The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-11-30
DR.. Andcrson,s Ininrie, fninl.

~ " " Ah'ttiNRllt NiiN~t IOilNMh
accident was fully reported in the la,
70 HERALD, died at half past o'cloc
Friday morning From the time d
the accident, Monday morning TIN
18th, DR. Anderson never gained con
seriousness; The funeral took plac,
Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock from
the Methodist Episcopal Church. anC
interment made in the rarnvillt
cemetery. Rev. r. NJ. Maxey. of Rich.
mond, devoted friend of the family.
conducted the services, assisted 10y the
ministers of the town. The floral
tributes were among the most beauti-
iul ever seen i'm this place.
Dr. William Watkins Anderson was
born in Dinwiddie county, Virginia,
on September 10Th. 1916 He received
his academic education from private
instructors at his home When about
twenty years of age he began reading
medicine under DR.. Woodward,
prominent physician Of Amelia county.
In 1899 and 1910 he studied medicine
at the University Of Virginia, after
which he took postgraduate course
at the University of Pennsylvania,
graduating from the medical depart
ment of the latter University with
high honOrs in 1871.
DR.. Anderson practiced his profession
in his native county from 1871 to the
beginning Of the civil war; winning
for himself an honorable position a. a
successful physician and surgeon.
During this period he became a large |
land owner and interested in various /
business enterprises, in all of which he
was eminently successful.
DIR. Anderson was not in active mill
tary service during the civil war; but
gave freely Of his means and talent in
aid OF the Confederate cause so much
so that at its close he found, like most
Nirginians, that the fortune which he
had amassed was swept away, and he
mad to begin life anew. Although
nearly fifty years of age he entered
upon the task of restoring his wasted
fortune with characteristic energy, and
with such success that he was, up to
the time of his retirement from active
business some ten years since, regarded
As one Of the most successful physicians
and business men of his community.
In 1892 DR.. Anderson removed from
county to Farmville in order
10 be with his son, Dr. w. f.. Ander-
son, who had then begun to practice
medicine in this place. Though he
lad not engaged in active practice
since his removal to Farmville he often
Visited the sick with his son and gave
him the benefit of his knowledge and
experience.
Since his youth DR.. Anderson had
)een a consistent member of the Meth |
dist Episcopal church, holding for c
many years in his native county a
prominent position in that body, and
exercising potent influence for good.
As a man he was generous and open
learted, fond of the society Of his
riends, aud of the outdoor life and
ports which distinguished the Vir-
.inians Of his day. His conversation b
vas rich i'm Renaissance of a long life
He'd with varied and interesting ex-
eriences. As a physcion he believed
n the nobility Of his profession and Il
vas never deaf to the call of the suffer
lg or the needs of the sick. a
DR.. Anderson married in 1860 Miss
aura f. Marks, daughter of Captain Il
,dward A. Marks, Of "Burleigh,'
rince George county, Va, who sur
ives him. Five children blessed this b.
Mon, four of whom are living, viz: Il
IT. William +. Anderson, Miss Laura "
|. Anderson and Mrs. w. p. Richard h.
IN, of Farmvlle, and Mr.. Henry f.
7. Anderson, a lawyer, and member
the firm of Munford d Anderson, of hi
richmond, Va.