1855–1924

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 5, 1855, Haw Ridge, Cof­fee Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: No­vem­ber 3, 1924, Ar­ling­ton, Tex­as.

Buried: Orig­in­al­ly in Cis­co, Tex­as. Re­in­terred in 1944 in Green­leaf Ce­me­te­ry, Brown­wood, Texas.

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Biography

Anderson was the son of Tho­mas James Ba­ten. He mar­ried twice: to Cla­ris­sa Em­ily Will­iams (1877) and Le­ta Belle Ely (1895).

He served as pas­tor of the First Bap­tist Church, Na­va­so­ta, Texas, and the Broad­way Bap­tist Church, Fort Worth, Tex­as.

For a while he was Act­ing Pre­si­dent of How­ard Payne Uni­ver­si­ty.

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