John Andrews (son of Joseph Andrews and Sarah unknown) was born 1822 in Herkimer Co, New York State, USA, and died 1902. He married Mary Valentine in Oregon, Unitied States.
Notes for John Andrews: --Moved to Michigan in the 1840's and then to Oregon where he stayed. --Credit for the following is author: Diana Oxenford, a descendant of John Andrew, brother of Anna M. Brown who married John E Brown. Andrew, John (1822-1902) NY>Mich>Ore Author: Diana Oxenford Date: 15 Jan 1999 12:00 PM GMT Surnames: Andrew, Newman, Valentine Classification: Obituary Post Reply | Mark Unread Report Abuse Print Message ============================================================ "Roseburg, Oregon Plaindealer" - Monday, Nov. 17, 1902 ============================================================
..................ANOTHER PIONEER GONE..................... John ANDREW the subject of this sketch, was born in Huckamuck [Herkimer] County, New York, on the 7th of March 1822, and died Nov 12, 1902.
He was of Scotch ancestry, his grandfather having emigrated from the Scotch Highlands about the middle of the Eighteenth Century.
In 1844 Mr. ANDREW went from New York to Michigan where he was for a time a workman on the first railway ever built in that state, "The Central Michigan Rail Road".
In 1846 he moved from Michigan to Missouri and in 1848 joined a band of those brave spirits who became the pioneers of Oregon.
The train broke and scattered at various points on the route but the remnant to which Mr. ANDREW was attached, reached Oregon Country on Oct 16, 1848. He spent four years in the Willamette County, but in 1852 finally settled in Yoncalla Valley where he established his Donation Claim and where he has since continuously resided.
He was married in 1852 to Mrs. Mary E. VALENTINE who survives him. He leaves three children, Francis M. ANDREW, George N. ANDREW, and Mrs. Rose NEWMAN of Yoncalla also eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren to mourn his death.
Mr. ANDREW was in very poor circumstances when he reached Yoncalla, but he brought with him great patience, perseverance and industry.
All the tools, and furniture of his farm and household, were for a number of years made with his own hands and they were skillful hands. He planted fruit trees, made a fine garden, raised fowls and did any and all kinds of work from which any profit might be derived and ably assisted by his wife, who was a real help mate, and in a few years the fruits of so much care and toll was realized in a fine orchard of all kinds of large and small fruits that the climate would produce, a fine garden, domestic animals and fowls. He tried some experiments with the plants and vegetables of other states which were abandoned after a time as unprofitable, such as flax, sorgum, artichokes, etc.
Mr. ANDREW became a member of the Baptist Church in early life and lived a consistent Christian; though not able to attend church during his later and feeble years, he observed the Lord's Day and was a faithful student of the Bible till the end of his days.
Mr. ANDREW was a good neighbor, a faithful husband, a kind parent. In the fifty years he has spent in this community he has made many friends, and he goes to his last rest with the esteem and respect of all who knew him.
"Careless crowds may daily pass you Where your fate at last has cast you Leaving neither sign nor tear But your noble works out-last you Brave Old Pioneer Little care the careless throng When your heart is hid Though they strive upon the strong, Resolute work you did But our mourning eyes have found you And we hold you ever dear With the peace of God around you Sleep Old Pioneer .........A Friend"
More About John Andrews and Mary Valentine: Marriage: Oregon, Unitied States.
John Andrews (b. 1822, d. 1902)
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