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ANDREW ANDERSON is the owner and occupant of a tract of land on section 14, Cotton Hill Township, which affords him a comfortable maintenance. It consists of seventy-two acres on which he has made good improvements, among them the various buildings which befit the home of people of good taste and a desire to enjoy life. Everywhere upon the estate one can see the impress of the character of the owner and the observer will readily conclude that the operator of the land was bred to farm work and has made it his life business.

Before outlining the history of our subject a few words regarding his parents will not be amiss. His father, the late Joseph Anderson, was born in Kentucky and married Elvira Hall, a native of Virginia. The good couple made their home in the Blue Grass State until 1852, when they came to this county, establishing themselves near Chatham. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom our subject was the second in order of birth. The father died near Loami and the mother subsequently married William Tweedy.

The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch was born in Garret County, Ky., April 29, 1831. He was reared on a farm and early taught the various details of agricultural work, thus fitting himself for that which has been his own vocation. He grew to manhood in his native State, and after coming to this county made the acquaintance of the estimable woman who is now his wife. This was Miss Margaret E. Bell, who was born in this county, May 30, 1834, and became the wife of Mr. Anderson, February 3, 1858.

Our subject and his wife have six living children, named respectively: Belle, Agnes, Zebulon J., Susan M., James and Rachel. The oldest is now the wife of Douglas Richardson, and the second the wife of Ernest A. Ginther. Zebulon J. married Miss Laura Moyer. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have lost two children, one an infant, and Richard the eldest son, who was cut down in the dawn of his manhood, dying when twenty years old. Mr. Anderson is not a politician, but generally votes the Republican ticket. He holds the office of Steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church of which both himself and wife are members. He is looked upon as one who deserved the respect of his fellow-men by reason of his conscientious life and reliability in its various relations.