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Henry Franklin Andrews

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Henry Franklin Andrews Veteran

Birth
Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Death
21 May 1919 (aged 74)
Exira, Audubon County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Exira, Audubon County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5955361, Longitude: -94.8654891
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Veteran Civil War Company D, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers.

Henry married Jennie Maria Norton on 25 FEB 1871 in Atlantic, Cass County, IA. They were the parents of Charles, Claude, Jessamine, Wallace, John, Philip, and Fleta. Jennie Maria Norton was born in Springfield township. Allen county, Indiana, June 21, 1850. She came with her parents to Oakfield, Iowa in 1856. Before marriage she had become a successful school teacher in Audubon county. They separated in 1898, and were divorced December 13, 1902. Both unmarried in 1915, she lived with her children near Shoshone, Wyoming.

ANDREWS FAMILY HISTORY - He resided with his parents in Lovell, Stoneham, and Portland, Maine, and worked on the farm in summer and attended the district school in winter, until 18 July 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company D, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers.

He served in the Maryland campaign in the fall of 1862; he was at the battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia, in December, 1862, on detached service; was with his regiment on Burnside's "Mud March," at Falmouth, Virginia, in the early part of 1863; and at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May, 1863; was with his regiment on the march to Gettysburg, in June, 1863, until taken sick at Centreville, Virginia, and sent to the hospital; he joined the regiment again in August, 1863, at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, and served on the advance to the Rapidan River; the retreat to Centreville; the Mine Run Expedition, in the fall of that year, the regiment serving as the extreme Infantry outpost of the army, at Mitchell's Station, Virginia, the following winter; after which he participated in the battles of Wilderness, and Spottsylvania, and all the engagements of the Army of the Potomac up to June, 1864, when, on account of ill health and inability to perform further duty in active service, he was sent to Washington, D. C., and placed on Detached Service, on which he served until discharged, 13 July 1865.

He was elected County Recorder of the county and served as such in 1867 and 1868, and as County Judge, in 1868.

In 1869, he was admitted to the bar, in Audubon County, and was then principally engaged in practicing law.

He married Jennie Maria, daughter of William C. and Ruth H. (Thayer) Norton, of Oakfield, Audubon County, Iowa, by Rev. M. Hughes, at Atlantic, Iowa, 25 February 1871.

In 1872, he studied law in the Law Department of the Iowa State University, at Iowa City, Iowa.

He was senator of the 17th district of Iowa, 1892-95. He was a practicing lawyer, and resided at Audubon and Exira, Iowa. Andrews, H. Franklin. History of the Andrews Family. Audubon, IA: William E. Brinkerhoff, 1890, pp. 117, 161-162.
Veteran Civil War Company D, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers.

Henry married Jennie Maria Norton on 25 FEB 1871 in Atlantic, Cass County, IA. They were the parents of Charles, Claude, Jessamine, Wallace, John, Philip, and Fleta. Jennie Maria Norton was born in Springfield township. Allen county, Indiana, June 21, 1850. She came with her parents to Oakfield, Iowa in 1856. Before marriage she had become a successful school teacher in Audubon county. They separated in 1898, and were divorced December 13, 1902. Both unmarried in 1915, she lived with her children near Shoshone, Wyoming.

ANDREWS FAMILY HISTORY - He resided with his parents in Lovell, Stoneham, and Portland, Maine, and worked on the farm in summer and attended the district school in winter, until 18 July 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company D, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers.

He served in the Maryland campaign in the fall of 1862; he was at the battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia, in December, 1862, on detached service; was with his regiment on Burnside's "Mud March," at Falmouth, Virginia, in the early part of 1863; and at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May, 1863; was with his regiment on the march to Gettysburg, in June, 1863, until taken sick at Centreville, Virginia, and sent to the hospital; he joined the regiment again in August, 1863, at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, and served on the advance to the Rapidan River; the retreat to Centreville; the Mine Run Expedition, in the fall of that year, the regiment serving as the extreme Infantry outpost of the army, at Mitchell's Station, Virginia, the following winter; after which he participated in the battles of Wilderness, and Spottsylvania, and all the engagements of the Army of the Potomac up to June, 1864, when, on account of ill health and inability to perform further duty in active service, he was sent to Washington, D. C., and placed on Detached Service, on which he served until discharged, 13 July 1865.

He was elected County Recorder of the county and served as such in 1867 and 1868, and as County Judge, in 1868.

In 1869, he was admitted to the bar, in Audubon County, and was then principally engaged in practicing law.

He married Jennie Maria, daughter of William C. and Ruth H. (Thayer) Norton, of Oakfield, Audubon County, Iowa, by Rev. M. Hughes, at Atlantic, Iowa, 25 February 1871.

In 1872, he studied law in the Law Department of the Iowa State University, at Iowa City, Iowa.

He was senator of the 17th district of Iowa, 1892-95. He was a practicing lawyer, and resided at Audubon and Exira, Iowa. Andrews, H. Franklin. History of the Andrews Family. Audubon, IA: William E. Brinkerhoff, 1890, pp. 117, 161-162.


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