Hugh Crump Anderson, (1851-1915)

Speaker Hugh C. Anderson, of Scotch-Irish
descent, was born in McNairy County, Tennessee 2 February 1851.

His parents were William Taylor and Mahala (Wisdom) Anderson. His father was a farmer and a merchant.

His paternal grandparents were Thomas
and Mary (Davis) Anderson.
His maternal grandparents were James
and Susan (Seargent) Wisdom.
He married three times:
(1.) Helen Bond, November 1876, (2.) Emma
Burdette, May 1889 and (3.) Lena Myers,
September 1895.

HOUSE, 41st General Assembly, 1879-81;
representing Hardeman, Haywood, and
Madison counties; HOUSE, 42nd General
Assembly, 1881-83 (took the seat of
Howell E. Jackson, resigned),
representing Madison County; SENATE,
59th General Assembly, 1915-17;
representing Chester, Henderson, and
Madison counties; Speaker of the Senate;
Democrat. Born in McNairy County, on
February 2, 1851; son of William Taylor
and Mahala (Wisdom) Anderson. Educated
in McNairy County public schools; West
Tennessee College, Jackson, Madison County;
and received LL.B. degree in 1873 from
Cumberland University Law School, Lebanon,
Wilson County. Began law practice in Jackson.
He was first married to Helen Bond (1855-78,)
daughter of John D. Bond; children--Bond and
Allen Anderson. Married (2nd) to Emma
Burdette (1863-99); children--Hugh Carmack
and Annie Anderson. Third marriage to Ellen
Bond (1854-1918); no children. City Attorney
of Jackson, 1874-75.
He was Mayor of Jackson,1884-1908. In 1889
he organized the Peoples Savings Bank, of
which he was president until his death;
active in financial circles for twenty-five
years. Member of Board of Education
for fifteen years; trustee of the University of
Tennessee, 1909-13. Director of Tennessee
Centennial, 1896-97. Assistant District
Attorney for the Western Division during
President Cleveland's first term. Member
Jackson County Election Commission. Member
of Tennessee Commission to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, 1904. Member of
Presbyterian Church; Mason; Elks; Knights
of Pythias. Died in Nashville, Davidson County,
on March 1, 1915; funeral services held at
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Jackson; buried
in Riverside Cemetery, Jackson. Father of
Hugh Carmack Anderson, sometime member
Tennessee General Assembly.

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OBITUARY NOTICE FOR: Anderson, Hu C.: Speaker of the State Senate, Hon. Hu C. Anderson died suddenly Monday night in Nashville and his remains were carried to Jackson, his home, for interment Wednesday. Both branches of the legislature attended the funeral in a body, going to Jackson in a special train. [Date: 3/4/1915, Vol. XIII, No. 9, Page 3] THE PUTNAM COUNTY HERALD, COOKEVILLE, PUTNAM, TENNESSEE. USA. [Item submitted by Charles Robin Rauch (#46981671)]