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Dear Mr. Calhoun:
My name is Neil Lovett Wilkinson. I am an attorney in Atlanta, and I am the great-grandson of Albert Sydney Anderson. My grandfather, R. Adm. William Lovett Anderson, USN, recently deceased at age 98 on November 27, 2004, was his second son. Mr. Anderson's granddaughters, Helen Constance and Mary Martha are both still living. His grandson and namesake, Albert Sydney Anderson, III is a patent attorney in Atlanta, and may be contacted at www.andersonpatent.com. A. S. Anderson's grandson, Charles, son of his youngest son of the same name, is a retired educator who also resides in Atlanta. His father is buried in Millen.
Naturally, with my grandfather's passing there is an interest in things family, and I am certain that any information you have about Mr. Anderson will be much appreciated. There is an attorney here in Atlanta named G. Clyde Dekle, III. His father, who lived to be 92, was law partners for a time with A. S. Anderson. Clyde told me what he termed "an A. S. Anderson story," that, in respect of his intellect and skill as a lawyer, went as follows: "When they talked about A. S. Anderson, folks would say that any man could ride two horses in the same direction. But A. S. Anderson could ride two horses going in opposite directions."
My grandfather related many stories to me about his father, two of which I recall here: First is, as my grandfather termed it, "Daddy's Illustrious Military Career." It seems that Anderson and a number of men from his area were called to service in WW I. They shipped out for training camp, somewhere near Savannah (as my grandfather recalled). In those days, after a week or so of basic training, teach the men to march, that sort of thing, the men elected their officers. A. S. Anderson was elected lieutenant by the men in his platoon, much the same way Harry Truman was elected. In this case, however, the time of conscription was the last week of October 1918, and the war was over a week after Anderson was elected.
The second story that comes to mind involved Anderson's prosecution of a member of the Seminoles for making illegal whiskey. Anderson stood that day in court, laid out his case in opening argument, and sat down, confident in a conviction. The gentleman he was prosecuting was proceeding pro se, and when asked by the judge what he had to say, the member of the Sovereign Nation of the Seminole stated to the court that he could not be legally tried and that the proceedings against him could not go forward. When asked by the judge for an explanation, the defendant reminded the court that the Seminole were in a state of war against the government of the United States and thus he could not be prosecuted. The judge, after consulting a very surprised A. S. Anderson, doing a little research, dismissed the action and let the man go.
As you know, A. S. Anderson married Caroline Mary Etta Lovett. Her father was William Robert Lovett. William Robert served in the 5th Georgia Cavalry CSA Troop F, the Screven Troop. He went to war at age 16 and returned four years later, only to be called back north to fetch his wounded brother, John Cuyler Lovett, who died of his wounds en route home, according to his service record, May 1, 1865 at Ninety Six, SC.
I hope this little bit of information is of some use to you. Please feel free to contact me.
Neil Wilkinson
Neil Lovett Wilkinson
Attorney and Counselor at Law
1720 Mount Vernon Road Suite B
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
nlwlaw@bellsouth.net
(770) 804-0101 phone
(770) 730-0873 fax
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