Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Charles Edgar Andrews and Catharine Duff




Husband Charles Edgar Andrews 1 2 3




           Born: 9 Oct 1828 - Philadelphia, PA 1 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1897 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 5 6
         Buried: 


         Father: William Andrews (      -      ) 2 4
         Mother: Ann Fithen (      -      ) 2 4


       Marriage: 1854 4 5



Wife Catharine Duff 1 4 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Duff (1806-1890) 5 7 8
         Mother: Catharine Ecebarger (1810-1898) 5 8




Children
1 M Firman Lafayette Andrews 5 8




           Born: 8 Aug 1855 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 5 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Agnes Blanche Craig (      -      ) 5 8
           Marr: 25 May 1880 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 5 8


2 F Emma Andrews 5 8

           Born: 26 Jan 1857 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 5 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1874 5 8
         Buried: 



3 M William Marion Andrews 3 5 9

           Born: 28 Nov 1858 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 5 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 1915 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Melda E. Truitt (1860-      ) 9 11 12
           Marr: 25 Nov 1880 10 11


4 F Kate Duff Andrews 5 8

           Born: 1 Dec 1863 5 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1872 5 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Margaret Carrie Andrews 5 8

           Born: 23 Feb 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Michael Jerome McEnteer (      -      ) 5 8



General Notes: Husband - Charles Edgar Andrews


His father was a merchant, and died soon after Charles was born. His mother remarried, and when Charles was eight years old the family came to Clarion County, Pennsylvania, settling on a farm. When about eighteen years of age he accepted a clerkship in the store of Thomas McKelvey, a merchant in New Bethlehem, at a salary of forty dollars a year. After serving faithfully for four years he was taken into partnership by his employers, which partnership continued for three years. In 1854 he started a small store in the same town on his own account, and soon after married.
In 1860 he built a large saw-mill and boat-yard, and in 1863 he added a planing-mill, and became largely interested in the lumber business, both in his own town and in Jefferson County.
In the year 1872 he built a banking-house, and started the New Bethlehem Savings Bank. He was elected the first president of the bank, and was re-elected annually for many years thereafter. [HCC 1887, 642]

He was eight years old when the family removed to Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He remained on the farm until eighteen years old, and then secured a position as clerk in the store of Thomas McKelvey, a merchant of New Bethlehem, his salary being forty dollars a year. His duties embraced every branch of the business, from measuring calico to hauling merchandise from Kittanning. Such were his ability and honesty in their fulfillment that at the end of four years he was made a partner in the firm. Three years later he disposed of his interest, and about 1854 opened a small store in the same town, thus early displaying the enterprise and executive talent which were among his life-long characteristics. Thenceforward it might be said that he was identified with every undertaking of note in New Bethlehem. The present lumber firm, C. E. Andrews Lumber Company, was founded by Mr. Andrews, when he purchased a small old saw mill from Corbett & O'Donnell, which was destroyed by fire in 1859. In the following year he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he purchased machinery for a new mill, which became the largest saw mill on Red Bank creek. He built river coal-carrying boats during the civil war, which plied between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. In 1868 he erected a still larger saw mill, located near Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, operating it in conjunction with the New Bethlehem saw mill. In 1876 he admitted his son, Firman L., on half interest, to membership in the firm, changing the name to C. E. Andrews & Son. Later another son, William M., was taken into partnership on equal, one-third interest, again changing the firm's name to C. E. Andrews Lumber Company. It continued as an individual partnership up to the time of incorporation in 1906, the date of charter, under the laws of Pennsylvania.
In 1872 Charles E. Andrews erected a banking house and started the New Bethlehem Savings Bank, becoming its first president. In 1894 the institution was reorganized as the First National Bank of New Bethlehem, and of this Mr. Andrews was president to the close of his life.
Identified with progress and leading in all public improvements, a champion of water-works and a fire department for the town, Mr. Andrews was largely instrumental in securing both. He was the leader in developing the gas territory in this vicinity, the public sewers of the town, and for their fine public school building his neighbors were greatly indebted to him. For thirty years he held the office of post-master of New Bethlehem, and received the Republican nomination for congress in this district, when the party was in the minority. In 1895, when congress ordered a commission to appraise the Navigation Company's property on the Monongahela river, Judges Atchison and Buffington of the United States court selected Mr. Andrews as one of the members of that commission, and to his industry and judgment was its success largely due.

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Sources


1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 642.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 606.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 405, 496, 577.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 496, 577.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 607.

6 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 496.

7 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 632.

8 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 577.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 438.

10 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 405.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 608.

12 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 405, 496.


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