William Anderson
was born March 11, 1847, in Manchester. His father was Samuel Anderson, and his mother, Mary Burket. His father was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and his mother in Adams County, Ohio. Her father kept hotel in west Union where Lewis Johnson now resides, and died there about 1828. His widow afterward married John McDade, while his brother Robert married her daughter, Angeline, now residing in the McDade Hotel in Manchester. Our subject was educated in the schools of Manchester, and began the study of law in 1869 with R. T. Naylor, and finished with Joseph R. Cockerill. He was admitted to the bar at Portsmouth, Ohio, April 26, 1872, and has practiced law at Manchester ever since. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Adams County twice, serving from 1870 to 1884, and administered his office with great credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. As a lawyer, Mr. Anderson is careful, thorough and painstaking, and is a successful advocate.
From "A history of Adams County, Ohio: from its earliest settlement to the present time" By Nelson Wiley Evans, Emmons B. Stivers, 1900