William Henry
Anderton was born February 7, 1826 probably in North Carolina and died October
11, 1896 in Franklin County, Tennessee and was buried at Ridgeville Cemetery (at
Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church) on Ridgeville Road, Moore County, Tennessee.
Addie (Byrom) Gambill said in Byrom Family
Tree – History of
Byroms written
by her in 1933 says “William Anderton was a prosperous farmer and his wife,
Elizabeth Byrom Anderton was an invalid for a number of years.” Ridgeville
Cemetery, Moore County, Tennessee records show
W. H. ANDERTON
BORN FEB 7 1826
DIED OCT 11 1896
Since thou can no
longer
stay
to
thou
love cheer me with
I hope to meet
with
thee again in yon
bright
world above.
M. E. ANDERTON
BORN
NOV.
12, 1834
DIED MAR 9, 1902
A loving wife, a
mother
a
dear
lies
buried here.
William Henry
Anderton possibly married Sallie Smith bef. 1854 and then he married Mary
Elizabeth Byrom on
October 25, 1854. Mary Elizabeth
Byrom b. November 12, 1834 and died March 9, 1902. She was the daughter of John
Calvin Byrom and Mary “Polly” Caroline Short. William H. Anderton came with
his mother and brother John as children from North Carolina and settled on
Thompson Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee. He and his wife lived near
Ridgeville Their farm was on Anderton Branch.
William Henry Anderton and Mary Elizabeth Byrom had six children: John Alvis
Anderton b. July 23, 1856 d. December 15, 1921 married Sarah J. Webb on November
8, 1876 in Franklin County, Tennessee and Maud Isabell Brazelton on February 7,
1894 in Franklin County, Tennessee; James W. Anderton b. November 8, 1858 and
died August 25, 1943 married Betty Mashburn before 1881 and Sarah Elizabeth
Davis before 1886; Marion Jasper Anderton b. December 1, 1860 and died July 5,
1910 married Flora Abanna Parks on January 3, 1883 in Bedford County, Tennessee;
William Henry Anderton, Jr. b. April 17, 1862 and died January 10, 1878 at age
16 of Typhoid; Pinckney Joab Anderton b. January 1, 1865 and d. July 18, 1929
married Josephine Elizabeth Marshall on October 30, 1884 in Tennessee; and
Thomas Benjamin Anderton b. September 17, 1866 and died July 2, 1951 married
Emma Murrell bef. 1889. He practiced medicine in Franklin County, studied at
Vanderbilt.
Floyd Anderton said
in an interview in 1968 that after his parents' marriage (Pinckney Joab Anderton
and Josephine Elizabeth Marshall) they lived with my grandparents (William Henry
Anderton and Mary Elizabeth Byrom) for awhile. My mother used to tell me about
great-grandmother Anderton [Mary Elizabeth Byrom). Her son, John, (John Alvis
Anderton) persuaded her to deed the 50-acre farm on Thompson Creek to him with
the promise that he would keep her for the rest of her life. One year later, he
arrived at Grandfather Bill's with great-grandmother and her personal
possessions in a wagon. He announced that he had kept her for a year and that
was all he was going to do. My grandfather (William Henry Anderton) calmly had
the boys unload her trunk, said "Come in, Ma," and - perhaps - he said goodbye
to his brother John. Great Grandmother lived with us until her death. Mother
said she smoked a little clay pipe and would sit by the fire where she could
light a straw from the coals beneath the forestick to light her pipe.
William Henry
Anderton served in the Civil War as a Confederate Soldier, Pvt.,
Co.
A, 37th Infantry.
William Henry
Anderton was the husband of Jack Holt’s First Cousin, three times removed – Mary
Elizabeth Byrom.
Submitted by Carol
and Jack Holt, Franklin County, Tennessee,
carolh2000@yahoo.com
