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Schulenburg Sticker Schulenburg, Texas Friday, April 3, 1925 
NOTE : In 1924, a Brownwood newspaper reporter interviewed the 84 year old William Columbus Anderson and erroneously claimed that the Brown County farmer was the notorious William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson who had been killed in Missouri 26 October 1864. 
HISTORY OF ANDERSON BROTHERS IN GRAYSON
COUNTY
In the winter of 1863/1864, Bill and Jim Anderson, who rode with the Quantrill guerrillas, spent the winter in Grayson County. Bill Anderson met, and married Miss Bush Smith 3 March 1864, and the marriage license reads "Lieut. William T. Anderson and Miss Bush Smith." Bill Anderson returned to Missouri and was killed 26 October 1864 in a Union ambush. Before he left Grayson County, there is an unconfirmed story that Bill hired Francis M. Richardson to build a house in Sherman for his bride. After the death of Capt. William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, James Monroe "Jim" Anderson, brought his two surviving sisters to Grayson County. Mary Ellen "Mollie" Anderson married Alexander V. Doak. Martha Jane "Mattie" Anderson married Elbridge Geary "Ebb" Douglas, who later represented Grayson and Cooke County in Austin. James Anderson married Mary Erwin 21 October 1868. They were the parents of Jimmie Maude Anderson. Jim was killed in the spring of 1871. There is an unconfirmed story that George Shepherd slit his throat on the Grayson County courthouse lawn, or on the Texas State Capitol grounds. Jimmie was born 21 August 1871 a few months after her father's death. Mary then married Burrell P. Smith Jr., and Mary's sister, Mattie Erwin Maxwell and husband Theodore raised Jimmie. Theodore Maxwell was a merchant in 1870, with a personal estate of $3,500, and proprietor of a gin in 1880. The Maxwell's were married 25 January 1871. Jim Anderson was killed 5 May 1871. Jimmie Maude Anderson was born 21 August 1871. Mattie Erwin Maxwell would have been Mary Erwin Anderson's closest relative for support, and Mary might have been living with the Maxwells when Jimmie Maude Anderson was born. That would explain the story that Jimmie Maude Anderson was born in an upstairs bedroom. They resided for many years at 1213 East Cherry Street, and Jimmie inherited the property, for Mattie and Theodore Maxwell were childless. Jimmie worked for many years in a dry goods store in Sherman before her death in 1966. Census records in 1900, 1910, and 1920 included street names, house numbers, number of dwelling visited, and number of family visited. The Maxwells lived at 1025 E. Cherry Street in the 1900 and 1910 census. In the 1920 census, Mattie, a widow, and Jimmie Maude Anderson lived at 1213 E. Cherry Street. There were 9 in the Maxwell household in 1900, indicative of a large house; 4 in the household in 1910; and 2 in the household in 1920. Thomas Theodore Maxwell, born in Ohio, served in the Civil War. According to Mattie's Confederate pension application, Theodore served in Col. H. Jackson's Co, Alexander's Regiment, known as 34th Texas Cavalry, Dismounted. In the pension file is a document showing that Jimmie Maude Anderson was the executor of the estate of Mattie E. Maxwell. It appears that the Maxwell's, who were childless, left their house at 1213 Cherry Street to Jimmie Maude Anderson. It also seems very likely that the Maxwells did not move from 1025 E. Cherry Street to 1213 E. Cherry Street. Renumbering of houses might explain the change in address. Information provided by Rollie Taylor "Two Bill Andersons Time Line" The War of the Rebellion : A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union Death of William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson Civil War Talk : Eye Witness Account of the death of Capt. W.T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson My Great-Great-Grandmother Was Married to an Outlaw! Famous & Infamous Copyright © 2024, TXGenWeb.. Grayson County TXGenWeb |