Grayson County KyArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Rezin May 28, 1816 - February 3, 1873
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Author: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 1, Kentucky:  A History of the State by Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886

REZIN ANDERSON (deceased) was born in Grayson County, Ky., May 28, 1816. His
father, William Anderson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of William
Anderson, Sr., who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky many years ago and
settled near the present site of Lexington, Fayette County. William
Anderson, Jr., was but a youth when his parents moved to Kentucky. The
family remained in Fayette County but a short time, owing to Indian
depredations; afterward immigrating to what is now La Rue County, settling
abut two miles from Hodgensville, where William Anderson, Sr., died shortly
after locating. In 1814 William Anderson came to Grayson County, and opened
a farm on Caney Creek, being one of the earliest pioneers of that section.
He afterward moved to Raymon's Fork, three miles from Caneyville Village,
where he improved a farm. He served with distinction in the Indian War of
1797, and participated in the bloody battle known in history as St. Clair's
Defeat. He was for a number of years a member and pastor of the Baptist
Church and died at his home in 1856, at the advanced age of ninety years.
His wife, Sarah Anderson, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Grayson
County about 1850. Rezin Anderson grew to manhood in Grayson County, and was
esteemed as one of its most thrifty and respected citizens. He commenced
farming on the paternal homestead, where he lived all his life, and died
February 3, 1873, aged fifty-seven years. He was twice married, his first
wife being Sallie Clagett, daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Gay) Glagett, by
whom he had one child, Rebecca C. Anderson. Mrs. Anderson departed this life
about 1843. His second wife, Susan J. Elder, daughter of Robert and Jennie
Elder, of Grayson County, is still living. The following are the children
born to the last marriage, viz.: Joseph (deceased), William M. (deceased),
Wilfred I., Laura A. (deceased), Cicero (deceased), James M. (deceased),
Thomas J. D., Lula B., Cornelia F., and Sarah J. Wilfred I. Anderson, third
son of Rezin and Susan J Anderson, was born January 10, 1854. He is a native
of Grayson County, and spent his youth upon his father's farm, attending the
schools of the country at intervals, and engaged in business for himself at
the age of nineteen, choosing agriculture as a vocation. He first purchased
a farm two miles from where he now lives, on which he resided for a period
of seven years, and at the end of that time, in 1874, disposed of his place,
and moved to his present home, which forms a part of the old homestead. Mr.
Anderson has a beautiful, well improved farm, and is one of the leading
agriculturists of the Caneyville precinct. November 6, 1873, was solemnized
his marriage with Nancy Davis, daughter of William and Emmeline Davis, of
Grayson County. Two children have blessed this institution: Warren L. And
Harvey B. Thomas J. D. Anderson, sixth son and eighth child of Rezin and
Susan J. Anderson, was born October 26, 1863. He was reared on the old
homestead, and received the basis of a good education in the common schools.
Being a great reader he has added to his early education a vast fund of
knowledge, obtained from the standard literature of the day, and is now one
of the best informed young men of his community. At present he has charge of
the paternal estate, which he carries on successfully, looking after his
mother's interests, with whom he lives. He is a successful farmer and stock
raiser, and has before him a promising future.



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