From William G. Cutler's History of Kansas (Butler County) - J. T. ANDERSON, lumber dealer, became a resident of Kansas in 1870, settling at Council Grove, where he was engaged in trade. In 1876, he came to El Dorado, engaging in general merchandising, in which branch he was identified up to 1882, and has since been in the lumber trade. Mr. A. is a native of Kentucky; was born in Harrison County, July 1, 1839. In 1862, was a resident of Chillicothe, Mo., where he enlisted in Company A, Forty-fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry; was soon after transferred to the Seventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, in which he served as Lieutenant until the close of the war, being on duty in the Southwest, the Departments of the Cumberland and Tennessee. After the war he resided several years in Missouri, where he was married to Miss J. K. Denham, of Grundy County. They have two children - Annie and Johnnie. Mr. Anderson is a member of the I. O. O. F.
From William G. Cutler's History of Kansas (Butler County) - J. T. ANDERSON, lumber dealer, became a resident of Kansas in 1870, settling at Council Grove, where he was engaged in trade. In 1876, he came to El Dorado, engaging in general merchandising, in which branch he was identified up to 1882, and has since been in the lumber trade. Mr. A. is a native of Kentucky; was born in Harrison County, July 1, 1839. In 1862, was a resident of Chillicothe, Mo., where he enlisted in Company A, Forty-fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry; was soon after transferred to the Seventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, in which he served as Lieutenant until the close of the war, being on duty in the Southwest, the Departments of the Cumberland and Tennessee. After the war he resided several years in Missouri, where he was married to Miss J. K. Denham, of Grundy County. They have two children - Annie and Johnnie. Mr. Anderson is a member of the I. O. O. F.
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