterey and Oneida.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and was an elder of the Cookeville congregation.
He is survived by four sons, O. H. Anderson, Superior, Ariz.; W. C. Anderson, of Harriman, Tenn.; J. H. Anderson, of Knoxville, and J. M. Anderson, of Cookeville; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Drake, Cookeville; one brother, Ridley Anderson, Cookeville, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Anderson, Cookeville and Mrs. Lula Arms, Hamilton, Miss.
Funeral services were conducted from the Cookeville Church of Christ Saturday at 3 p.m. by Elder J. Petty Ezell, of Nashville, and Elder D. L. Douthitt, pastor of the Cookeville Church of Christ. Burial was made in the Cookeville Cemetery.—Nashville Tennesseean.
info is from a obit clipping from the Gainesboro newspaper dated Wednesday, May 1, 1929
b. 3 February 1849, nr. Flynn's Lick, Jackson Co., TN – d. 26 April 1929, Cookeville, TN md 18th of July 1875 to Mary Jane (Montgomery) Washburn Anderson, b. 24 December 1849, TN d. 13 June 1924, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Hamilton Montgomery & Mary Jane Draper. James Travis Anderson, s/o
William Carroll Anderson (1819-1882) & Aletha Mumford Draper (1827-1901).
Census Place: 1880 District 1, Jackson Co., TN
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jas. T. ANDERSON Self M M W 31 TN
Occ: Lawyer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary J. ANDERSON Wife F M W 30 TN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Oliver H. ANDERSON Son M S W 4 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Walter C. ANDERSON Son M S W 2 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Bennie R. WASHBURN SSon M S W 11 TN
Occ: At Home Fa: TN Mo: TN
(1900 census 1st Civil Dist., Jackson Co., TN: Dwl: 131 –J. T. Anderson is head of household, 51 yrs. old, b. February 1849, TN md 24 yrs. to Mary J., 50 yrs. old, b. December 1849, TN, 8 children born, 5 children living. Children: Joel H., 19 yrs. old, b. September 1880; May, 15 yrs. old, b. February 1885 & James Anderson, 12 yrs. old, b. September 1887. All born in TN).
Cookeville, Tenn.—(Spl)—James T. Anderson, 80, widely known banker and business man, died at his home here Friday night at 9 o'clock, following a long illness.
He was born in Jackson County and spent a greater part of his active life there. He organized the Bank of Gainesboro in 1889, and founded the Gainesboro Telephone Company in 1898. As a young man he entered the office of Captain R. A. Cox, and served as deputy clerk and master of Jackson County for 20 years. He later began the practice of law entering the firm of Captain Cox and E. L. Gardenshire.
In addition to his business activities at Gainesboro, Mr. Anderson organized banks at Celina, Sparta, Cookeville, Monterey and Oneida.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and was an elder of the Cookeville congregation.
He is survived by four sons, O. H. Anderson, Superior, Ariz.; W. C. Anderson, of Harriman, Tenn.; J. H. Anderson, of Knoxville, and J. M. Anderson, of Cookeville; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Drake, Cookeville; one brother, Ridley Anderson, Cookeville, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Anderson, Cookeville and Mrs. Lula Arms, Hamilton, Miss.
Funeral services were conducted from the Cookeville Church of Christ Saturday at 3 p.m. by Elder J. Petty Ezell, of Nashville, and Elder D. L. Douthitt, pastor of the Cookeville Church of Christ. Burial was made in the Cookeville Cemetery.—Nashville Tennesseean.
info is from a obit clipping from the Gainesboro newspaper dated Wednesday, May 1, 1929
b. 3 February 1849, nr. Flynn's Lick, Jackson Co., TN – d. 26 April 1929, Cookeville, TN md 18th of July 1875 to Mary Jane (Montgomery) Washburn Anderson, b. 24 December 1849, TN d. 13 June 1924, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Hamilton Montgomery & Mary Jane Draper. James Travis Anderson, s/o
William Carroll Anderson (1819-1882) & Aletha Mumford Draper (1827-1901).
Census Place: 1880 District 1, Jackson Co., TN
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jas. T. ANDERSON Self M M W 31 TN
Occ: Lawyer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary J. ANDERSON Wife F M W 30 TN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Oliver H. ANDERSON Son M S W 4 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Walter C. ANDERSON Son M S W 2 TN
Fa: TN Mo: TN
Bennie R. WASHBURN SSon M S W 11 TN
Occ: At Home Fa: TN Mo: TN
(1900 census 1st Civil Dist., Jackson Co., TN: Dwl: 131 –J. T. Anderson is head of household, 51 yrs. old, b. February 1849, TN md 24 yrs. to Mary J., 50 yrs. old, b. December 1849, TN, 8 children born, 5 children living. Children: Joel H., 19 yrs. old, b. September 1880; May, 15 yrs. old, b. February 1885 & James Anderson, 12 yrs. old, b. September 1887. All born in TN).
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