Over the years it upset people that a Yates County resident who MAY have been a personal secretary to George Washington was buried in what became an unmarked grave unknowingly trampled on by the feet of school children (these days...people walking through the park on Seneca Street). Over the years there have been a few attempts to commemorate the man by placing a headstone or other monument on the site. A serious attempt to do that was back in the 1920s. A Dundee resident, William Snook, left $500 in his will for the Guyanoga Chapter of the DAR to erect a monument on the spot. The DAR accepted the bequest providing they could verify that Isaac Andrews was indeed Washington's secretary. The DAR conducted a search of available records and could find no solid evidence of Andrews' connection to George Washington. They returned the $500 to the Snook estate and no monument was erected. Research is complicated by the fact that there were more than one Isaac Andrews who served in the American Revolution, none apparently on the staff of General Washington.
Over the years it upset people that a Yates County resident who MAY have been a personal secretary to George Washington was buried in what became an unmarked grave unknowingly trampled on by the feet of school children (these days...people walking through the park on Seneca Street). Over the years there have been a few attempts to commemorate the man by placing a headstone or other monument on the site. A serious attempt to do that was back in the 1920s. A Dundee resident, William Snook, left $500 in his will for the Guyanoga Chapter of the DAR to erect a monument on the spot. The DAR accepted the bequest providing they could verify that Isaac Andrews was indeed Washington's secretary. The DAR conducted a search of available records and could find no solid evidence of Andrews' connection to George Washington. They returned the $500 to the Snook estate and no monument was erected. Research is complicated by the fact that there were more than one Isaac Andrews who served in the American Revolution, none apparently on the staff of General Washington.
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