Isham Francis Anderson^{[1, 2, 3]}

1856 - Aft 1900  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Isham Francis Anderson
  Born	Mar 1856	Marshall county, Alabama, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1900	Jackson county, Alabama, USA   [4, 5]
  Notes	If one can believe the date of Isham's birth as entered in the Madison County, AL 1900 census, he was born in 1856.  This would agree with his age entered in the Jackson County, AL 1880 census.  However, it conflicts with the ages entered in the Marshall County, AL 1860 census and the Jackson County, AL 1870 census.  There is an even greater discrepancy in the Marshall County, AL 1850 census.  The only explanation this researcher can devise for this discrepancy is for a child to have been born to Robert and Milissa Anderson in 1850 who was named Francis.  This child died in infancy and another son was born in 1856 who was named Isham Francis Anderson.  Any other rational explanation would be welcomed. Isham lived the early years of his life in Marshall County, AL. He was living with his widowed mother in Jackson County, AL by 1870.  He lived alone in Jackson County at the time of the 1880 census.  His occupation was entered as farm laborer. Isham Francis swore in an affidavit filed on behalf of his brother, Andrew Murray, that he was present at the death of Ann Eliza (Gailey) and attended her funeral and burial in Jackson County, AL. Isham married Dora Pressley on July 7, 1895 in Jackson County, AL.  He and his new bride were soon living within one and one-fourth miles of Andrew and Bettie Anderson in Knoxville, Johnson County, AR.  He and his younger brother, George Washington Anderson, later moved to Russellville, Pope County, AR.  Soon after the death of Murray, Isham was appointed guardian of two of Murray's minor children.  The guardianship was revoked when he moved out of the state sometime between November, 1897 and April, 1898.  He had returned to Madison County, AL. According to family oral history, Isham returned  to Jackson County, AL later in life and there is where he died and was buried.  He did not have any children. End Notes: Marshall County, AL 1850 census, Subdivision 23, Family No. 321, p 231.                   Marshall County, AL 1860 census, Tract 7, Range 3 East, Cottonville, p 756.                   Jackson County, AL 1870 census, Bridgeport, p 12.                   Jackson County, AL 1880 census, Enumeration District No. 105, Stevenson, p 97B.                   Madison County, AL 1900 census, Enumeration District No. 106, Vienna, p 4A                   National Archives Civil War File No. 217.037, Andrew Murray Anderson's                                            Military and Pension File.                   National Archives Civil War Pensions File No. 455.256, Bettie Anderson's application for                          widow's pension.                   Family oral history.
  Person ID	I86327	mykindred
  Last Modified	Nov 9, 2005

  
  

  Father	Robert H. Anderson,   b. Sep 10, 1797, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Apr 11, 1860, Marshall county, Alabama, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Malissa Dunn,   b. 1816, Alabama, USA ,   d. 1896, Johnson county, Arkansas, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Jan 06, 1846	Marshall county, Alabama, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F29031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora Pressley,   b. Apr 1878, Alabama, USA ,   d. Y
  Married	Jul 07, 1895	Jackson county, Alabama, USA   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F29361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1428] Marshell County, AL 1860 Census, Cottonville, p 756. The Milissa Anderson family. [S1148] Jackson County, AL 1870 Census, District 1, Subdivision 1, Bridgeport, p 12. The Milisssa Anderson family. [S1128] Gedcom - Shirley, Raymond. [S1298] Family Oral History. Letters from Jennie Cloud Pace Letters from Katherine Cloud Pace [S1484] Madison County, AL 1900 Census, Eneumeration District No. 106, Vienna, p 4A. The Isham Francis Anderson family. [S1279] Marshall County, AL Marriages, MyFamily.com. Alabama Research. List of Marshall County marriages posted by Steve Turner. [S1298] Family Oral History. [S751] ancestry.com, OSPage 126, Record # 70864. Ancestry posting of Isham Anderson marriage.