”The population of Anderson in 1840 was three hundred and fifty; in 1850 it was three hundred and eighty-two; in 1860 it was one thousand one hundred and sixty-nine; in 1870 it was three thousand one hundred and twenty-six; in 1874 estimated five thousand. Among the first merchants were, …J. W. Ware, …”

Reference Data:

History of Madison County, Indiana, From 1820-1874, by Samuel Harden, 1874, page 65