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HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Albert Ross Hogue, 1920
-Robert Anderson was born in 1846. He is a son of Tom Anderson and Penny (Edwards) Anderson. Grandparents: Lewis Anderson and Sarah (Nobles) Anderson. Lewis Anderson came with his family to Fentress County and settled on Crooked Creek on Cumberland Mountain about seventy-five years ago. He entered a thousand acres of land. Lewis Anderson died about thirty years ago and Tom Anderson about sixteen years ago. The Edwards family came from North Carolina about the same time the Andersons came. Riley Edwards, an uncle of Robert Anderson, also entered some tracts of land near the Andersons. He was killed by lightning, one of the Morgans was killed at the same time. Will Edwards, a brother of Riley Edwards, was killed on John Boles’ porch by Ferguson’s men during the war. James Edwards was a soldier in the Mexican War. About thirty Indians stayed all night with the Edwards family after they came to the county and ate about two bushels of meal made into mush and bread. They would not eat salted meat. Robert Anderson is a farmer and lives at Banner Springs.
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HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Albert Ross Hogue, 1920
-Robert Anderson was born in 1846. He is a son of Tom Anderson and Penny (Edwards) Anderson. Grandparents: Lewis Anderson and Sarah (Nobles) Anderson. Lewis Anderson came with his family to Fentress County and settled on Crooked Creek on Cumberland Mountain about seventy-five years ago. He entered a thousand acres of land. Lewis Anderson died about thirty years ago and Tom Anderson about sixteen years ago. The Edwards family came from North Carolina about the same time the Andersons came. Riley Edwards, an uncle of Robert Anderson, also entered some tracts of land near the Andersons. He was killed by lightning, one of the Morgans was killed at the same time. Will Edwards, a brother of Riley Edwards, was killed on John Boles’ porch by Ferguson’s men during the war. James Edwards was a soldier in the Mexican War. About thirty Indians stayed all night with the Edwards family after they came to the county and ate about two bushels of meal made into mush and bread. They would not eat salted meat. Robert Anderson is a farmer and lives at Banner Springs.
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