Rev. Edwin Norton Andrews

1832 - Aft 1900  (68 years)

• Name	Edwin Norton Andrews
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	1 Sep 1832	New Britain, Hartford Co., CT
  Christened	21 Oct 1832
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1861
  	Amherst College
  Died	Aft 1900
  Notes	REVEREND EDWIN NORTON ANDREWS, son of Deacon Alfred Andrews and his second wife, Mary Lee Shipman, born at New Britain, Conn., September 1, 1832, baptized October 21, 1832, united with the First Congregational Church at New Britain, December 1, 1850. He worked on his father's farm until he was about sixteen years of age, and at brass in Meriden, Conn., until he was about twenty-one. Having a natural taste for mechanism, he was pleasantly occupied at Meriden.  He attended church at West Meriden, then under the care of Rev. George W. Perkins, to whom he was much attached, and was hopefully converted under his ministry, and thus the foundation was laid for his usefulness in after life.  He prepared for college at Suffield, Conn., and Andover, Mass., and graduated at Amherst, Mass., in 1861. He studied divinity at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and excels in music.  He preached his first sermon in the First Church at New Britain, August 9, 1863, and was ordained to the ministry, January 5, 1864.  He was commissioned as chaplain to the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, of New Jersey, December 6, 1863, by the governor of that state.  He did service as chaplain to that regiment at and near Memphis, Tenn., until January 16, 1865, when he resigned.  He preached in South Canaan, Conn., two years, then went to Kansas City and supplied a Congregational Church one year, and built him a house there. He spent a few months at St. Louis, when he married, April 29, 1869, at Hillsborough, Montgomery County, Ill., MARY ELIZA BERRY, born at Greenville, Ill., June 30, 1848, only child of Franklin Berry of Kentucky and his second wife, Mary Henderson Black, of the same state. She joined an Old School Presbyterian Church there in 1864. In 1869 he was preaching to a Congregational Church in the City of Champaign, Ill., but left there in September of that year for Chicago, where he spent some years in aiding his brother's business, and in preaching.  He attended to the advertising of A. H. Andrews & Co., got out their many school furniture and supply circulars, and invented the name "Hyloplate" for the well-known blackboard.  Leaving this concern, he preached at Crystal Lake, Ill., Hartland, Ripon, Peshtigo and Woodworth, Wis., and afterwards removed to Chicago, Ill., having given up preaching.  He and his wife are now living with their daughter, Mrs. Robert W. Gibbes, in Columbia, So. Car.  While in Chicago Mr. Andrews wrote for religious papers, and became connected with the religious conferences at Chicago University.
  Person ID	I12870	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Deacon Alfred Andrews,   b. 16 Oct 1797,   d. 13 Apr 1876, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Lee Shipman,   b. 14 Apr 1805,   d. Unknown
  Married	15 Sep 1824
  Family ID	F5394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Eliza Berry,   b. 30 Jun 1848, Greenville, Bond Co., IL ,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 52 years)
  Married	29 Apr 1869	Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., IL
  Children	1. Alfred Herbert Andrews,   b. 6 Dec 1870, Chicago, Cook Co., IL ,   d. 16 Jul 1871  (Age 0 years)   2. Alfred Burritt Andrews,   b. 26 Nov 1871, Chicago, Cook Co., IL ,   d. Unknown   3. Ethel Dole Andrews,   b. 13 Jan 1875, Crystal Lake, ____, WI ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F5415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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