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Andrews, Eugene Douglas, lawyer,

was born Feb.

He

received

jurist,

1873, in Vicksburg, Miss. a thorough education in the public schools and ac^-.^ ademies of his native state; and graduated from the university of Virginia. He at once entered upon the practice of law; and has attained success in his profession at St. Louis, 6,

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the time if his death. in Brookline, Mass.

public affairs of St. and in Louis, Mo.; 1903 declined the office of assistant city attorney of St. Louis to become counsel for the Commercial telegraphers' union of America.

Andrews, Gamett, lawyer, legislator, jurauthor, was born Oct. 30, 1798, near Washington, Ga. For thirty years he was judge ist,

of the northern circuit of Georgia ; represented his district several times in the Georgia state legislature; and in 1852 was a candidate for governor of Georgia. He was the author of Reminiscences of An Old Georgia Lawyer, giving an interesting picture of the social life of the state during the early years of the nineteenth century. He died

about 1875 in Washington, Ga. Andrews, Gamett, soldier, legislator, lawyer, author, was born May 15, 1837, in Washington, Ga. About 1882 he removed to Chattanooga, Tenn. He served in the army during the civil war. He was a member of the Mississippi state legislature in 1879-80;

and was elected mayor of Chattanooga in 1891. He was the author of Andrew's Digest of the Laws of Mississippi. He died 1903, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

May

6,

Andrews, George, soldier, genealogist, was born Aug. 26, 1850, in Providence, R.I. In 1876 he graduated from West Point; and in 1876-98 was second lieutenant and captain in the twenty-fifth regiment United States infantry. Since 1898 he has been adjutantgeneral. He is the author of Genealogy of the Andrews of Taunton and Stoughton, Mass.

Andrews, George Arthur, educator, clergyman, author, was born May 22, 1870, in Springfield, Mass. He attended Colby university; and graduated from Andover theological seminary. He became instructor in mathematics in the English high school of Worcester, Mass. He is pastor of the West congregational church of Andover, Mass. He is the author of Composite Geometrical Figures.

Andrews, George Leonard, soldier, educator, was bom Aug. 31, 1828, in Bridgewater, Mass. He served through the civil war; and attained the rank of brigadier-general and brevet major-general of the United States volunteers. For several years he was United States marshal for the district of Massachu-

modern languag-

He

died April

4,

1899,

Andrews, George Lippitt, soldier, army ofwas born April 33, 1838, in Providence,

ficer,

R.I.

He was educated

the

in

grammar

schools of Providence, R.I. In 1841 he entered into business life in

Providence, R.I.;

erward and in

New

in St.

aft-

York;

Louis in 1858. In 1848 he entered the Rhode Island militia; became major

prominently identified with the business and

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professor of

United States military academy at

was promoted to colonel in 1853; and resigned in 1856. In 1859 he was second lieutenant in the second company Missouri national guard. He was elected captain in 1861; but commission was refused by the governor of Missouri because of loyalty to the United States governmeht. In 1861 he became lieutenant-colonel in the first Missouri volunteer infantry; and also in the first Missouri light artillery. He then became major in the seventeenth regiment United States infantry; and in 1864 attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the thirteenth regiment United States infantry. In 1869-71 he was superintendent of Indian affairs for Arizona. In 1871 he was promoted to colonel in the twenty-fifth United States infantry; in 1892 was retired for age; and was appointed brigadier-general in the United States army and retired in 1904. He served throughout the civil war ; was brevetin 1848;

ted lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services at the second Bull Run; was brevetted colonel for gallani; and meritorious services at Chancellorsville and for twentyfive years was engaged in the Indian country west of the Mississippi.

Andrews, George Pierce, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 29, 1835, in North Bridgeton, Maine. During the civil war he was assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of New York. In 1873-84 he

was corporation counsel of New York City. In 1884-1901 he was associate justice of the supreme court of New York for the first district. He died May 34, 1902, in New York City.

Andrews,

George R., congressman, was York. In 1849-51 he was a representative from New York to the thirtyfirst congress. He died in Ticonderoga, N.Y.

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Andrews, George Whitefield, clergyman, college president, was born Feb. 4, 1833, in Wayne, Ohio. In 1870-78 he filled pastorates in the congregational church at Marion,

Montgomery and Talledega, Ala. In 1875 he became a professor of theology and dean of the theological department of Talladega college and became acting president in 1896.