TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO -  BIO: ANDREWS, Lewis (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORDS OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887

        LEWIS ANDREWS, one of the oldest settlers of Washington Township,
was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, March 1, 1829, son of Hazel and Martha
Andrews, also natives of Ohio. About 1837 his parents removed to this
county and settled in Washington Township, on section 29. The land was then
in its original state. He first built his log cabin, then commenced to
clear his farm, having entered eighty acres, and remained here until his
decease. He was the father of ten children, six of whom are living -Mary,
Thomas, Perry, Louis, Louisa and Lovina. He was universally respected, and
in his demise Adams County lost one of her best citizens. Lewis Andrews was
reared in Adams County, receiving a very limited education, as the school
advantages of those days were very meager. He has experienced all phases of
pioneer life. He used to pound corn to make bread, the nearest mill being
at Fort Wayne. He was married April 13, 1856, to Miss Jane Quinn, born May
30, 1832, in Harrison County, Ohio, and daughter of James and Rachel Quinn,
natives of Ohio, who came to Adams County in 1853, settling in Washington
Township, where they remained until their decease. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
have had ten children, nine of whom are living -Jose, Martha, Rachel, Hazel
J., Inez, Hattie, James W., Addie and Osman P. Mrs. Andrew's parents had
ten children, six of whom are living - Thomas, David, Jane, Mary, James and
Barton W. Mr. Andrews owns a good farm of eighty acres, and resides on
section 28. Politically his is a Republican.

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