James was born on 5 September 1825 in
South Carolina. He was the son of
John S. Savage and
Ann H. Gillespie. He married
Jane Caroline Bagwell. He married
Elizabeth "Betty" Shaw on 4 February 1858. Bondsman E.P. Shaw (census records make me think that this is Elizabeth's brother).. James died on 29 December 1884 in
Winston County,, Mississippi, at age 59. Obiturary 19 February 1885 from "New Orleans Christian Advocate"
SAVAGE- James A. Savage was born in South Carolina September 20, 1825...He was converted and joined the Methodist Church while young. He was married twice, and leaves a wife and seven children to mourn their loss. He died December 29, 1884. Brother Savage was for many years a consistent mmber of the church of God. I knew him to love him for his earnest piety and sterling worth. I have never know a man who stood higher in any community as a man of solid worth., the strictest integrity and simple, unaffected piety, than did Bro. Jimmie Savage. In the community where he lived for nearly forty years, those who had known him for only a few years and those who had known him from boyhood, bear the same testimony to his worth--that he was a prudent man, a true man, a good man, a man of God. He lived near the church, had held at different times all the offices at the disposal of the preacher in Charge and Quarterly Conferences, and in all things he was faiithful. He was regular in his attendance upon the services of the the church, and conscientious in his contributions to the cause fo God. He had the confidence of the unconverted in his community--they regarded him truly as a man of God.
During our meeting at Pleasant Hill Church in Winston County, Miss., near his home, in August, 1884, he was regular in his attendance. He would praise the Lord for blessings recieved, and express his desire for a holier life. Within less than six months after the meeting closed he passed away, God moves in a mysterious way, but he makes no mistakes. All his works are done in wisdom and righteousness; blessed be his holy name. He was sick about two months, and after the most excruciating pain "he fell on sleep." His last was all peace and joy. Our loss is his eternal gain. He left a living testimony to the power of Jesus to save; a living testimony extending through a long series of years; a living testimony clear and bright; a living testimony borne under the cloud and the sunlight, borne in adversity and affliction, borne under trials that try men's souls, and under all circumstances it was the same clear testimony--Jesus saves, Jesus sustains, Jesus keeps. His family will feel his loss, the chruch will feel his loss, the community will feel his loss. The world is poorer and heaven is richer in a good man's death."
His Confederate grave registration card states he died of kidney trouble.
. His body was interred in
Winston County,, Mississippi, in Plesant Hill Cemetery. There are two Pl;easant Hill Methodist Cemeteries in Winston County. The Pleasant Hill where James Anderson is buried is in the north part of the county.At the intersection of Sturgis Road and Highway 25 bypass go north on Sturgis Road for 8.2 miles. Turn right on Pleasant Hill Road and continue for 1.3 miles and the church and cemetery are on the left.
Excerpts from "The Winston Signal":January 3, 1885: Capt. J.A.Savage (Capt. was an honorary title used to address older respected citizens) who for many years a resident of this county, died at his home in the northern part of the county Tuesday the 30th of December. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason and leaves a large family and many friends behind.
September 15, 1885: To the Memory of J.A.Savage....Jas A. Savage died on December 29, 1884, who was a Mason and a member of the M.E.Church South...by Committee: G.Y.Woodward, W.B.Shumaker, and C.H.Cagle.
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Adjutant General Record Group 33 Volume 21: Record of Commissioned Officers 1841-1848. Secretary of State. Register of Commissions, 1853-1857. The Adjutant General (Military Department). Register of Military Appointments record his appointment as Ensign in the 33rd Regiment, Winston County, October 1845. Ensign is the lowest commissioned rank just under 2nd lieutenant, The 33rd Regiment was a part of the second brigade of the fourth division, as established by the Laws , Mississippi Militia passed by the legislature, 1845.
Records of the Secretary of State's office "Register of Commissions" for 1853-1857; page 757;list James Anderson as a Police Juror; Police District #1 on November 7, 1855. This was the Napoleianic law equivalent of a county supervisor. He list his occupation as a farmer. The 1860 census shows value of real estate at $800 and personal estate at $500.
According to records made by the W.P.A. project in the 1930s James Anderson served in Co. I 5th Mississippi Infantry Mississippi State Troops. Rank of Private,Confedeate States of America . According to a grave registration card on file at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History James Anderson served in Co. C 2nd ...Regt. (Alcorn's Brigade) having enlisted October 1, 1863 and discharged April 26, 1865.