Anderson, Jefferson Randolph, 1861-1950.

Jefferson Randolph Anderson was born 4 September 1861 in Savannah, Georgia. He was a prominent Savannah lawyer who served in the Georgia Senate. Anderson was active in many cultural, civic, and social activities in Savannah. For example, he was the chairman of the commission for erecting the Oglethorpe Monument in Savannah, served as president of Georgia Historical Society, and was an active member of the Georgia Hussars.

From the description of Jefferson Randolph Anderson letter, 1910. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 316577140

Richard Wayne (1741-1811) was a Savannah, Georgia, merchant and planter. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 1759, where he married Eliza Clifford. He moved with his family to Savannah in 1789. James Moore Wayne (1790-1867), son of Richard Wayne, was a prominent lawyer in Savannah. He was Mayor of Savannah, Judge of Superior Court, Member of Congress, and President of the Georgia Historical Society for many years. In 1835, he was appointed an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, a position he held until his death. Richard Montgomery Stites (1777-1813) married Mary Wayne, daughter of Richard Wayne, 1801. Stites was born in New Jersey but moved to Savannah with his mother, Sarah Dennis Stites, who married as her second husband John Young Noel. R.M. Stites was a prominent lawyer in Savannah and one of the early captains of the Chatham Artillery. George Wayne Anderson (1796-1872) married Eliza Clifford Stites (1805-1865), daughter of R.M. Stites. He was a successful Savannah banker, serving for 40 years as President of the Planters' Bank of Savannah. He declined the position of Secretary of the Treasury under the administration President Andrew Jackson. George Wayne Anderson's son, Edward Clifford Anderson (1839-1876) was called Edward C. Anderson, Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle, Edward C. Anderson (1815-1883). E.C. Anderson, Jr. graduated from the University of Virginia in 1860 with a Bachelor's degree in Law. That same year he married Jane Margaret Randolph of Virginia, a great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. E.C. Anderson, Jr. served with the Confederate Army in the Civil War, rising to the rank of Col. of the 7th Georgia Cavalry. He died in the Savannah yellow fever epidemic of 1876. Jefferson Randolph Anderson (1861-1950) was the son of Edward Clifford Anderson, Jr. He was educated at the University of Virginia and at the University of Gottingen, Germany, and graduated in 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. J. Randolph Anderson was a prominent Savannah Lawyer, served in the Georgia Senate, was chairman of the commission for erecting the Oglethorpe Monument in Savannah, President of the Georgia Historical Society, an active member of the Georgia Hussars, and participated in many other cultural, civic, and social activities in Savannah. In 1895, he married Anne Page Wilder, granddaughter of Thomas Butler King.

From the description of J. Randolph Anderson collection on the Wayne, Stites, and Anderson family, 1753-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 56428077