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W. H. ANDERSON Biography - Anchor Township


W. H. ANDERSON, farmer and stockraiser; P.O. Lexington; was born July 26, 1840, in Jennings Co., Ind.; 
in 1855, he came with his father to McLean Co., Ill., settling south of Bloomington, in what is now 
Randolph Township, remaining there two years; in 1858, he settled on his father's farm, near the head 
of Mackinaw, staying there until 21 years old; he then taught school for some ten years, teaching all 
that time in two places; in his 21st year, he attended college at Eureka, Ill.; he has been no office-seeker, 
but has been connected with schools. He was married, Dec. 25, 1863 to Charity WILLIAMS, a native of Ohio; 
they moved to Illinois, and engaged in farming; in 1865, he settled on his beautiful farm of 170 acres, 
lying on the banks of the Mackinaw, which he obtained entirely by this own efforts. 
They have two children - John M. and Nettie P.