Hon. William H. Andrews and Mary Adelaide Frey

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Husband Hon. William H. Andrews ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Jan 1842 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 3
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         Father: Dr. Jeremiah Andrews (      -      ) 3
         Mother: [Unk] Weld (      -      )

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       Marriage: 30 Jun 1881 4

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   Other Spouse: Rose Ann Eddy (      -1879) 2 4 - 18 Oct 1862 4

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Wife Mary Adelaide Frey ⁵

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            AKA: Mary Adelaide Fry 4
           Born:  - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA
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         Father: Charles William Frey (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Delilah Stebbins (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M William Stanley Andrews ⁴

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2 F Marguerite Louise Andrews ^{4 5}

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           Born: Abt 1884
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           Died: 1886 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. William H. Andrews

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One of his paternal ancestors fought under the banner of William the Conqueror, and was knighted for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066. On his mother's side Mr. Andrews was of Puritan descent, the first of his maternal ancestors in this country dating his advent in America to the earliest settlement made by the Massachusetts pilgrims.

After obtaining that rudimentary education which the public schools of his time and section afforded, he entered upon a mercantile career, and up to the year 1880 was largely engaged in these pursuits, part of the time at Cincinnati, Ohio, and subsequently at Meadville and Titusville, Pennsylvania. His many commendable traits soon brought him into association with the local managers of his political party, and in this way he developed a liking and fitness for political work, and he became one of the most earnest and zealous of Republican leaders of the county. In 1880 he was elected chairman of the Republican county committee,\emdash a position he held for three successive terms. He was again unanimously elected in 1886. He served with credit to himself and advantage to his party as first assistant secretary to the Republican state committee of Pennsylvania during the years 1887 and 1888, and so ably did he discharge the duties to which he was assigned that his work obtained hearty recognition from the older party leaders. They were so favorably impressed by his qualities for work and organization and his practical common sense that he was made chairman of the state committee in 1888, and was unanimously re-elected in 1889 and again in 1890. In 1889 he further demonstrated his ability as a party leader and organizer in the election of Henry K. Boyer, state treasurer, by the uncommonly large majority of over sixty thousand, notwithstanding the fact that it was an "off year."
In 1888 he was elected to the legislature from Crawford County; again elected in 1893, and sent to the state senate in 1895. During his first session in the legislature he at once displayed an ability which early placed him in the fore rank as a parliamentarian and leader of more than ordinary capacity. He was also a delegate from the twenty-sixth congressional district of Pennsylvania to the Republican national convention held at St. Louis, June 10, 1896, that nominated William McKinley for president of the United States. [HCC 1899, 888]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Adelaide Frey

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Titusville, Crawford Co, PA

She was a granddaughter of Thomas Atkinson, a member of the first legislature of Pennsylvania and editor of the first newspaper published west of the Alleghany mountains.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 887.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1126.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 888.

4 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 889.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1597.