James Thomas Anderson was the son of Captain Robert Sanders Anderson and Charity Frances (Brown) Anderson, along with his brother, Lawrence Mayo Anderson. He lived in Georgia most of his life. In the Expedition record, his residence was listed as Hawkinsville, Georgia. The 1900 Census listed his occupation as mill worker. He was married to Annie Lee (Bennett) Anderson (1866-1948); the two were married in 1897. He was buried in Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia. He would have been 20 years old at the time of the Expedition. He was assigned to Mess No. 2.
Unable to locate sources definitively identifying James Thomas Anderson as the J.T. Anderson who participated in the Expedition. However, given that James Thomas had a brother with the initials L.M. (Lawrence Mayo) and that both lived and worked in the area around Hawkinsville, Georgia, for most of their lives, confidence is high.
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1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015