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'''Byron T. Dozier''' (born [[January 18]], [[1875]] in Cherokee County; died [[August 19]], [[1959]] in Dallas, Texas) was a physician and partner with his father, [[Orion Dozier]], in the firm of [[Dozier & Dozier]].

Dozier was the oldest of four children born to Orion and [[Elizabeth Dozier]]. He moved with his family to [[Birmingham]] in [[1890]]. He joined his father's practice in [[1897]], but left to serve as a lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Volunteers during the [[Spanish-American War]].

In [[1899]] Dozier & Dozier had resumed their joint practice, and were the first physicians in the South to use an X-ray machine. They also made use of other electrical appliances in the treatment of nervous disorders.

Byron was active in the [[Camp Henry D. Clayton No. 432]] of the [[United Sons of Confederate Veterans]]. He was appointed "surgeon general" of the national organization in [[1907]] and earned an annual commission of $1. Dozier served on a committee that adapted certain practices of fraternal organizations, such as a ritual initiation ceremony, to the SCV.  He also chaired a committee on horses and carriages for the [[1908 Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans]] held in [[Birmingham]].

Dozier married the former [[Willie Dozier|Willie Idumea Doyle]] on [[April 27]], [[1904]]. The couple had one son, [[Orion Dozier II|Orion]], and two daughters, Francis and Elizabeth. They resided at 2107 [[8th Court South]]. Willie died in [[1952]] after a long illness.

Byron's son and daughter-in-law, Lucille, died in a plane crash while flying from New York to his bedside in Dallas, Texas in the spring of [[1959]]. Dozier died a few months later and is buried at [[Elmwood Cemetery]].

==External links==
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87978053 Byron Dozier] at findagrave.com

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