Background
Robertson, William Joseph was born on September 19, 1888 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Gordon and Anne Anthony (Breckinridge) Robertson.
Robertson, William Joseph was born on September 19, 1888 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Gordon and Anne Anthony (Breckinridge) Robertson.
Education high school and 1 year at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
With engineering department Louisville & Nashville Railway at Louisville, Kentucky, 1905-1909. Civil engineer in mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama, 1909-1912. Began newspaper work with Roanoke (Virginia) Times, 1912.
Later with newspapers and Associated Press in South and dailies in Delaware and Philadelphia.
Then editor Easton (Pennsylvania) Express. Associate editor, Savannah Morning News, 1944-1948, editor since 1948.
Commissioned captain infantry United States Army, O.T.C., Fort McPherson, Georgia, 1917. Later served at Camp Gordon (Georgia), Kelly Field (Texas) and Camp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama.
Honorary discharged, February 1919.
Member Society of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Rotary, Cosmos.
Married Susan Radford Preston, of “Greenfield,” November 14, 1918. Children: Preston Breckinridge, William Joseph, Mason Gordon, Susannah Preston.