Sacramento County
Biographies
OSMER W. ANDERSON
OSMER W. ANDERSON.—Among the most
progressive, able and prominent lawyers of Sacramento
is Osmer W. Anderson, who since 1915 has been engaged
in general practice in this city, his ability carrying him forward into
important relations and winning for him a creditable clientele. He is a native son of California,
his birth occurring at Sacramento, August 22, 1868; he is
the son of William A. Anderson, a well-known jurist of Sacramento
who is now deceased. Osmer
W. Anderson began his education in the grammar schools of his native city, then
entered high school, and after graduation entered his father’s office as a law
student. He then went to San
Francisco, where he was in the employ of the United
States government for four years; and
afterward he was with the Crocker Estate Company for two years. In 1898 he enlisted for service in the war
with Spain, in the 1st
California Volunteers, and was sent to Manila,
where he served for one year. He then
returned to Sacramento and worked
in the state printing office for some time, after which he entered the employ
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, with whom he remained for the next
twelve years. Having completed his law
studies, on February 25, 1915, he was admitted to the bar and began practice as
a partner in the law firm of Anderson & Anderson. At the outbreak of the World War, he entered
the 118th Engineers, and was promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant. He saw service in France,
and was there when his father passed away, on April 18, 1919; he then returned
to Sacramento and assumed the
practice of law on September 1, 1919.
The
marriage of Mr. Anderson united him with Miss Emma E. Meyer, of Sacramento,
a graduate of the University of California. Mr. Anderson is a veteran of Foreign Wars,
and a member of the American Legion; he is also interested in National Guard
work, and is now serving as scout master for a troop of boy scouts. In politics he is a Republican; and in
fraternal affiliation he is a Mason, a member of Concord
Lodge No. 117, F. & A. M., and of Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R. A. M.;
Sacramento Commandery No. 2, K. T.; and Ben Ali
Temple, Mystic Shrine, Sacramento; and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Loyal Order of Moose.
Transcribed by Betty J. Vickroy.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 380. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Betty J. Vickroy.