Background
He was born in New York City, the son of William E. Dodge and Melissa Phelps, and educated in England.
He was born in New York City, the son of William E. Dodge and Melissa Phelps, and educated in England.
He represented York North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative member. In 1872, he was naturalized by an act of parliament. established lumber mills on Georgian Bay. Following a variety of occupations, Anson began his own lumber career in 1864 at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
First attracted to the forests of Ontario in 1866, with an invitation from Henry West. Sage, possibly at a time when Sage was considering disposing of his Bell Ewart mill.
After a tour of the facilities at Bell Ewart, Anson continued his trek northward to Oakley township in Muskoka where Sage had recently acquired timber berths. Anson also purchased timber in the township and a small mill on Lake Simcoe at Atherly, near Orillia.
"s rapid expansion into the Canadian lumber trade, was followed by bankruptcy as a result of the Panic of 1873. Anson"s share of the Parry Sound firm was sold to J C Miller in 1877.
He returned to the United States to manage family lumber interests in Georgia.
He died in Illinois in 1918.