Charles Robert Andrews was born August 24, 1877, in Brown County, Kansas, the son of Robert and Jane Elizabeth Andrews.
Charles married Mary Florence Hedding on March 17, 1901, in Brown County, Kansas. Mamie was born October 28, 1877, in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles B. and Louisa M. Hedding. Charles and Mary had the following known children:
1. Mildred Louise Andrews (1902-1908)
2. Charles Robert Andrews (1903-1976)
3. George Phillip Andrews (1911-1987)
4. John Paul Andrews (1916-1977)
Charles died March 22, 1922, in Hendricks, Lincoln County, Minnesota. Mary died April 2, 1934, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Kansas. Following is a transcription of Charles' obituary from the April 1, 1922 edition of the Hiawatha Daily World:
OBITUARY
Andrews - Dr. Charles R. Andrews, a resident of Hendricks for more than a year, died at his home Wednesday morning, after having been ill for a week with pneumonia. He was 44 years old.
Dr. Andrews was born in Brown county, Kans., Aug. 24, 1877; lived with his parents on a farm there for some years. He graduated from Hiawatha High school and enlisted in 1898 in the 29th Kansas Infantry. His regiment did not reach the Phillippines, but was stationed at Chattanooga during the Spanish-American war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he entered the Kansas City Medical college, worked as a police surgeon and as an interne in Kansas City hospitals while he was preparing for his profession.
He was married March 17, 1901, to Mary E. Hedding, of Hiawatha, Kas. He graduated from medical school March 21. He practiced in Kansas for some time. In 1905 went to Panama as a surgeon in government service, serving for 14 months as physician at the Ancon hospital on the canal. He was invalided home with yellow fever, went to Indian Territory, Oklahoma, as a government doctor at Colony, an Indian settlement. He practiced for some years at Carnegie, Okla., where his daughter, Mildred Louise, died in 1908, when she was 6 years old.
Later the family moved to Kansas, and Dr. Andrews practiced there until he moved to South Dakota, assigned by the department of the interior to Indian service. He did not take up the work, however, and practiced instead at Westport, Newark, Eden and Hitchcock, South Dakota. He spent a year on the railway project at Richey, Mont., as a company surgeon, while he was on the medical reserve list in the World war. He came to Hendricks in the spring of 1921 and has lived here since.
Surviving him are his wife; 3 sons, Robert of Minneapolis, George Phillip, John Paul, at home; a brother, Verne, of Kansas City, a brother, David, of Seattle Wash., and a sister, Mary of Pittsburg, Kans., and his father, Robert Andrews, of Powhattan, Kans. Another brother, Oliver die d a year ago.
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. C. Swalwell officiating. The Modern Woodmen, of which he was a member, and the American Legion took part in the services. Burial was in the Hendricks cemetery, - Hendricks, S. D., Press.
Charles married Mary Florence Hedding on March 17, 1901, in Brown County, Kansas. Mamie was born October 28, 1877, in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles B. and Louisa M. Hedding. Charles and Mary had the following known children:
1. Mildred Louise Andrews (1902-1908)
2. Charles Robert Andrews (1903-1976)
3. George Phillip Andrews (1911-1987)
4. John Paul Andrews (1916-1977)
Charles died March 22, 1922, in Hendricks, Lincoln County, Minnesota. Mary died April 2, 1934, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Kansas. Following is a transcription of Charles' obituary from the April 1, 1922 edition of the Hiawatha Daily World:
OBITUARY
Andrews - Dr. Charles R. Andrews, a resident of Hendricks for more than a year, died at his home Wednesday morning, after having been ill for a week with pneumonia. He was 44 years old.
Dr. Andrews was born in Brown county, Kans., Aug. 24, 1877; lived with his parents on a farm there for some years. He graduated from Hiawatha High school and enlisted in 1898 in the 29th Kansas Infantry. His regiment did not reach the Phillippines, but was stationed at Chattanooga during the Spanish-American war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he entered the Kansas City Medical college, worked as a police surgeon and as an interne in Kansas City hospitals while he was preparing for his profession.
He was married March 17, 1901, to Mary E. Hedding, of Hiawatha, Kas. He graduated from medical school March 21. He practiced in Kansas for some time. In 1905 went to Panama as a surgeon in government service, serving for 14 months as physician at the Ancon hospital on the canal. He was invalided home with yellow fever, went to Indian Territory, Oklahoma, as a government doctor at Colony, an Indian settlement. He practiced for some years at Carnegie, Okla., where his daughter, Mildred Louise, died in 1908, when she was 6 years old.
Later the family moved to Kansas, and Dr. Andrews practiced there until he moved to South Dakota, assigned by the department of the interior to Indian service. He did not take up the work, however, and practiced instead at Westport, Newark, Eden and Hitchcock, South Dakota. He spent a year on the railway project at Richey, Mont., as a company surgeon, while he was on the medical reserve list in the World war. He came to Hendricks in the spring of 1921 and has lived here since.
Surviving him are his wife; 3 sons, Robert of Minneapolis, George Phillip, John Paul, at home; a brother, Verne, of Kansas City, a brother, David, of Seattle Wash., and a sister, Mary of Pittsburg, Kans., and his father, Robert Andrews, of Powhattan, Kans. Another brother, Oliver die d a year ago.
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. C. Swalwell officiating. The Modern Woodmen, of which he was a member, and the American Legion took part in the services. Burial was in the Hendricks cemetery, - Hendricks, S. D., Press.
