County of Christian, Kentucky.  Historical and Biographical.  Edited by 
William Henry Perrin.  F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 340-341.

ROBERT M. ANDERSON'S father, John Anderson, now of Hopkinsville, Ky., 
was born in 1820, in Christian County, and is a son of Josiah Anderson, 
of whom mention is made in the history of Hamby Precinct.  In 1840 he 
was married to Miss Pernecia Coon, by whom he had two children - Mrs. M. 
D. Meacham and Robert M. Anderson.  Mrs. John Anderson died in this 
county in 1881.  Robert M. was born November 23, 1843.  He learned the 
trade of carpenter, which he followed until 1873, with the exception of 
a short interval of time, during which he served as Assistant Postmaster 
at Hopkinsville.  He was married in Shelby County, Ky., in 1866, to Miss 
Melissa A., daughter of J. M. Woods.  She was born in Shelby County, 
December 30, 1842.  Since 1873 Mr. Anderson has been merchandising, and 
is now conducting a flourishing grocery business on Court Street, 
between Virginia and Main Streets.  He is a member of the Masonic Order; 
Knights of Honor; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows, and is Grand 
patriarch of the Grand Encampment of the I. O. O. F., State of Kentucky.  
Mr. Anderson sustained a severe loss in the conflagration of October, 
1882, and in 1883 rebuilt a substantial business house on the site of 
the former, at a cost of $3,700.  Of his four children, the eldest, Ada, 
is deceased; those living are Florence, Daisey and May Anderson.

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