WI BIO - Dodge Co - ANDERSON, James
History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 
1880, p 603. 

James ANDERSON, farmer, Section 12 [Oak Grove Township, Dodge County, 
Wisconsin], P. O. Horicon [Dodge County], was born in Manchester [Bennington 
County], Vermont, 09 October 1782, son of Andrew ANDERSON, who was born New 
Hampshire; was of Scotch descent; he fell off a mountainside in Ohio in 1816 
and was killed, at the age of 57 years.

On 27 November 1814 James [ANDERSON] married, in Manchester [Bennington 
County, Vermont], Mabel COLLINS, daughter of Nathaniel COLLINS; the family 
were from Connecticut; they moved to Loraine County, Ohio, at an early date 
when it was all woods; went through many hardships and came to Oak Grove in 
1844 and have been here ever since, and through his frugality has now a 
comfortable home and eighty acres under fine cultivation. Mr. [James] 
ANDERSON was a brave soldier in the war of 1812 and is now receiving a 
pension for his valiant services.

[James ANDERSON], by his first wife, who died in the fall of 1821, had four 
children: Ralph R., Susan A., Andrew, and Nathaniel C.

[James ANDERSON] married [his second wife] Stacy HOLT [a maiden name?] and 
had five chidren: Calvin, Sarah, William W., Helen, and Henry. His second 
wife [Stacy ANDERSON] died 29 April 1835.

In 1837 [James ANDERSON] married [his third wife] Amanda NORTON [a maiden 
name?] of Connecticut. [James and Amanda ANDERSON] had one child, Mary J., 
who married A. HERRICK and is living in Colorado.

Submitted by: Cathy Kubly