Biography:

A justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from April 16, 1910, to October 1, 1911, William Dozier Anderson of Tupelo was born to Charles Wesley and Mary Rebecca Dozier Anderson at Cedar Grove, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, on July 23, 1862. Charles Anderson was a Confederate soldier, and his wife, Mary, was a daughter of Dr. J. M. Dozier of South Carolina and of Huguenot ancestry.

William Dozier Anderson received his early educational training in Lee County. He attended Central University in Richmond, Kentucky, studied law at the University of Mississippi in 1881 and 1882, and was later admitted to the bar in Tupelo. Anderson was appointed by Governor Longino as a special judge of the Mississippi Supreme Court to replace Judge Calhoun. Governor Vardaman appointed him as a special judge of the Prentiss County Circuit Court in Booneville in 1906. He was elected to the state senate in 1907 and was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1910.

Scope and Content:

This collection consists of letters and genealogical memoranda collected by Justice William Dozier Anderson concerning the Anderson and Dozier families.