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Andersons & Claytons Memorial

 
 
Monroe Dunaway Anderson image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
1. Monroe Dunaway Anderson
Inscription.
Monroe Dunaway Anderson
1878 - 1939
Benefactor Of Medicine and Mankind
Born in Jackson at 111 E. Orleans St.
Banker with Peoples Savings Bank
Founding Partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co. in 1904.
Opened Anderson, Clayton's corporate office in Houston in 1907.
Established the M.D. Anderson Foundation to fund medical research and education.
The father of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Frank Ervin Anderson
1868 - 1924
Born in Jackson at 111 E. Orleans St.
Founded Frank E. Anderson & Co. at 102 E. Baltimore in Jackson.
Moved his cotton company to Oklahoma City in 1900.
Founding partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co. in 1904.

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Bart Swift Jackson Downtown Development Corporation.

William Lockhart Clayton
1880 - 1966
Born February 2, 1880 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Moved to Jackson with his family at age six.
Founding partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co. in 1904.
"Cotton's Man of the Year for 1948"
Assistant Secretary of Commerce in Franklin Roosevelt's Administration.
Architect of the Marshall Plan after WWII.
Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs 1945 - 1947 under President Truman and U.S. representative to 1945 Potsdam
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Conference.
Co-Creator of World Trade Organization and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Noted philanthropist in Houston, Texas.

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Founding Donors 2012
Susan Vaugham Foudation
Burdine Johnson Foundation
Richard & Barbara Day
The Clayton Fund
dn English
Margaret Hendrick
Southern Ginners Assoc.
Robert Henderson
Flint & Kay Cox

Benjamin Burns Clayton
1882 - 1978
Born on a cotton farm in Lee County, Mississippi.
Moved to Jackson with his family at age four.
Partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co. 1905 - 1929.
Founded Clayton Biotechnologies in Houston, TX, 1933.

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M.D. Anderson Foundation
West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation
 
Erected 2013.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: EducationGovernment & PoliticsScience & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #33 Harry S. Truman series list. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1783.
 
Location. 35° 36.809′ N, 88° 49.198′ W. Marker is in Jackson, Tennessee, in Madison County. Marker is at the intersection of S. Highland Ave. (Tennessee Route 5) and E. Baltimore Street, on the right when traveling
William Lockhart Clayton image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
2. William Lockhart Clayton
south on S. Highland Ave.. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jackson TN 38301, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Monroe Dunaway Anderson 1873-1939 / Anderson, Clayton & Company (within shouting distance of this marker); F.E. Anderson & Co. Cotton Yard (within shouting distance of this marker); 61st US Colored Infantry Regiment (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Madison County Memorial Flame (about 400 feet away); Madison County Confederate Monument (about 400 feet away); David Crockett (about 400 feet away); Madison County World War I Memorial Fountain (about 500 feet away); Lynching in America / Lynching in Madison County (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.
 
Benjamin Burns Clayton image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
3. Benjamin Burns Clayton
Frank Ervin Anderson image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
4. Frank Ervin Anderson
Andersons & Claytons Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
5. Andersons & Claytons Memorial Marker
Andersons & Claytons Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
6. Andersons & Claytons Memorial Marker
Andersons & Claytons Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Ken Smith, June 30, 2013
7. Andersons & Claytons Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 555 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on July 16, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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