Was born at Putney, Vt., August 28, 1820. In 1828 he removed with his father, Rev. Elisha D. Andrews, to West Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y., from thereto Mendon, Monroe county, in 1839, and In 1831 to Pittsford, same county. In 1841 the family removed to Armada, Michigan, and settled upon land previously purchased of the government. His education was received principally at a private school, and at the Rochester, N. Y., Collegiate Institute. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, and has remained a Republican ever since. In business, a farmer. He still owns his farm, but has retired from its active management, and lives in Armada village. He has been sixteen times elected and appointed supervisor of his township. Was Senator from Macomb county in 1867-69-70, where he gained the reputation of a valuable committee worker. Was Deputy TJ. S. Collector for Macomb county four years, and was honorably discharged. Was nominated for judge of probate in 1880, but failed of an election. Has been a member of the Congregational Church since 1841. Was two years president of the Macomb County Agricultural Society, and six years president of the Armada Agricultural Society. For ten years has been a director and the vice president of the Macomb County Mutual Insurance Co., and has held various other positions of responsibility and trust. In point of ancestry his history is not without interest. His grandfather, Jonathan Andrews, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, on his mother's side, was Dr. Seth Lathrop, of West Springfield, Mass.. and his great grandfather, the Rev. Joseph Lathrop, D. D., of the same place, an eminent divine in his day.

Contributed by Barb Z - Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and LegislatorsBy Stephen D. BinghamPublished by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888