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President Tyler. The same office, it should be noted, that was held
under President Cleveland by General Samuel Anderson, our
subject’s father.

John Anderson’s Growing Up Years
As a boy John found his great pleasure in spending his holidays in
Windham, Maine, particularly when his uncle John would go rabbit
hunting with him and his little shotgun. It was the first weapon that he
ever owned and was always one of his esteemed treasures.

One parcel of the old land was a wooded section with the native
growth of timber on it and they found ample game here. This parcel
remained in the possession of John until his death. The old-fashioned
mansion which had replaced his great-great-great-grandfather's
original house was in the early days one of the finest places in the
State and was often the scene of notable gatherings made up of
leading politicians, legislative workers and men prominent in public
affairs.
John’s mother, Sarah Dow, was the daughter of John Dow and grand-
daughter of Aquila Dow, who sold their old place in Salem, New
Hampshire and came to Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1836. The Dow’s
settled on what is now Dow's Hill on the road from Exeter to Hampton,
New Hampshire. When Sarah Brooks Wade Dow married Samuel
Jameson Anderson she joined him in Portland, Maine, where John
Anderson would be born on August 6, 1853. John had two sisters,
Susan Jameson Anderson, the youngest and Jeanie Campbell
Anderson, the eldest child.
John Anderson’s youth involved many adventures in and around the
White Mountains of New Hampshire as this part of the country was
developing roads, railroads and some of the finest resort hotels at the
time. From earliest childhood the White Mountains attracted the

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