Hamilton-Bledsoe-Marion County TN Archives Biographies.....Anderson, Josiah McNair November 29, 1807 - November 8, 1861
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Author: Zella Armstrong

Anderson, Josiah McNair, was born Nov. 29, 19=807 in Pikeville, Tenn. He died 
Nov. 8, 1861.  He was the son of Col. John and Betsey McNair Anderson.  He was 
educated in the county schools and studied law.  He was admitted to the bar and 
began the practice of law in Jasper, Tenn.  He was elected to the lower house 
of the General Assembly of Tennessee and was Speaker 1833-1837.  He was elected 
to the State Senate, 1843-1845, and was elected presiding officer.  He was 
elected a member of Congress, 184901851.  He was a Whig.  He was appointed a 
delegate from Tennessee to the Peace Conference in Washington in 1861, whereby 
the delegated from the South hoped to avoid war.  He was a Colonel in the 
Tennessee Militia in 1861.  He was ardently in favor of the Confederacy and 
while making a speech, in which he declared his principles, he was assassinated 
by a fanatic at Looney's Creek, near Whitwell, Marion County, Nov. 8, 1861.  He 
is buried on his farm, seven mile southeast of Dunlap, Sequatchie County.  He 
married Dec. 25, 1828 Nancy Lamb, born Sept. 28, 1807, died March 29, 1850. 
Their children were: (1) Alexander Lamb, born Dec. 25, 1832, married twice, 
first Elizabeth Pope, second Esther Shelton; (2) Elizabeth Ann, died 1863, 
married Thomas Gordon McFarland; (3) Martha Jane, married Peter T. Rankin; (4) 
John, died in infancy; (5) William Eagleton, who married Isabella McRee, 
daughter of Major Robert Clarke McRee; (6) James Madison, who was killed while 
serving in the Confederate Army; he was unmarried; (7) Mary Ann, who married 
Robert Clarke McRree Jr; (8) Katherine Keith, who married Ilteed W. Thomas; and 
(9) Josiah McNair, Jr., who married Laura Mitchell

Additional Comments:
Source: Armstrong, Zella. The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, 
Tennessee. Chattanooga, Tenn: Lookout Pub. Co, 1931.

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