Dickel in Tullahoma in Coffee County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Dr. Thomas A. Anderson and Pierce B. Anderson

Members of the Town Company of Tullahoma

— (1851 - 1858) —

Dr. Thomas A. Anderson and Pierce B. Anderson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 15, 2025

1. Dr. Thomas A. Anderson and Pierce B. Anderson Marker

Inscription. Thomas was involved with the sale of much of the land in the Tullahoma area. Pierce planned, surveyed and drew maps of original plot of Tullahoma and was instrumental in moving the Coffee/Franklin Co. line in order that all of the town would lie in Coffee Co. He attended West Point for two years where he ranked at top of his class. He served as an officer in the Mexican-American War and in the Civil War. It is believed that he was the first commissioned officer from Tennessee to be killed in battle.

Thomas and Pierce were the sons of Joseph Islee Anderson who bore arms through the whole of the American Revolution; in 1791 Pres. Washington appointed him a judge in the Southwest Territory, now Tennessee; in 1797 he was appointed one of Tennessee's first U.S. senators and served for 18 years; and in 1815 was appointed Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury.

Other members of Town Company (not buried in Oakwood Cemetery)
General William Moore • Volney S. Stevenson • Benjamin Decherd

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 35° 22.027′ N, 86° 13.115′ W. Marker is in Tullahoma, Tennessee, in Coffee County. It is in Dickel. It can be reached

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from the intersection of North Jackson Street and Wilson Ave, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 708 N Jackson St, Tullahoma TN 37388, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Oakwood Cemetery (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Rains Along Fort Street (approx. 0.4 miles away); L.D. Hickerson House (approx. half a mile away); Tullahoma Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Fortress Tullahoma (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Red Caboose (approx. 0.6 miles away); A Railroad Town (approx. 0.6 miles away); Provost Marshall's Headquarters South Jackson Street (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tullahoma.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 15, 2025

2. Dr. Thomas A. Anderson and Pierce B. Anderson Marker

Pierce Anderson's headstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 15, 2025

3. Pierce Anderson's headstone

Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 93 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.