Background
Anderson, James Howard was born on June 15, 1875 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Bigham and Lida (Brown) Anderson.
Anderson, James Howard was born on June 15, 1875 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Bigham and Lida (Brown) Anderson.
Grove City (Pennsylvania) College, 1890-1891. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1895. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1904.
Post-graduate work, Harvard and New York Post-Graduate Medical School.
Practiced at Hemphill, West Virginia, since 1904. Surgeon Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company. Assistant surgeon Norfolk & Western Railway Сompany.
Vice president Atlantic Smokeless Coal Company.
Director Crystal Black Coal & Coke Company, Welch Insurance Agency. Surgeon general on staff of Governor Hatfield of West Virginia, 1913-1917.
Served as member Volunteer Medical Corps and West Virginia State Council of Defense, World War.
Member West Virginia State Medical Association (chancellor 8 years. Clubs: Rotary, McDowell County Country.
Married Marguerite Emery, June 28, 1916 (died August 6, 1917).