REV. JOHN ANDREWS
Rev. John Andrews came to Cass county about 1869. He located in the town of Lewis, and preached at different points in this vicinity until he was compelled on account of failing eyesight, to abandon his work. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, an exemplary christian, and possessed of much zeal and energy. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1801, but grew to manhood in Ohio, whither the family removed in 1811. He obtained his education in Ohio and entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church, beginning his ministerial career in Wayne county of that State. He continued preaching in that county some years, then preached in Summit county from whence he removed to Mason county, Illinois, thence to Cass county, Iowa. His wife, formerly Charlotte Moore, was a native of Massachusetts. She is now in Florida. They had a family of twelve children--Luther, Lyman,(deceased,) Leonard, Loren, (deceased,) Loren, (second) Leigh Richmond, Lemuel, Lucretia, (deceased,) Lorina, Lucy, Louisa M. and Laura Ann. Rev. John Andrews died in 1877 and is buried in Lewis.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 554.
