John Andrew

ANDREW, MERRITT

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 10/19/2010 at 19:52:02

Andrew, John, was born in Yorkshire, England, August 14th, 1844. In 1849, with his parents, he came to the United States, and located in Chicago, where he lived until 1852, when the family came to Iowa and located in Center Grove, Dubuque county, where he remained until 1864, when he enlisted in Co. A, Forty-sixth regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Hon. D. B. Henderson, of Dubuque, being its colonel. He served with his regiment until the close of the war, and on receiving an honorable discharge he went to Montana, where he remained two years in the gold mines. He then returned to Dubuque county, and remained there until 1870, when he came to Clay county, and took up a homestead under the solder act, and pursued the occupation of a farmer until some years ago, when he removed to Spencer, and has since been engaged in the railway contracting business. Mr. Andrew was one of the charter members of Harmony Lodge, No. 188, Knights of Pythias, and has been an active and enthusiastic member, having been its first Chancellor Commander. He was married to Harriet Merritt, of Asbury, Dubuque county.

Source: A History of Clay County, Iowa, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889, p. 81.