Person:James Andrews (58)

Research Notes

• Per his wife's 90th birthday article, he was a farmer on a large cotton plantation in Richmond county, NC. He later moved his family to Laurinburg where he served as postmaster. The family had four children, two dying in infancy. James died in 1889.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 James Washington Andrews, in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Statesville Record Landmark. (Statesville, North Carolina).

   12 Feb 1946, p 5 -
   ... Her first marriage was to James Washington Andrews of Montgomery County. With him she lived on a large cotton plantation in Richmond county, N.C. A few years later he became Postmaster at Laurinburg in the same county and moved his family there. Four children were born of this union - two died in infancy. After the death of her husband in 1889 ...

2. ↑ James Andrews, in Richmond, North Carolina, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1880; Census Place: Wolf Pit, Richmond, North Carolina; Roll: 979; Family History Film: 1254979; Page: 309A; Enumeration District: 170; Image: 0100.
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   Name: James Andrews Age: 33 Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1880: Wolf Pit, Richmond, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Delila Andrews Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer
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   Household Members:
   Name Age
   James Andrews 33
   Delila Andrews 23
   Sallie Andrews 23 [described as James' sister]