Charles Robert Andrews was born August 24, 1877, in Brown County, Kansas, the son of Robert and Jane Elizabeth Andrews.
Charles married Mary Florence Hedding on March 17, 1901, in Brown County, Kansas. Mamie was born October 28, 1877, in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles B. and Louisa M. Hedding. Charles and Mary had the following known children:
1. Mildred Louise Andrews (1902-1908)
2. Charles Robert Andrews (1903-1976)
3. George Phillip Andrews (1911-1987)
4. John Paul Andrews (1916-1977)
Charles died March 22, 1922, in Hendricks, Lincoln County, Minnesota. Mary died April 2, 1934, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Kansas. Following is a transcription of Charles' obituary from the April 1, 1922 edition of the Hiawatha Daily World:
OBITUARY
Andrews - Dr. Charles R. Andrews, a resident of Hendricks for more than a year, died at his home Wednesday morning, after having been ill for a week with pneumonia. He was 44 years old.
Dr. Andrews was born in Brown county, Kans., Aug. 24, 1877; lived with his parents on a farm there for some years. He graduated from Hiawatha High school and enlisted in 1898 in the 29th Kansas Infantry. His regiment did not reach the Phillippines, but was stationed at Chattanooga during the Spanish-American war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he entered the Kansas City Medical college, worked as a police surgeon and as an interne in Kansas City hospitals while he was preparing for his profession.
He was married March 17, 1901, to Mary E. Hedding, of Hiawatha, Kas. He graduated from medical school March 21. He practiced in Kansas for some time. In 1905 went to Panama as a surgeon in government service, serving for 14 months as physician at the Ancon hospital on the canal. He was invalided home with yellow fever, went to Indian Territory, Oklahoma, as a government doctor at Colony, an Indian settlement. He practiced for some years at Carnegie, Okla., where his daughter, Mildred Louise, died in 1908, when she was 6 years old.
Later the family moved to Kansas, and Dr. Andrews practiced there until he moved to South Dakota, assigned by the department of the interior to Indian service. He did not take up the work, however, and practiced instead at Westport, Newark, Eden and Hitchcock, South Dakota. He spent a year on the railway project at Richey, Mont., as a company surgeon, while he was on the medical reserve list in the World war. He came to Hendricks in the spring of 1921 and has lived here since.
Surviving him are his wife; 3 sons, Robert of Minneapolis, George Phillip, John Paul, at home; a brother, Verne, of Kansas City, a brother, David, of Seattle Wash., and a sister, Mary of Pittsburg, Kans., and his father, Robert Andrews, of Powhattan, Kans. Another brother, Oliver die d a year ago.
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. C. Swalwell officiating. The Modern Woodmen, of which he was a member, and the American Legion took part in the services. Burial was in the Hendricks cemetery, - Hendricks, S. D., Press.
Charles married Mary Florence Hedding on March 17, 1901, in Brown County, Kansas. Mamie was born October 28, 1877, in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles B. and Louisa M. Hedding. Charles and Mary had the following known children:
1. Mildred Louise Andrews (1902-1908)
2. Charles Robert Andrews (1903-1976)
3. George Phillip Andrews (1911-1987)
4. John Paul Andrews (1916-1977)
Charles died March 22, 1922, in Hendricks, Lincoln County, Minnesota. Mary died April 2, 1934, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Kansas. Following is a transcription of Charles' obituary from the April 1, 1922 edition of the Hiawatha Daily World:
OBITUARY
Andrews - Dr. Charles R. Andrews, a resident of Hendricks for more than a year, died at his home Wednesday morning, after having been ill for a week with pneumonia. He was 44 years old.
Dr. Andrews was born in Brown county, Kans., Aug. 24, 1877; lived with his parents on a farm there for some years. He graduated from Hiawatha High school and enlisted in 1898 in the 29th Kansas Infantry. His regiment did not reach the Phillippines, but was stationed at Chattanooga during the Spanish-American war. Immediately after receiving his discharge he entered the Kansas City Medical college, worked as a police surgeon and as an interne in Kansas City hospitals while he was preparing for his profession.
He was married March 17, 1901, to Mary E. Hedding, of Hiawatha, Kas. He graduated from medical school March 21. He practiced in Kansas for some time. In 1905 went to Panama as a surgeon in government service, serving for 14 months as physician at the Ancon hospital on the canal. He was invalided home with yellow fever, went to Indian Territory, Oklahoma, as a government doctor at Colony, an Indian settlement. He practiced for some years at Carnegie, Okla., where his daughter, Mildred Louise, died in 1908, when she was 6 years old.
Later the family moved to Kansas, and Dr. Andrews practiced there until he moved to South Dakota, assigned by the department of the interior to Indian service. He did not take up the work, however, and practiced instead at Westport, Newark, Eden and Hitchcock, South Dakota. He spent a year on the railway project at Richey, Mont., as a company surgeon, while he was on the medical reserve list in the World war. He came to Hendricks in the spring of 1921 and has lived here since.
Surviving him are his wife; 3 sons, Robert of Minneapolis, George Phillip, John Paul, at home; a brother, Verne, of Kansas City, a brother, David, of Seattle Wash., and a sister, Mary of Pittsburg, Kans., and his father, Robert Andrews, of Powhattan, Kans. Another brother, Oliver die d a year ago.
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. C. Swalwell officiating. The Modern Woodmen, of which he was a member, and the American Legion took part in the services. Burial was in the Hendricks cemetery, - Hendricks, S. D., Press.
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