Marion Anderson, age 87, died at the home of his son, T. G. Anderson at Crosses Thursday evening January 10th at 8:50 p.m.. He had been confined to his bed for the past two years, due to the infirmities of age. Mr. Anderson was born and reared in Madison County and was one among the country's most widely known and respected citizens. He was born February 12, 1842. He was a member of the M.E. Church South and a member of the Masonic Lodge at Elkins. He served through the entire period of the Civil War as a Confederate Soldier. Besides other kin, he is survived by five sons, D. W. of Huntsville; Will of Delaney and R. T. and T. G. and James Anderson of Crosses. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Crosses.

Thanks to Mary Achterhof for the obituary reprint, above, and the reprint from Goodspeed's History of Northwest Arkansas:

Francis M. Anderson was born in Madison County, February 12, 1842, where is has since lived engaged in farming and stock raising. He began life with no property of his own, but by determined efforts is now the owner of 457 acres of land, well improved.

In June, 1861 he enlisted in Captain Boon's Company I, Sixteenth Arkansas Infantry, Confederate Army, and participated in a number of important engagements, among which may be mentioned Pea Ridge, Farmington, Luka and Corinth. Later he was wounded by a bursting shell, taken prisoner while on a visit home, but made his escape from the enemy while en route for Springfield.

After the war, he resumed his farm duties, and October 6, 1867, married Nancy Stewart, daughter of James Stewart. Mrs. Anderson was born in this county and is the mother of the following children: William R. L., John W., David W., Robert T., Thomas G. and James. Mr. Anderson is a leading man in his township, a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a democrat.