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Sally, it is unfortunate that the reputation of our relatives, the Anderson’s of Brown County, Texas, suffered because of the publication of an inaccurate article in 1924. William C. Anderson was interviewed by Henry C. Fuller. The article, as written by Henry C. Fuller, attributed to William C. Anderson a claim that he was known as Bloody Bill Anderson. Accepted history identifies the guerilla, William T. Anderson, as “Bloody Bill” as a result of his ruthlessness in Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War. The actions of William C. Anderson while he remained in Missouri during the early years of the Civil War are uncertain. There are unconfirmed stories that William C. Anderson was a party to the death of innocent citizens of Stone County. If true, he would have reason to refer to himself as Bloody Bill Anderson. To his credit, Henry C. Fuller did not accept at face value the story that William C. Anderson was Bloody Bill Anderson. Henry attempted to contact individuals in Missouri who had known the real William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson to confirm the story, but was unsuccessful. The resources now available to researchers have made it very easy to prove conclusively that William Columbus Anderson of Brown County, Texas, was not the infamous William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson of Kansas and Missouri who was killed in Missouri in 1864 by Union forces. Researchers unfamiliar with the two men, their parents and siblings, have often confused the two. There are similarities. Both were named William; both had fathers named William; both were born in the 1840’s; both lived in Missouri for a time. It is there the similarity ends.
Following are indisputable facts about the two men:
Family group per 1860 Kansas Territory Census
William C. Anderson, b. KY, ca. 1820
Martha J. , b, KY, ca. 1824
William T., b. KY, ca. 1839 (killed by Union forces 26 October 1864 near Orrick, Ray County, MO)
James M., b. IA, ca. 1843
Mary E., b. MO, ca. 1846,
Josephine, b. MO, ca. 1849 (she died 13 August 1863 in Kansas City from injuries suffered when the building collapsed where she was imprisoned)
Martha J., b. MO, ca 1852
The Lawrence, Kansas, massacre, in which William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson participated occurred 21 August 1863, 8 days after the death of his sister, Josephine.
Lt. William T. Anderson married Bush Smith in Grayson County, TX, marriage license with #213 in upper right hand corner, dated March 2, applied, Mar 3 married and filed March 5 1864.
William Columbus Anderson married his first cousin Martha Elizabeth Anderson in Brown County, TX, ca. 1863 per birth of oldest child. (About 1860 per sworn court testimony; about 1863 per 1900 census info, about 1866 per 1910 census info)
Oldest child, Francis Marion Anderson born 9 May 1864, Brownwood; parents W. C. and Elizabeth Anderson per TX death certificate #22654, Palo Pinto County.
The family group of William M. Anderson and Jane Scruggs Anderson in the 1860 census of Stone County, Missouri, Pearce Township:
William Anderson, age 55, born SC
Jane Anderson, age 55, born SC
James N. Anderson, age 21, born MO
William Anderson, age 20, born MO
Elizabeth Anderson, age 18, born MO
The entire family group of William M. Anderson and Jane Scruggs Anderson as identified in the 1894 Goodspeed biography of their son, John Henry Anderson and verified with census and other records.
William M. Anderson b. SC ca. 1804
Jane Scruggs b. SC ca 1803
John Henry b. SC 16 July 1826
Mary Ann b. SC Jan 1828
Francis Marion b. SC July 1829
David Q. b. MO 8 Aug 1832
Parsedda b. MO 28 Oct 1834
Martha Ann b. MO 1837
James Noble b. MO Jan 1838
William Columbus b. 7 Feb 1840
Elizabeth b. MO ca. 1842
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