Washington County PA Archives Obituaries.....French, Andrew D.  December 1862
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Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1860-1898: February 4, 1863
Died at the battle near Fredericksburg, Rev. Andrew D. French, son of George and
Mary P. French, aged 38 years. Brother French was born in Fayette County, Pa.,
September 26th, 1826, baptized by Rev. William Johnston, of Dunlap's Creek
Presbyterian church, and was trained in the duties and doctrines of religion as
embraced by that denomination; and about fifteen or twenty years ago he publicly
professed religion, and united with the Presbyterian church of Lower Ten Mile,
Washington Co., Pa. In 1850 he married Miss Carpenter, and by her had five children,
the eldest alone surviving her parents. His wife died in 1857, and in 1860 he
married Miss Catharine Kline, of Monongahela City, Pa., who, with an infant
daughter, still live to mourn his untimely end. After the death of his first wife he
came to Limetown, Washington County, Pa., and engaged in school teaching, where he
united with the M. E. Church, and was appointed exhorter and prayer leader and in
1860 was licensed as a local preacher. In this capacity he was zealous and useful,
confining his labors mostly to the town and society where he lived; being greatly
beloved, and his labors appreciated. He volunteered in August, 1861, and though in
feeble health, he continued to serve God and his country until the terrible battle
in which he fell. The body was found by his comrades, and hastily, though decently
interred. We are hopeful in our mourning. 

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