Rev. Alexander Anderson

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In the fall of 1797 he emigrated to Tennessee, and settled in Sumner county, three miles south of Gallatin.

His death occurred in Kentucky, and his remains now lie about midway between Elkton and Russellville, in that State. The disease which carried him off overtook him while engaged in his appointed work; he was soon to be ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church. His widow lingered with the children through fifty years, but she always had a comfortable home, and the kind regard of all who knew her.

Presbyterian Minister REV. ALEXANDER ANDERSON. Father : James Anderson (1731-1802) Mother : Elizabeth Mebane (1740-1781): John Anderson , grandfather of Alexander Anderson (from Northern Ireland) married Ann Moore. Their son James Anderson was born March 19, 1731, in Lancester, Pennsylvania. He died 1802 in Orange Coiunty, North Carolina. James Anderson married Elizabeth Mebane born about 1740 in Lancester, Pennsylvania, died about.1781 in Orange County, North Carolina (daughter of Alexander Mebane and Mary Tinnin).

James Anderson and Elizabeth Mebane had a son Alexander Anderson born October 10, 1764, Orange County, North Carolina. He died February 1804 in Elkton, Kentucky. Alexander married 19 May 1787 Orange County, North Carolina, to Phebe Hall. Phebe was born May 19, 1762. Phebe died 19 April 1844, buried Mrs. "Rev" Anderson "Old City" Cemetery, Jerseyville, Jersey Co., Illinois.

Mr. Anderson did not live to witness the organization of the Cumberland Presbytery in 1810, and, properly speaking, therefore, was never a Cumberland Presbyterian. But for the reason that he was fully identified with the difficulties from which the Cumberland Presbyterian Church arose, and, had he lived, without doubt, would have been connected with it, and furthermore as he is considered to have been eminently worthy of such a memorial as these sketches are intended to preserve of their several subjects, he receives a place here.

Alexander Anderson was born in Orange county, North Carolina, October 28, 1764. His father, James Anderson, was a Scotch-Irish emigrant who settled in Orange about the middle of the eighteenth century. James Anderson subsequently married the sister of General James Mebane, of revolutionary memory. Alexander Anderson was the eldest son of this marriage. His mother was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the son was brought up in the faith and according to the usages of that Church. The Sabbath was observed as a holy day. The Bible was read, and the Catechism was studied; these were the principal exercises of the Sabbath.

Having been thus religiously instructed, and raised by a pious mother, Alexander's mind in early youth was brought under religious impressions, but at what period, and under what circumstances, he became experimentally a subject of religion is not now known. It appears that he did not attach himself to the Church till after his marriage. His wife was a Miss Phebe Hall. She was also of Scotch-Irish descent, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. His mission, however, was soon fulfilled: he died in 1804, a year and four months from his licensure, and nine months from his ordination. His death occurred in Kentucky, and his remains now lie about midway between Elkton and Russellville, in that State. The disease which carried him off overtook him while engaged in his appointed work. He was considered a great loss to the revival interest in the Church

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