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Submitted: 3/9/14 • Approved: 3/10/14 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R29183-G0-S3
January 21, 1821 - April 3, 1893
Andrew was born in Grainger County, TN and was named after his fathers' brother-in-law, Andrew Elder. The family lived in Grainger, Tennessee until 1852, then he moved them to Benton County, Arkansas where they settled near Siloam Springs. When Andrew was asked why they moved he replied it was to be closer to his wife's family. Another reason was the tension was mounting in TN regarding the slave question and he wanted to be away from the unrest there.
In 1862 the family again moved. This time to Bourbon County, Kansas where they had friends named Tennyson. Mr. Tennyson was a leader in the cause of establishing Kansas as a free state and was instrumental in bringing settlers into the area for that purpose.
In the Spring of 1863 his father bought an improved claim from an ex-soldier, Steven Ogden, for $600. The improvements being a log house with a lean-to kitchen, a log barn and a "good spring of water", near the house. There is an original land grant with Abraham Lincoln's signature that a family member has. The log house was replaced a few years later and 100 year old house is still standing. A railroad at one time had gone through the farm.
Wife was Nancy Kidwell.
Children: John H., Susana Hoffman,
Mary Eliza Kidwell, Ellen McQueen,
Melvina Jane McQueen, Amanda Caroline Anderson, Joseph Oscar, Andrew Benton.
Photo Courtesy of
Evelyn Jones Christensen
Contributed on 3/9/14
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Record #: 29183