It is with feelings of sincere regret that we chronicle the death of Benjamin W. Andrews formerly of this city, late of Perley, Wisconsin, which occurred at the Chapin Hall House in Hudson on Saturday, March 13th 1886 of disease of the lungs.
The deceased was born in the year 1817 at Lovell Maine, where his early years were passed. He was a graduate of the Scientific Department of Dartmouth College and commenced his career in the West as a Civil Engineer, but his health becoming impaired he was compelled to abandon that occupation. At the the organization of the Andrews & Perley Lumber Company a few years since he became one of the original stockholders, taking an active part in the management of its affairs and to his executive ability , rare business tact, energy, untiring application and perseverance is due, in a great measure, to flattering success with which the labors of this Company have been rewarded.
Mr. Andrews was for a number of years a resident of River Falls and with him many of our readers enjoyed a personal acquaintance, his genial temperament and common social qualities making him a general favorite wherever known. He was married January 12th, 1882 to Miss Ida O. Powell of this place and to them two children were born, a son, Dean and a daughter, Ada, a sweet little infant who preceded her father a few months to "the undiscovered country from whose born no traveler returns". To the wife an child who are left to mourn the departure from this life of a loving and indulgent husband and father, the most tender sympathy of the entire community is offered.
The remains were brought from Hudson to this city on Saturday evening train and conveyed to the residence of Miss Calista Andrews, where the funeral services, conducted by Rev. C. H. Rogers of the Congregational Church were largely attended on Tuesday afternoon by friends who assembled to pay their tribute of respect to the cherished member of the dead. River Falls Journal 3-18-1886