WILLIAM W. ANDERSON At the home of his daughter, Miss Garnett Anderson, in Searcy, Rev. William Wesley Anderson, aged 97, superannuate of the North Arkansas Conference, passed to his heavenly home, August 14 (August 15, 1935). Born in Chester, Illinois, he came, in 1861, to Arkansas as a soldier in the Federal Army. In a number of important engagements, he was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. Remaining in the South at the close of the war, he was converted and baptized in the old First Church, Little Rock. He was licensed as a local preacher in 1868 and joined the Arkansas Conference the next year. He served Jonesboro and Paragould and other important charges in White River Conference until compelled to retire on account of the infirmities of age. He was a deeply religious man, and a truly great preacher, his eloquence at times being phenomenal. He preached his last sermon at Searcy, Dec. 9, 1934. He is survived by five daughters: Mrs. J. A. Stoker and Miss Garnett of Searcy, with whom he had made his home in recent years; Mrs. C. H. Campbell of N. C.; Mrs. Arthur Hannan of La.; and Mrs. J. T. Shumate of Russellville; besides nine grandchildren and six Great-grandchildren. Funeral services were at the Methodist Church in Searcy, August 16, conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. C. Davidson, and Rev. Wm. Sherman, P. E., of Conway District, who had been his pastor.--F. A. Lark (Journal, Arkansas Annual Conference, 1935)
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Previous notes:
Mr.Anderson died Aug.15,1935 in Searcy, Arkansas

Carrie A. Anderson Gatten - Hughes Cemetery, St. Francis Co., Arkansas
Birth: Sep. 10, 1872
Death: Feb. 26, 1931

Daughter of William W. Anderson, b. 1838-Civil War Veteran living with she and Frank in 1930 Census in Telico Township.
He was born in Ohio, and his parents in Arkansas. He was a retired Minister of the Gospel on the 1930 Census.

Per family tree, Edwards on Ancestry.com, He was married to:
Martha Jane. Alexander
Birth 14 May 1847 in Wayne County, Tennessee, USA
Death 7 Nov 1891 in Riverside, Woodruff,Arlansas

m.1865 30 Aug in Little Rock, Ark.

Spouse & Children

William W. Anderson 1838 – 1935
Children:
William A . Anderson 1868 – 1900
Della Florance Anderson 1872 –
Cora Alice Anderson 1873 –
Diana Eldora Anderson 1875 – 1960
Wesley Isom Anderson 1877 – 1902
Hattie Mary Anderson 1880 –
James Smith Anderson