Reverend James M Anderson (10 Sep 1827 - 23 Aug 1907) served as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan from 1874 to 1881. He was married and had three daughters and a son.
James Marshall Anderson was born 10 September 1827 to James and Janet (Marshall) Anderson, according to the Mary Elisabeth Anderson Brown genealogy available at Ancestry.com.
James M Anderson was born 10 September 1827 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, according to the Presbyterian Ministerial Directory of Ministers of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, published by the Ministerial Directory Company, Oxford, OH in 1898. Kilmarnock is famous as the original home of Johnnie Walker spirits and the place where Robert Burns penned his first poems.
James M Anderson married Elizabeth Robbins on 25 August 1864 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, according to the Mary Elisabeth Anderson Brown genealogy. Elizabeth was born 21 February 1835 to Samuel R and Frances "Fanny" (Osborne) Robbins.
The 1870 Federal Census for Pennsylvania showed James Anderson, age 40, born in Scotland, Presbyterian clergyman, with property worth $3,000, living in the 28th Ward and 91st District of the city of Philadelphia with his wife Elizabeth, age 35, born in New York and daughters Jessie (5 OH), Elizabeth (3 OH) and Agnes (1 MA). The Mary Elisabeth Anderson Brown genealogy names the Anderson children as Jessie McMillian Anderson, Elizabeth Marshall Anderson, Agnes Stevenson Anderson, and Robbins Battell Anderson.
The 11 Apr 1874 edition of The Matawan Journal reported that Rev Anderson of Belvidere had accepted the call of the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan. Belvidere is a small town in Warren County, New Jersey.
The 23 May 1874 edition of The Matawan Journal carried details of a wedding officiated by Rev Anderson.
The 1 Aug 1874 edition of The Matawan Journal said Rev Anderson would be leaving on a four week vacation next week.
The 5 Sep 1874 edition of The Matawan Journal said Rev Anderson's brother-in-law, Rev Robbins, of the Oxford Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, preached two sermons the previous Sunday. Apparently Rev Robbins was filling in for his vacationing brother-in-law.
The 21 Nov 1874 edition of The Matawan Journal stated that Rev Anderson would be delivering the sermon at the Union Thanksgiving Service at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Matawan. It would be his first Thanksgiving service in Matawan, so the newspaper encouraged a large turnout at this annual ecumenical event. A summary of his Thanksgiving sermon appeared in the 28 Nov 1874 edition, and the full text appeared on the front page the following week.
The 25 Dec 1875 edition of The Matawan Journal reported that members and friends of the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan would be visiting Rev J. M. Anderson at the parsonage on Tuesday evening 29 Dec 1875.
The 17 Apr 1880 edition of The Matawan Journal reported that Rev Anderson was named by the Presbytery of Monmouth meeting in Allentown, NJ, as one of its delegates to the annual session of the Presbyterian church's General Assembly, which was to be held in May.
The 1880 Federal Census for New Jersey showed James M Anderson, age 52, born in Scotland to Scottish parents, minister, as head of household in Matawan. His wife was Elizabeth, age 45, born in New York to Connecticut parents. They had three daughters and a son, namely daughters Jessie (15 OH), Bessie (14 OH) and Agnes (11 MA), and son Robbins B Anderson (3 NJ).
The 12 Jun 1880 edition of The Matawan Journal noted the recent return of Rev Anderson from the annual session of the General Assembly of the PCUSA.
The 16 Oct 1880 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 1) reported that Rev Dr Seward of Red Bank had been filling the pulpit for Rev Anderson at Matawan for the past three months due to the latter's ill health and the church was anxiously awaiting his return.
The Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA for 1881 (New Series Vol VI, pg 897) showed James M Anderson was pastor at the Matawan church that year. The church had two elders and no deacons. It took in 5 members, baptized 2 infants, had 171 students attending Sunday School and 191 church members. The church spent $2,947 on the pastor's salary, Sunday School supplies, building and repairs, liquidation of debts and relief of poor members of the congregation. The members donated $14 to evangelize and educate freed men; $12 to support disabled pastors and aid the families of deceased clergy; $118 for home missions; and $165 for foreign missions. Members paid $214 for Bible societies, tracts, and general benevolences. And the members paid $13.44 for General Assembly administration.
The 26 Nov 1881 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 5) reported that Rev Anderson participated in the Union Thanksgiving services in Matawan.
The Minutes of the 103rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA for 1891 (New Series Vol XIV, pg 498) listed James M Anderson as pastor of the Bismarck Presbyterian Church in Bismarck, North Dakota in the Synod of North Dakota, Bismarck Presbytery.
The 1895 Minnesota Territorial and State Census showed James M Anderson, age 68, born in Scotland, clergyman (retired), living in Duluth at 831 Boulevard W, with Mrs James M Anderson, age 62, born in NY, daughters Jessie Anderson (30 OH), Elizabeth Marshall (28 OH), and Agnes Anderson (25 MA), and son Robins B Anderson (18 NJ). Also in the household was a domestic from Norway named Ida Hanson.
James M Anderson's wife Elizabeth died in Duluth on 13 April 1896, according to the Mary Elisabeth Anderson Brown genealogy.
The 1905 Minnesota Territorial and State Census showed Rev James M Anderson, age 77, born in Scotland to Scottish parents, minister, living in Duluth with Helen Anderson, age 83, born in Scotland to Scottish parents, and James's daughter Elizabeth M Anderson, age 38, born in Ohio to a Scottish father and NY mother. Helen is very likely James Anderson's sister, who was born 16 November 1821, according to the Mary Elisabeth Anderson Brown genealogy.
James M Anderson died in Duluth on 23 August 1907, according to the Mary Elisabeth Anderson Brown genealogy.
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