Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: ANDRUS, George K. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 63-64



GEORGE K. ANDRUS.

	George K. Andrus, who for thirty-five years has been actively 
engaged in the practice of law, his identification with the Denver bar 
dating from 1895, was born in Saybrook, Ohio, July 4, 1857, a son of 
Alanson and Eliza (Cole) Andrus, both of whom were natives of 
Connecticut but removed with their respective parents to Ohio during 
infancy. The father devoted his life to farming and remained a resident 
of the Buckeye state until called to his final rest in the year 1906. 
He had long survived his wife, who passed away in the year 1878. In 
their family were seven children, five sons and two daughters.

	George K. Andrus was the sixth in order of birth. In early life 
he attended the public schools of Ohio and completed a high school 
course at Austinburg, while in 1877 he pursued an academic course, 
becoming thus well qualified for entrance to the university. 
Determining upon the practice of law as a life work, he became a 
student in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and there 
completed his course by graduation with the class of 1882. He afterward 
removed westward to North Dakota, settling in Valley City, where he 
opened an office and followed his profession with good success until 
1895, when he resolved to seek a still broader field of labor and 
removed to Denver, where he has since remained. He has built up a 
practice of large and gratifying proportions, his ability ranking him 
with the leading lawyers of the city. Court and jury recognize the 
strength of his argument, which never fails to impress his auditors and 
seldom fails to win the verdict desired. His ability is pronounced in 
marshaling the evidence and he is seldom, it ever, at fault in the 
application of a legal principle. Aside from his law practice he is 
well known In business circles as a director and the president of the 
Cleveland Loan & Building Association.

	In March, 1885, Mr. Andrus was married in Edwardsville, Illinois, 
to Miss Minnie Estabrook, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Estabrook. 
They have become the parents of three children. Ralph Andrus, who was 
born in Valley City, North Dakota, in 1886, is a graduate of the law 
school of the University of Colorado and is now engaged in practice 
with his father. He married Miss Adelaide Ferris, of Carthage, 
Illinois, and they are the parents of two children, George and Hebe. 
Maynard, the second of the family, was born in Valley City, North 
Dakota, in 1893, and is a graduate of Oberlin College of Oberlin, Ohio, 
and also Is numbered among the alumni of Harvard. He now resides in 
Denver. Dewey, born in Denver in 1898, is still a student in the 
schools of Denver.

	Mr. Andrus belongs to the Denver Bar Association and the Colorado 
State Bar Association. His political allegiance is given to the 
republican party, but while well informed on the questions and issues 
of the day, he does not seek or desire office as a reward for party 
fealty. His religious faith is that of the Christian Science church and 
fraternally he is connected with the Masons and with the Odd Fellows. 
In the former organization he has taken the Knight Templar degree in 
Denver Commandery, No. 25, and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. 
His pronounced characteristics are such as ever command respect and 
confidence wherever he is known and most of all where he is best known, 
showing that his career will bear the closest investigation and 
scrutiny. Laudable ambition prompted his preparation for the legal 
profession and since starting upon the practice of law he has made 
steady progress.