Anderson, Isaac, Dd

Anderson, Isaac, D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., March 26, 1780. At the age of twenty he united with the Presbyterian Church; and in. 1802 was licensed to preach by the Union Presbytery, and was ordained and installed pastor of Washington Church, Knox Co., Tenn., where he labored successfully for nine years. In 1811 he accepted a call to the New Providence Church, Maryville, Tenn., where he performed the principal part of the labors of his life. He died Jan. 28, 1857. He was a man of commanding power, of glowing zeal, and untiring and successful industry. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 4, 55.