MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - BIOS Daniel Preston Dozier

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Georgia, Page 612
Published by the Atlanta Historical Association in 1895

Daniel Preston Dozier was born in Muscogee county, Ga.,
twelve miles east of the city of Columbus, April 26,
1848.  His father was John Beall Dozier, a native of
Warren county, Ga., born in 1807.  He was a farmer all
his life, and died in Muscogee county in 1873.  His
grandfather was Rev. Richard Dozier, a Methodist
Episcopal minister, a native of Georgia, who died in
1855 at the age of seventy years.  John Beall Dozier
married Emily Huff, a native of Edgefield district,
S.C., who died in 1884.  Of this union were born eight
children, of whom seven now survive: Antoinette, wife
of Joseph E. Pou, of Columbus, Ga.; James L., who was a
private in the Forty-sixth Georgia regiment, and served
throughout the war; Virginia, wife of W.A. Little, of
Columbus, Ga.; Homer W., Atlanta; John Edger, who died
in January 1882; Lula, wife of George S. Loundes, of
Columbus; Albert S., of Columbus; and Daniel Preston.
Daniel Preston Dozier was brought up and primarily
educated in Muscogee county, and in 1869 entered the
university of Georgia, Athens, but was compelled to
leave college a year before graduation on account of
illness.  In April, 1864, he entered the Confederate
service as a private in Company A, Third Georgia
regiment, and served as such until the war closed.  He
participated in the battles of Atlanta, Griswoldville,
and Columbus.  After the close of the war Mr. Dozier
entered the dry goods house of John McGough & Co., and
was with that firm twelve years.  He then bought an
interest in the hardware business of J.A. Frazier & Co.
and the firm became Frazier & Dozier, which continued
until Oct. 10, 1894, when Mr. Dozier sold his interest.
In 1882 he was elected a member of the city council
from the Third ward of Columbus, and then was elected
mayor for two years.  Mr. Dozier is a director in the
North Highlands Land and Investment company, and in the
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, and of the
Elks.  Mr. Dozier was married in 1877 to Miss Havanna
P. Beach, a daughter of William Beach, one of the most
prominent citizens of Columbus.  This union has been
blessed by the birth of four children, all of whom are
living: William B., Helen, Daniel Preston, and Edwina