BOB ANDERSON
History of Ariozna, page 484

It is doubtful if any citizen of Yuma enjoys a wider acquaintance 
than Bob Anderson and it also safe to say that none is more highly 
regarded by the people of this county than he.  He has served in 
many official capacities in this city and conty and is now 
librarian of the law library and Balifff of the Superior Court. 

Mr. Anderson was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Feb. 14, 1866 and 
is a son of William and Harriett (Edmondson) Anderson, the former 
of whom is a native of Georgia. To these parents were born three 
children, one deceased, Bob if this review and Mrs. Sallie Irving, 
of Augusta, Georgia.

Bob Anderson received a good education attending the public schools 
and graduating from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of 
Georgia. He came to Arizona on Feb. 16, 1881 and was in Wilcox 
and many other places in this state, engaged in mining work and 
located in Yuma in 1900.  He was elected City Marshal of Yuma on 
April 18, 1904 and again on April 19, 1906.  He resigned the 
office in May 1908 but was re-elected on January 5, 1909 and 
thus became ex-officio Tax Collector, Tax Assessor, Deputy U.S. 
Marshal, Deputy Coroner and Deputy Sheriff. He is now serving as 
Baliff of the Superior Court and is Librarian of the law library 
in the court house.

Mr. Anderson was married to Ellen Lucky, of Georgia, a daughter of 
Foster and Ellen Lucky.  To this union was born a daughter, Jane 
who was educated in the northern Texas College and the Kidd-Kee 
Institute after which she became a noted correspondent and writer 
for the larger newspapers of New York. She is now the wife of 
Deems Taylor, editor of Musical America and is living in Paris 
France.

Mr. Anderson at one time prospected for "Buffalo Bill" with whom 
he was intimately acquainted.

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