Background
Sorsby, William Brooks was born on September 27, 1858 in at Panola, Mississippi, United States. Son of Samuel Foster and Martha Ellen (Vance) Sorsby.
Sorsby, William Brooks was born on September 27, 1858 in at Panola, Mississippi, United States. Son of Samuel Foster and Martha Ellen (Vance) Sorsby.
Educated private schools, Panola, and partial course at Mississippi College, Clinton. Edited several country newspapers in Mississippi. Participant owner Mobile (Alabama) Morning Telegram, 1884.
Owned gold mining property in Ecuador, 1893-1898.
Consul-general to Ecuador, 1889-1893. Consul at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, 1897-1901, at Kingston, Jamaica, 1901-1902.
Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Bolivia, 1902-1909.