When James Berry Anderson was born on 10 January 1843, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James Berry Anderson, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth "Sally" Rosson, was 29. He married Mary Frances Lane about 1865, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 23, Greene, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 11, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1910. He died on 12 July 1912, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Hampshire, Maury, Tennessee, United States.