Hamilton-Mcminn County TN Archives Biographies.....Anderson, William Walker June 10, 1804 - October 29, 1896
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Author: Zella Armstrong

Anderson, William Walker, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., June 10, 1804; he 
died in Chattanooga Oct 29, 1896.  From Rockbridge County he moved to Athens, 
Tenn., and after a short residence there he moved to Chattanooga in 1840.  
While he lived in Athens, he went back to Rockbridge County to marry Elizabeth 
McChesney.  They were founders of the Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga June 
21, 1840, and he was elected a ruling elder, having held that office in Athens.  
Elizabeth McChesney Anderson died Sept. 12, 1840, soon after their arrival in 
Chattanooga.  She is buried in Citizens' Cemetery.

Two years after he death William W. Anderson married Mrs. Louisa Penelope 
Campbell Smith, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Campbell, of Athens, and widow of 
James Woods Smith, of Chattanooga.  The marriage took place in Athens, Dec. 13, 
1842.  

Among the children by the first wife was William W. Anderson, Jr., whose 
reminiscences have contributed much to this volume.  He was born in Athens 
about 1837.  He married twice.  His first wife, whom he married in 1859, was 
Lydia Cravens, born 1839, daughter of Robert Cravens.  The marriage took place 
at Robert Cravens' home on the side of Lookout Mountain, now called Cravens' 
Terrace.

William W. Anderson and Louisa Smith Anderson had six children; Jefferson 
Campbell Anderson, born Jan 10. 1844; Sarah Anderson, born Aug. 14, 1845; 
Thomas Clinton Anderson, born June 19, 1847, died in infancy; Richard Bearden 
Anderson, born Jan. 10, 1849, died in infancy; Milo Smith Anderson, born Jan. 
10, 1854, living 1931; and Mary Louisa Anderson, born Feb. 26, 1856, who 
married George Vinson and is living, 1931.

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

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