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Portrait & Biographical of Hillsdale County, Michigan
pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago - 1888

         [page 548]

         DEACON SETH ANDERSON, well-known throughout Wright Twp. and vicinity,
         is a son of one of the earliest settlers of Hudson Twp., Lenawee Co.,
         MI, where he, the father, located in 1837. He purchased a tract of land
         bordering on Posey Lake and erected a log cabin, in which our subject
         was born Aug. 19, 1839. He cleared part of the land and lived there
         three years, then sold out and came to this county, settling on section
         10, Pittsford Twp. Here the family resided until 1852 when the father
         sold out and started a new farm on section 9 where he made his home
         until his death in Feb. 1862. His wife survived him by only a year,
         dying at the homestead in 1863.

	 The parents of our subject, JAMES and LYDIA (PRESTON) ANDERSON, were,
	 respectively, natives of Mass. and Vermont, the latter, a daughter of
	 JOHN PRESTON, was first married to a MR. HORTON. JAMES ANDERSON left
	 his native town of Blandon, Hampden Co., MA, when a young man, making
	 his way first to N.Y. State, where he was married, and from there mi-
	 grated to the Terr. of Mich. in 1836. The journey was made by team to
	 Buffalo, and thence by lake to Toledo, where they took cars drawn by
	 horses on a railroad from that town to Blissfield. There they spent the
	 winter and in the spring following located in Hudson Twp., as before
	 stated.

	 The grandfather of our subject, JAMES ANDERSON, SR., is supposed to
	 have been, like his son, a native of the Bay State. He was an early
	 settler in N.Y. State whence he migrated subsequently to Mich. and
	 spent his last years in Pittsford. SETH, our subject, was but an infant
	 when his parents located in this county, settling in the wilderness of
	 Pittsford Twp. Wild animals frequently prowled around their cabin home.
	 Indians had but a short time previously left the country. Young SETH
	 was trained to habits of industry, and assisted his father in clearing
	 the farm, continuing under the home roof until his marriage.

	 This most important event was celebrated on the 29th of June, 1862. The
	 maiden of his choice was MISS HARRIET A. BRITTON who was born in Pitts-
	 ford Twp. Sept. 5, 1842. Her parents, RICHARD and ELLEN (COLLINS)
	 BRITTON, were natives of Seneca Co., N.Y, and their household included
	 two sons and five daughters. The girls of the family predominating,
	 they assisted the father to a great extent in the farm work and HARRIET
	 was especially active and energetic. She was also an apt scholar and
	 considered fully qualified to teach when 18 years of age. This
	 occupation she followed for a time, and continued to live with her
	 parents until her marriage. MR. BRITTON died in 1875. His widow
	 subsequently married LORENZO BARKMAN and is written of elsewhere in
	 this volume.

	 Mr. and Mrs. ANDERSON started out married life in Fulton Co., Ohio,
	 where MR. A. operated a sawmill for two years. He then returned to this
	 county and purchased the land which he has since occupied. Five acres
	 only were then cleared of trees, the stumps still remaining. His first
	 business was to put up a shelter for his family and, needing hard cash,
	 he was compelled to find employment so he resumed carpentry work, of
	 which he had some knowledge, and followed this trade for several years.
	 In the meantime, he continued to improve his farm land and buildings.

         To Mr. and Mrs. ANDERSON there were born four children, three now
         living. The eldest, L. LUELLA, is pursuing her studies in Hillsdale
         College; she has also taught a number of terms in the county. OSCAR J.
         and ROY R. are bright and intelligent boys aged 17 and 5 years
         respectively. In politics, MR. A. is a strong Republican. He and his
         family are members of the Baptist Church at Hudson, of which he is
         Deacon and Superintendent of the Sabbath School.

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