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George Lyon Andrews

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George Lyon Andrews

Birth
Death
1 May 1956 (aged 61)
Burial
Owego, Tioga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 17 LOT 41
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This is George Lyon Andrews
born May 23, 1894
His father is Judge George Frederick Andrews # 85024335
His mother is Francelia Williams Andrews # 85025898

via HISTORY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK, vol 3, p 1144

George L. Andrews attended the Owego public schools and is a graduate of Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy. In 1913 he entered Colgate University, where he remained two years, receiving the degree of LL. B. at the Albany Law School in 1917. He then entered the service, enlisting in the U. S. Army. He was discharged, however, on account of physical disability, but early in 1918 enlisted in the U. S. Naval Flying Corps and became a pilot. He attended the ground school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, and Bay Shore, Long Island Naval Flying Station, where he received the commission of Ensign Pilot. He did coast patrol duty at Miami, Florida, Brunswick, Georgia, and Rockaway Point, New York, and was discharged from the service in May, 1919. He again reenlisted for a short period in 1920 and was stationed at Rockaway Point Naval Air Station. Upon his return to Owego Mr. Andrews served a clerkship with the law firm of Andrews & Ellis, being admitted to the bar in 1920. He spent the following three years at Binghamton with the firm of Hinman, Howard, & Katell, and afterward located at Jamestown, New York, for a short time. He then returned to Owego and until 1925 engaged in private practice. In that year he became associated with his father. In the same year he also assumed the duties of district attorney of Tioga County, and is now serving his third term in that office.

In 1921 Mr. Andrews married Miss Marie Clark of Binghamton, the daughter of Edgar and Ella (Edson) Clark, of Brookton, New York. The former resides there and the latter is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have been born two sons: 1. George Clark, born in 1922. 2. Frederick Clark, born in 1926.

Mr. Andrews is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and belongs to Friendship Lodge No. 153, F. & A. M., and Elks Lodge and Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Submitted by James Faasen
This is George Lyon Andrews
born May 23, 1894
His father is Judge George Frederick Andrews # 85024335
His mother is Francelia Williams Andrews # 85025898

via HISTORY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK, vol 3, p 1144

George L. Andrews attended the Owego public schools and is a graduate of Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy. In 1913 he entered Colgate University, where he remained two years, receiving the degree of LL. B. at the Albany Law School in 1917. He then entered the service, enlisting in the U. S. Army. He was discharged, however, on account of physical disability, but early in 1918 enlisted in the U. S. Naval Flying Corps and became a pilot. He attended the ground school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, and Bay Shore, Long Island Naval Flying Station, where he received the commission of Ensign Pilot. He did coast patrol duty at Miami, Florida, Brunswick, Georgia, and Rockaway Point, New York, and was discharged from the service in May, 1919. He again reenlisted for a short period in 1920 and was stationed at Rockaway Point Naval Air Station. Upon his return to Owego Mr. Andrews served a clerkship with the law firm of Andrews & Ellis, being admitted to the bar in 1920. He spent the following three years at Binghamton with the firm of Hinman, Howard, & Katell, and afterward located at Jamestown, New York, for a short time. He then returned to Owego and until 1925 engaged in private practice. In that year he became associated with his father. In the same year he also assumed the duties of district attorney of Tioga County, and is now serving his third term in that office.

In 1921 Mr. Andrews married Miss Marie Clark of Binghamton, the daughter of Edgar and Ella (Edson) Clark, of Brookton, New York. The former resides there and the latter is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have been born two sons: 1. George Clark, born in 1922. 2. Frederick Clark, born in 1926.

Mr. Andrews is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and belongs to Friendship Lodge No. 153, F. & A. M., and Elks Lodge and Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Submitted by James Faasen

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