Frank Yarborough Anderson, of Birmingham, Alabama, was a native of Prince George’s county, Maryland. His parents were Charles F. and Jane Hauserd Anderson both of whom were natives of England. He spent his youth in Maryland attending the local schools. He entered Columbia college and graduated from the law department.
In 1870 he located in Mobile, Ala., and for several years gave his attention to special land claims before the department at Washington. While in Mobile he formed the acquaintance of some English capitalists who first purchased the Alabama & Chattanooga railway. They reorganized the company which managed the railroad and named it the Alabama Great Southern. They built the New Orleans & North Eastern railway, and purchased the Alabama & Vicksburg, and added to it the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific, and then leasing the Cincinnati Southern they formed the Queen & Crescent system. Mr. Anderson allied himself to these capitalists almost at the inception of their American business ventures.He at once removed to Birmingham, and took the office of
He at once removed to Birmingham, and took the office of land commissioner of the Alabama Great Southern railway, as well as of the Alabama State Land company. He managed the department with great skill. His duties were enlarged until he had charge of the land department in the whole system and held for sale about 1,500,000 acres lying along the railroad from Georgia to Texas. His department averages in sales about $1,000,000 annually and was worthy of remark that in all his entire service for the company he was never required to give a bond, and never a dollar’s loss to the company was on his accounts.
On May 22, 1882, he married Lucy Winston Paine b. 1864 Alabama), a daughter of Doctor Paine of Valley Head, Ala. Her mother was a daughter of William O. Winston, first president of the Will’s Valley railroad, and afterwards merged into the Alabama Great Southern. MRS. Anderson was born and reared in Valley Head.
They had the following children:
Frank Y. Anderson
Pelham H Anderson.,
Winston Paine Anderson
Kate Leidy Anderson
Benjamin P. Anderson
Mary J. Anderson
Charles Fredie Anderson
Lucy W. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson affiliated with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Anderson was a Democrat, but he never mixed with politics. He was president of both the Southern and Commercial clubs and president of the Jefferson County Sanitary commission. He and his family spent their summers at Valley Head, where he had a delightful summer home. SOURCES
1900 JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA USA CENSUS
1910 JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA CENSUS
1920 JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, USA CENSUS
Notable men of Alabama By Joel Campbell DuBose Vol. III
FRANK YARBOROUGH ANDERSON
