"Austin S. Andrews, State Line, farmer, was born in Newell township, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 31st of December, 1836, and is a son of Ambrose P. and Elizabeth (Newell) Andrews. He was bred a farmer, and has always followed that occupation.
He enlisted in Co. C, Capt. W. I. Allen, 12th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., Col. McArthur, and mustered into United States service on the 7th of September, 1861, at Paducah, Kentucky. He was orderly sergeant of the company, and bore a share in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth (October, 1862). In the winter of 1863-4 he was detached and put in command of twenty-four mounted men to guard the railroad from Pulaski to the Tennessee River, and to do general scouting duty. He served throughout the Atlanta campaign, being engaged in the two great battles in front of Atlanta on the 22d and the 28th of July, 1864. He was mustered out on the 8th of September, 1864.
Mr. Andrews was married on the 27th of November, 1867, to Eliza J. Clark. He owns two hundred and thirty acres, worth $9,000. He has six living children: Morton C., Herbert S., Betty A., John O., Nancy E., and Eliza J. In politics he is a republican." (History of Vermilion County, Illinois by H.W. Beckwith, 1879, Page 956)
He enlisted in Co. C, Capt. W. I. Allen, 12th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., Col. McArthur, and mustered into United States service on the 7th of September, 1861, at Paducah, Kentucky. He was orderly sergeant of the company, and bore a share in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth (October, 1862). In the winter of 1863-4 he was detached and put in command of twenty-four mounted men to guard the railroad from Pulaski to the Tennessee River, and to do general scouting duty. He served throughout the Atlanta campaign, being engaged in the two great battles in front of Atlanta on the 22d and the 28th of July, 1864. He was mustered out on the 8th of September, 1864.
Mr. Andrews was married on the 27th of November, 1867, to Eliza J. Clark. He owns two hundred and thirty acres, worth $9,000. He has six living children: Morton C., Herbert S., Betty A., John O., Nancy E., and Eliza J. In politics he is a republican." (History of Vermilion County, Illinois by H.W. Beckwith, 1879, Page 956)
"Austin S. Andrews, State Line, farmer, was born in Newell township, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 31st of December, 1836, and is a son of Ambrose P. and Elizabeth (Newell) Andrews. He was bred a farmer, and has always followed that occupation.
He enlisted in Co. C, Capt. W. I. Allen, 12th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., Col. McArthur, and mustered into United States service on the 7th of September, 1861, at Paducah, Kentucky. He was orderly sergeant of the company, and bore a share in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth (October, 1862). In the winter of 1863-4 he was detached and put in command of twenty-four mounted men to guard the railroad from Pulaski to the Tennessee River, and to do general scouting duty. He served throughout the Atlanta campaign, being engaged in the two great battles in front of Atlanta on the 22d and the 28th of July, 1864. He was mustered out on the 8th of September, 1864.
Mr. Andrews was married on the 27th of November, 1867, to Eliza J. Clark. He owns two hundred and thirty acres, worth $9,000. He has six living children: Morton C., Herbert S., Betty A., John O., Nancy E., and Eliza J. In politics he is a republican." (History of Vermilion County, Illinois by H.W. Beckwith, 1879, Page 956)
He enlisted in Co. C, Capt. W. I. Allen, 12th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf., Col. McArthur, and mustered into United States service on the 7th of September, 1861, at Paducah, Kentucky. He was orderly sergeant of the company, and bore a share in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth (October, 1862). In the winter of 1863-4 he was detached and put in command of twenty-four mounted men to guard the railroad from Pulaski to the Tennessee River, and to do general scouting duty. He served throughout the Atlanta campaign, being engaged in the two great battles in front of Atlanta on the 22d and the 28th of July, 1864. He was mustered out on the 8th of September, 1864.
Mr. Andrews was married on the 27th of November, 1867, to Eliza J. Clark. He owns two hundred and thirty acres, worth $9,000. He has six living children: Morton C., Herbert S., Betty A., John O., Nancy E., and Eliza J. In politics he is a republican." (History of Vermilion County, Illinois by H.W. Beckwith, 1879, Page 956)
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