Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Firman Lafayette Andrews and Agnes Blanche Craig




Husband Firman Lafayette Andrews 1 2




           Born: 8 Aug 1855 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 1927 2
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         Father: Charles Edgar Andrews (1828-1897) 3 4 5
         Mother: Catharine Duff (      -      ) 1 3 6


       Marriage: 25 May 1880 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 1 2



• Residence: : New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA.




Wife Agnes Blanche Craig 1 2

           Born:  - Limestone, Clarion Co, PA
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Children
1 M Charles Edgar Andrews 1 2




           Born: 22 Jun 1881 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 2 7
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         Spouse: Marjorie Eddinger (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 13 Aug 1928 - New York City, NY 8


2 F Elizabeth Andrews 1 2

           Born: 20 Mar 1885 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 1 2
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General Notes: Husband - Firman Lafayette Andrews


He was a partner in the lumber business, composing the firm of C. E. Andrews & Son. They had a saw and planing-mill in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and were interested in and handled the production of two large saw and shingle-mills in Jefferson County. They manufactured and shipped lumber to various parts of several states of the Union. [HCC 1887, 643]

He received his education in the public schools of his native town. He was early associated with his father in business and speedily gave evidence that he had inherited a full share of executive ability. He became president of the following organizations: The C. E. Andrews Lumber Company, of New Bethlehem; the Andrews Real Estate Company, of New Bethlehem; and the Raine-Andrews Lumber Company, of Evenwood, West Virginia. He was vice-president of the following: The Hawthorne Pottery Company, of Hawthorne, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Fuel Supply Company, Emlenton, Pennsylvania. He was a director in the Glady and Alpena Railway Company, of Evenwood, West Virginia; the Meadow River Lumber Company, Rainelle, West Virginia; the Meadow River Coal and Land Company, also of Rainelle; and the Sewell Valley Railroad Company, of the same place.
He was president of the First National Bank of New Bethlehem, and a director in the Bank of Rainelle, Rainelle, West Virginia.
He served as a member of the town council and the school board. In the sphere of politics he was identified with the Republicans. He was a life member of the Americus Republican Club, of Pittsburgh; was a Consistory and Chapter Mason, and affiliated with the Knights Templar and the Knights of Pythias, belonging also to the Mystic Shrine and the Royal Arcanum. He was a member of the Baptist church.

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Sources


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 578.


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