Biography - William F. Anderson
WILLIAM F. ANDERSON, merchant, born in Bedford county, Pa., on May 17, 1835. His parents, John and Elizabeth Anderson, were natives of Penn. Was educated in the public schools of Penn.; removed to Warren co., Ill., thence to Knox county in September, 1858; was married to Sarah Cox [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a William F. Anderson marrying a Sarah Elizabeth Cox in Warren County on September 25, 1859], and they are the parents of four children; followed farming for some time; was a soldier in the 102nd Illinois Infantry; is a member of the United Brethren Church, of which he is Steward and Class Leader; has been School Director, Town Trustee and Treasurer. Democrat. Postoffice, Henderson.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman, pages 647-648.
