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Anderson, James Hamilton

sol-- dier, lawyer, was born May 30, 1842, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1857 he moved with his father to Keokuk, Iowa; and three years later to Missouri. For awhile he was in a regiment of the North East Missouri volunteers in 1861; and in 1864 he enlisted in the forty-fifth regiment volunteer infantry. He subsequently studied law in Keokuk, and since 1866 has prac-- ticed his profession in that city. He was vice-president and manager of the Keokuk and Northwestern railroad; and he built the original street railroad in Keokuk, of which for several years he was president. He is president of the Keokuk school board; and takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.