John Fain Anderson Statements Regarding the Hoss Apple and Hoss Family History
In these statements, John Fain Anderson discusses the Hoss Apple, the Magott (or Margrett) Apple, and the Robertson Apple, provides a sketch of the Hoss family, and enumerates his memories of Washington County, Tennessee. His sketch of the Hoss family includes information about his own family beginning with his grandfathers, John R. Fain (d. 1869) and John Anderson (1765-1850), and ending with his parents, Samuel Anderson (1805-1849) and Hannah Crawford Fain (1811-1891). Also included is a letter from Hubert S. Lyle to Mary (Hoss) Headman recommending that she speak to John Fain Anderson regarding the history of the Hoss family. All of these items are typewritten transcriptions of the originals.
Dates
- 1928 February 4-April
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
In these statements, John Fain Anderson discusses the Hoss Apple, the Magott (or Margrett) Apple, and the Robertson Apple, provides a sketch of the Hoss family, and enumerates his memories of Washington County, Tennessee. His sketch of the Hoss family includes information about his own family beginning with his grandfathers, John R. Fain (d. 1869) and John Anderson (1765-1850), and ending with his parents, Samuel Anderson (1805-1849) and Hannah Crawford Fain (1811-1891). Also included is a letter from Hubert S. Lyle to Mary (Hoss) Headman recommending that she speak to John Fain Anderson regarding the history of the Hoss family. All of these items are typewritten transcriptions of the originals.
Biographical/Historical Note
John Fain Anderson was born to Samuel and Hannah Crawford (Fain) Anderson on November 17, 1844 in Blountville, Tennessee. Samuel Anderson was a farmer, and John Anderson worked on the farm and attended some primary school as a child. During the Civil War, Anderson served as a messenger boy for the Union in Knoxville and Loudon, Tennessee. After the war ended, he operated a mercantile business in Washington County, Tennessee until 1881, when he retired to concentrate on his historical work. Anderson wrote several articles on local history for the Knoxville Tribune before his death on April 28, 1929.
J. Fain Anderson married Susan Florence Lady (1852-1932) on December 15, 1869 and the couple had fifteen children: Samuel Eaton (1871-1939), Fannie Fain (Anderson) Corum (1874-1954), Henry Wheeler (1874-1962), Mary Ellen (1876-1901), Horace Maynard (1878-1878), Hannah Amanda (Anderson) Henley (1879-1961), William Montgomery, Margaret Elizabeth (1882-1977), Carrie Amelia (1884-1983), Hugh Mitchell, John Lady (1887-1938), Laura May (1889-1897), Lillian Jean, Sarah Ruth (Anderson) Brabson (1893-1982), and Florence Isabella.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Mary Hoss Headman donated these typescripts to Special Collections in 1951.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository