Anderson, Lot J.

LOT J. ANDERSON, farmer, P.O. Meadville, was born in Cussewago Township, June 11, 1836, and is the son of George and Elizabeth (Freeman) Anderson, the former of whom was born in 1799, and when but two years old moved with his parents to Crawford County, and has remained here ever since, living now a retired life after a successful business career. He was married to Elizabeth Freeman, a native of New Jersey, in 1821, and they had a family of eleven children, of whom the following survive, viz.: Caroline, Arold, John, Jane, Lot J., Dillie, and E.T. (living in Meadville, married Miss Breckenridge, have five children living). Caroline, now Mrs. Potter, resides if Minnesota, and has a family of three children; Arold married Miss Clark, who died, leaving eight children, and he was again married in Illinois; John married Miss Sloan, and resides in California; Jane married George Thomas, and has three children. Lot J., our subject, was married in 1867 to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Kerr, and this union has been blessed with six children: Gertrude, Bertha, Thomas K., George C., Florence and Robert W. Our subject is a leading farmer, and his farm shows evidence of neatness and careful cultivation. He is a member of the R.A.; is a F. & A. M. of Meadville; belongs to the Baptist Church; in, politics is a consistent member of the Democratic party.