Elmwood Cemetery Biographical Sketches, 1874
Major Nat. Anderson, born in Virginia, came to Memphis with his wife (Mildred Cobb Moon), the sister of Jacob N. Moon, in 1823. His original residence was at Big Spring, afterward known as "Amalbene," where his friend, General E.P. Gaines, resided. It was subsequently the home of Tilman Bettis. The place is on Pigeon Roost Road, two and a half miles from Memphis. About 1827 or 1828 Major Anderson built the first attractive hotel in Memphis, at the corner of Main and Winchester streets. T.G. Johnson was its lessee. It was called the City Hotel. In 1835 he was of the New Orleans house of Fearne, Wilcox & Co., afterwards of N. Anderson & Son, Carr & Co., New Orleans. In 1846 he was made Quartermaster in the volunteer army engaged in war with Mexico, and stationed at Point Isabel. He retired at the close of the war, commended for energy and skill, and his fame was spotless. In 1849 he made the Bias Place, nine miles southeast of Memphis, his home, where he resided at the date of his death. He served, we forgot to state, in the fight at Craney Island, and in the defense of Norfolk in the war of 1812. No public enterprise in Memphis, while he lived, ever lacked his material aid. He was the first President of the old Farmers and Merchants Bank, of which Charles Lofland was so long Cashier. At the fireside, as a citizen, and in public service, he was deemed faultless. He was incapable of meanness, of malice or hate, and no narrow, base passion of selfish greed abode in his great, generous heart. Happily for the city, which he did so much to serve, if successive generations of its people could be moulded by his example. He died March 9th, 1867, aged seventy-one.
born: Albemarle Parrish Virginia
died: Shelby County, Tennessee
Major Nat. Anderson, born in Virginia, came to Memphis with his wife (Mildred Cobb Moon), the sister of Jacob N. Moon, in 1823. His original residence was at Big Spring, afterward known as "Amalbene," where his friend, General E.P. Gaines, resided. It was subsequently the home of Tilman Bettis. The place is on Pigeon Roost Road, two and a half miles from Memphis. About 1827 or 1828 Major Anderson built the first attractive hotel in Memphis, at the corner of Main and Winchester streets. T.G. Johnson was its lessee. It was called the City Hotel. In 1835 he was of the New Orleans house of Fearne, Wilcox & Co., afterwards of N. Anderson & Son, Carr & Co., New Orleans. In 1846 he was made Quartermaster in the volunteer army engaged in war with Mexico, and stationed at Point Isabel. He retired at the close of the war, commended for energy and skill, and his fame was spotless. In 1849 he made the Bias Place, nine miles southeast of Memphis, his home, where he resided at the date of his death. He served, we forgot to state, in the fight at Craney Island, and in the defense of Norfolk in the war of 1812. No public enterprise in Memphis, while he lived, ever lacked his material aid. He was the first President of the old Farmers and Merchants Bank, of which Charles Lofland was so long Cashier. At the fireside, as a citizen, and in public service, he was deemed faultless. He was incapable of meanness, of malice or hate, and no narrow, base passion of selfish greed abode in his great, generous heart. Happily for the city, which he did so much to serve, if successive generations of its people could be moulded by his example. He died March 9th, 1867, aged seventy-one.
born: Albemarle Parrish Virginia
died: Shelby County, Tennessee
Elmwood Cemetery Biographical Sketches, 1874
Major Nat. Anderson, born in Virginia, came to Memphis with his wife (Mildred Cobb Moon), the sister of Jacob N. Moon, in 1823. His original residence was at Big Spring, afterward known as "Amalbene," where his friend, General E.P. Gaines, resided. It was subsequently the home of Tilman Bettis. The place is on Pigeon Roost Road, two and a half miles from Memphis. About 1827 or 1828 Major Anderson built the first attractive hotel in Memphis, at the corner of Main and Winchester streets. T.G. Johnson was its lessee. It was called the City Hotel. In 1835 he was of the New Orleans house of Fearne, Wilcox & Co., afterwards of N. Anderson & Son, Carr & Co., New Orleans. In 1846 he was made Quartermaster in the volunteer army engaged in war with Mexico, and stationed at Point Isabel. He retired at the close of the war, commended for energy and skill, and his fame was spotless. In 1849 he made the Bias Place, nine miles southeast of Memphis, his home, where he resided at the date of his death. He served, we forgot to state, in the fight at Craney Island, and in the defense of Norfolk in the war of 1812. No public enterprise in Memphis, while he lived, ever lacked his material aid. He was the first President of the old Farmers and Merchants Bank, of which Charles Lofland was so long Cashier. At the fireside, as a citizen, and in public service, he was deemed faultless. He was incapable of meanness, of malice or hate, and no narrow, base passion of selfish greed abode in his great, generous heart. Happily for the city, which he did so much to serve, if successive generations of its people could be moulded by his example. He died March 9th, 1867, aged seventy-one.
born: Albemarle Parrish Virginia
died: Shelby County, Tennessee
Major Nat. Anderson, born in Virginia, came to Memphis with his wife (Mildred Cobb Moon), the sister of Jacob N. Moon, in 1823. His original residence was at Big Spring, afterward known as "Amalbene," where his friend, General E.P. Gaines, resided. It was subsequently the home of Tilman Bettis. The place is on Pigeon Roost Road, two and a half miles from Memphis. About 1827 or 1828 Major Anderson built the first attractive hotel in Memphis, at the corner of Main and Winchester streets. T.G. Johnson was its lessee. It was called the City Hotel. In 1835 he was of the New Orleans house of Fearne, Wilcox & Co., afterwards of N. Anderson & Son, Carr & Co., New Orleans. In 1846 he was made Quartermaster in the volunteer army engaged in war with Mexico, and stationed at Point Isabel. He retired at the close of the war, commended for energy and skill, and his fame was spotless. In 1849 he made the Bias Place, nine miles southeast of Memphis, his home, where he resided at the date of his death. He served, we forgot to state, in the fight at Craney Island, and in the defense of Norfolk in the war of 1812. No public enterprise in Memphis, while he lived, ever lacked his material aid. He was the first President of the old Farmers and Merchants Bank, of which Charles Lofland was so long Cashier. At the fireside, as a citizen, and in public service, he was deemed faultless. He was incapable of meanness, of malice or hate, and no narrow, base passion of selfish greed abode in his great, generous heart. Happily for the city, which he did so much to serve, if successive generations of its people could be moulded by his example. He died March 9th, 1867, aged seventy-one.
born: Albemarle Parrish Virginia
died: Shelby County, Tennessee
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