James Wilson Lingle married Harriett Levina Anderson.  Though James passed away before I was born, I have faint memories of my great-grandmother.  She lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Everette and Everette Lingle out on a farm southeast of Watts, Oklahoma in her last days.  I remember seeing her when we would go to visit our grandparents, but I was too young to have solid memories of her.   I had no knowledge of her ancestry until a few years ago when I stumbled on an article in one of Goodspeed’s histories.

 

The Goodspeed histories of Arkansas are a collection of six volumes originally published individually between 1889 and 1891 (as well as a seventh volume published in 1894) by the Goodspeed Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois; Nashville, Tennessee; and St. Louis, Missouri.  The article is about John L. Golden, primarily, who was Harriet Anderson’s brother-in-law, but the article tells about the Anderson family and lets us know where they were and something about them.

 

Here is the entry:

"John L. Golden. Among the prominent farmers of Washington Township appears the name of the above mentioned gentleman, whose success as a tiller of the soil is second to none in the township. He was born in Weakley County, Tenn., on the 27th day of July, 1849, and since early youth has applied himself steadfastly to agricultural pursuits, and with what success may be inferred when the fact is mentioned that he is the owner of one of the finest tracts of land in this section of the county.

 

He is the son of J. C. and Mary (Winn) Golden, both natives of Mississippi, and of English parentage. The father was born in 1824, was a tiller of the soil, and moved to Tennessee at a very early day. They were the parents of ten children, seven living to be grown: S. D. (deceased), W. W., lives in Lawrence County, Ark.; James H. (deceased), J. L., Martha, wife of Alexander Cannon; Jesse F., Lydia J., wife of George Dunivan. Mr. Golden was a Democrat during his life, and had accumulated considerable property which he lost during the war. John L. Golden commenced work for himself at the age of twenty-one, and has tilled the soil assiduously ever since. When first starting out for himself he was possessor of $85, one horse, a few hogs, and a little corn. He is now the owner of 249 acres of land, with about 140 acres under cultivation, besides having his farm well stocked with horses, cattle, hogs, and all else to be seen on a well conducted farm. He left Tennessee in 1872, settling in Independence County, Ark., and there remained for three years. In 1875 he came to Fulton County and followed farming on rented land. He then bought a farm of eighty acres, improved the same, and in 1884 sold out and bought his present property. He was married on the 6th [p.282] of January, 1879, to Miss Rachel M. Anderson, and two children have been born to this marriage: Lula A., born August 2, 1883, and Luther F., born May 20, 1889. 

 

Mrs. Golden is the daughter of J. M. and Martha J. (Kelton) Anderson, natives of Tennessee, and the parents of five children, four now living: J. C. (deceased), Rachel M., Lucy A. M., wife of Jasper Rives, of Fulton County; Martha C., wife of Alexander Sanders, and Harriet L., wife of James Lingle, of Fulton County. Mr. Anderson came to this State in 1874, settling first in Stone County, and in 1875 moved to this county, where he has since resided. He has been postmaster at Ten Mile post office for thirteen years, and is a much esteemed citizen. John L. Golden votes with the Democratic party, and Mrs. Golden is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South."

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With this clue as to the parentage of Harriet Anderson, my great grandmother, I was able to find this lineage:

 

William KELTON was born on August 13, 1753, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the child of Robert (Hackett) and Elizabeth. He had one son and one other child with Elizabeth RAMSEY between 1776 and 1778. He died on May 18, 1813, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, at the age of 59, and was buried in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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When Robert Madison KELTON was born on May 6, 1776, in Burke County, North Carolina, his father, William, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 22. He married Rachel JETTON in 1799 in Salisbury, North Carolina. They had one child during their marriage. He died in 1826 at the age of 50.

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John Jackson KELTON was born on February 9, 1803, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the child of Robert Madison and Rachel. He married Lucinda M. PAGE on February 28, 1827. They had eight children in 13 years. He died on February 17, 1888, in Lawrence County, Tennessee, having lived a long life of 85 years, and was buried there.

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John Jackson KELTON married Lucinda M. PAGE on February 28, 1827, when he was 24 years old.

 

When Martha Jane KELTON was born on April 12, 1828, in Tennessee, her father, John, was 25 and her mother, Lucinda, was 24. She married James Madison ANDERSON on September 20, 1853, in Lawrence County, Tennessee. They had five children in 15 years, their youngest being our great grandmother, Harriet Levina Anderson.  Martha died on April 27, 1894, and was buried near Lanton, MO - State Line Cemetery, at the age of 66.

As the Goodspeed article stated, it appears that James Madison Anderson and his wife, Martha, left Lawrence County, Tennessee in 1875.  Eventually the family moved into Fulton County, Arkansas. This was where Harriett became the wife of James Wilson Lingle.  Most of their children were born in Fulton County at a small community called Moko.  At some point around the turn of the century, they moved as a family to Koshkonong, Missouri and operated a grocery store business there.