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WILLIAM SHAW ANDERSON,
one of the ablest, most eloquent and successful attorneys at law in
Ohio, was born at North Jackson, Mahoning county, Dec. 31, 1847.
His father, the late David Anderson, was born in Londonderry,
Ireland, in 1816, and came to this country in 1832. He was
married in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to Hannah L. Shaw, a
daughter of Dr. William Shaw, an able physician and early
settler of that city, where Hannah L. was born in 1816.
She died in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had two sons
and two daughters, of whom our subject was the eldest in order of
birth. The father was a successful business man and a highly
respected citizen. He always took an active part in politics,
first as a Whig and afterward as a Republican.
William S. Anderson, the subject of this sketch,
was reared at North Jackson, Mahoning county, Ohio, received a fair
literary education, and his youth was spent on a farm and in a store
of his father, who was for forty years a leading merchant at North
Jackson, where he settled about 1846. Early in life William
S. entered upon the practice of law, having been admitted to the
bar in 1870, and for a time followed his profession in Niles, Ohio.
He afterward went to Canfield, and in 1876, when the county seat of
Mahoning was changed to Youngstown, Mr. Anderson came to this
city. He is now a member of the firm of Jones &
Anderson, and they have a very large clientage. Mr.
Anderson has gained a Well earned and wide spread reputation
as a criminal lawyer, and as to the general practice of law it may
be truthfully said that he has long since held a very high and
appropriate rank in the profession.
In 1876 he was united in marriage with Louise
Shields. They have had five children, four of whom still
survive. In political matters, Mr. Anderson
affiliates with the Republican party, and, socially, is a member of
the K. of P., and the Elks.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the
Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The
Lewis Publishing Company, 1893 - Page 646 |
