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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States.
Chicago - Chapman Bros. -
1892
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JOHN
T. ANDERSON. In this volume may be found biographies
of many influential citizens who have plodded up the steeps
of honor and prosperity with remarkable energy and success.
The life of Mr. Anderson furnishes a good example of
this kind. He is now the owner of a good farm in
Tuscarawas Township, and thereon is devoting his energies to
agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. Progressive
in every way, he is known in this section as one of the
well-to-do and prominent farmers.
A native of this county, our subject was born Nov. 6,
1842, a son of Samuel and Sarah J. (McDowell) Anderson.
The father, who also was born in this county, was a son of
David M. Anderson, who was one of the very earliest
settlers in this State. The paternal grandfather was
one of a family of four children, as follows: Mary
E., who married J. G. Dague; David M., John M.
and Samantha J. Samuel, the father, was a
shrewd and capable business man and was frequently selected
to fill some public position, such as that of Township
Trustee, the duties of which were faithfully and
conscientiously discharged. In all the country there
was no more ardent and consistent Republican, and no man of
better impulses and stricter integrity than he. He was
one of the prominent members of the United Presbyterian
Church at Dalton, in which denomination he served as Elder.
His death, which occurred June 17, 1887, was the result of
heart disease. His widow survived him for some years
and departed this life Feb. 6, 1892.
John M. Anderson of this sketch has always
resided in this county and during the early days did his
full share of pioneer work in assisting his father to redeem
his farm from what was then a wilderness. Like other
farmer lads, he was given a fair education in the district
schools, and being an apt pupil and desirous of gaining a
good knowledge of books, he made the best of his
opportunities and is to-day one of the well-educated men of
this county.
In 1864, he became a member of the Grand Company, which
was organized at Dalton for the defense of the State, and
later was sent to Washington, D. C., where, with his
comrades, he assisted in guarding Ft. Ethan Allen, where he
remained for some three months and was then honorably
discharged. Feb. 7 of the following year he was united
in marriage with Miss Sarah J., daughter of Samuel
and Mary Doll, natives of Pennsylvania. Of the
three children born to them, Samuel W. is deceased.
Those surviving are Mary F. (Mrs. Eli Mock) and
Harvey W.
Mrs. Anderson owns sixty acres of well cultivated
land, and with his wife is a regular attendant and devoted
member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is
a stalwart Republican, and with his family is highly
esteemed in social circles, and at his hospitable home is
wont to entertain many friends.
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Stark
County, Ohio - Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 201 |
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