When Anderson Glenn Dorsey was born on 26 May 1839, in Hall, Georgia, United States, his father, D. John Dorsey, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Mc Millan Brice, was 33. He married Lorena Sophronia Boring on 13 March 1871. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 27 June 1911, at the age of 72, and was buried in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States.