Anderson Shipp Truman

Anderson Shipp Truman was the father of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. He was a farmer and a United States Army veteran who lived in Missouri and Kansas. Anderson Shipp Truman was born in Christian County, Kentucky, and his family moved to Jackson County, Missouri, when he was a child, where he attended Sunday school at the Baptist church in Grandview, Missouri. He was related to Solomon Young, a Jackson County, Missouri, farmer and Mormon.

● Early Life and Education

Anderson Shipp Truman was born to Solomon Young Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman, and was the oldest of four children. He grew up on a farm in Jackson County, Missouri, near Kansas City, Missouri, and attended public schools in the area, including Sunday school at the Lutheran church in Grandview, Missouri. He was a member of the Grandview, Missouri, Masonic lodge, and was friends with John Anderson, a Jackson County, Missouri, farmer. Anderson Shipp Truman's family was related to John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, and Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States. He was also related to Robert E. Lee, the famous Confederate States Army general, and Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.

● Career

Anderson Shipp Truman worked as a farmer and a United States Army veteran, serving in the Spanish-American War. He was a member of the Grandview, Missouri, American Legion post, and was friends with Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. Anderson Shipp Truman was also a member of the Missouri Farm Bureau, and was involved in the Farmers' Union movement, which was supported by William Jennings Bryan, the famous Democratic Party (United States) politician. He was a supporter of the Populist Party (United States), and was friends with Mary Elizabeth Lease, a Populist Party (United States) activist. Anderson Shipp Truman's farm was near the Kansas City, Missouri, stockyards, and he was friends with Arthur Capper, a Kansas farmer and U.S. Senator.

● Personal Life

Anderson Shipp Truman married Martha Ellen Young Truman's niece, Martha Ellen Young, but the couple divorced, and he later married Madge Gates Wallace. He had two children, Harry S. Truman and John Vivian Truman, and was a member of the Grandview, Missouri, Presbyterian Church. Anderson Shipp Truman was friends with Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, and was a supporter of the New Deal policies. He was also friends with Henry A. Wallace, the 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture, and Frances Perkins, the 4th United States Secretary of Labor. Anderson Shipp Truman's family was related to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, and Omar Bradley, a famous United States Army general.

● Later Life and Legacy

Anderson Shipp Truman died in 1959, at the age of 73, in Grandview, Missouri, and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Harrisonville, Missouri. He was remembered as a farmer and a United States Army veteran, and his son, Harry S. Truman, went on to become the 33rd President of the United States. Anderson Shipp Truman's legacy is still celebrated in Missouri, and he is remembered as a member of the Grandview, Missouri, community. He was friends with Stuart Symington, a Missouri politician, and Ike Skelton, a Missouri politician. Anderson Shipp Truman's family is still involved in Missouri politics, and his grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, is a Democratic Party (United States) activist. Category:American farmers