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Mary Dixon Sypert was born October 27, 1820, in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, the daughter of Lawrence Sypert and Mary Lambreth.
Mary married Joseph Motley Anderson on September 24, 1835, in Wilson County.
Joseph Anderson was a doctor by profession. The couple raised their family at Lebanon in Wilson County.
Mary died July 15, 1896, at Lebanon. Joseph died there one day later, on July 16, 1896.
Children of Joseph Anderson and Mary Sypert
1. Edmund Anderson, b. 1837, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN. Edmund was a doctor. He served in the Confederate Army in TX in the Civil War.
2. Emily Anderson, b. 1839, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN; m. ____ Lumpkins
3. Joseph Bridges Anderson, b. 1841, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN
4. John Anderson, b. 1843, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN. John studied law. He may have moved to Australia.
5. Eugenia Anderson, b. 1843, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN; m. ____ Brown
6. Ida Anderson, b. 1847, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN; d. in the 1860's from yellow fever -- her sister, Mary, died at the same time and they had a double funeral
7. Mary Anderson, b. 1849, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN; d. in the 1860's from yellow fever-- her sister, Ida, died at the same time and they had a double funeral
8. Katherine Anderson, b. 1851, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN; m. Alonzo Pearson, a Baptist preacher
9. Alexander Anderson, b. 1853, Lebanon, Wilson Co, TN; m. Elizabeth Babb