Andrew's newspaper obituary was published on 22 March 1910 in the Chattanooga Times.
"Andrew Jackson Stoops Dies at Advanced Age: Old Time Resident and Promoter of Many Enterprises, to be Buried Tuesday"
"Capt. Andrew Jackson Stoops, an old resident, died at his home, 229 Vine Street, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr Stoops was born at Bridgewater, Beaver County, PA., Nov. 14, 1837. He arrived in Chattanooga in 1870, since which time he has been identified with various important industries. During his early years he was captain of various steams playing between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. At the beginning of the civil war he served as pilot on transports conveying the federal troops from the north to Vicksburg; subsequently enlisting in Company K, Sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. After the close of the war he settled in Covington, KY., embarking in the restaurant business. Later he moved to Chattanooga and for a number of years conducted the restaurant and lunchroom in the car shed, being associated with his brother, George W. Stoops. When the Union depot was erected Stoops Brothers opened the Florentine hotel, which occupied the present site of the Citizens' National Bank. Andrew J. Stoops, the senior member of the firm, was one of the first amusement promoters of the city, having managed James' Hall, the first local playhouse. After the erection of the new opera house, in 1886, Stoops Brothers began the contracting business, erecting and remodeling many of the present prominent buildings. In recent years Mr. Stoops confined his efforts to the construction of small river crafts. Among them were "The Telephone," "The Rose," and "The Tomlinson Fort," the former being the first steam propeller launch on the Tennessee River. Mr. Stoops is survived by his wife, three sons, Harry E., Frank F., and Charles A., a daughter, Mrs. Nettie Brown; a brother, George W. Stoops, of this city; Fred H. Stoops, and a sister Mrs. Belle Driskell, of Columbus, O.; also two nieces, Mrs. A.J. Aull and Mrs. J.S. Hunnicutt. Funeral services will be held from his late residence, 220 Vine Street, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, the Revs. Bachman, McCallie and Elmore officiating. Interment in the National cemetery. The deceased was a member of the G.A.R., Lookout post No. 2, which organization will conduct the services at the grave. The active pallbearers will be Col. H.B. Case, N.W. Wilbur, J.B. Nicklin, F.E. Tyler, T.J. Gahagan, G.Q. Adams; honorary pallbearers, Col. Tomlinson Fort, A.J. Hulse, W.B. Mitchell, P.R. Albert, Maj. M.H. Clift, J.R. Taylor."
"Andrew Jackson Stoops Dies at Advanced Age: Old Time Resident and Promoter of Many Enterprises, to be Buried Tuesday"
"Capt. Andrew Jackson Stoops, an old resident, died at his home, 229 Vine Street, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr Stoops was born at Bridgewater, Beaver County, PA., Nov. 14, 1837. He arrived in Chattanooga in 1870, since which time he has been identified with various important industries. During his early years he was captain of various steams playing between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. At the beginning of the civil war he served as pilot on transports conveying the federal troops from the north to Vicksburg; subsequently enlisting in Company K, Sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. After the close of the war he settled in Covington, KY., embarking in the restaurant business. Later he moved to Chattanooga and for a number of years conducted the restaurant and lunchroom in the car shed, being associated with his brother, George W. Stoops. When the Union depot was erected Stoops Brothers opened the Florentine hotel, which occupied the present site of the Citizens' National Bank. Andrew J. Stoops, the senior member of the firm, was one of the first amusement promoters of the city, having managed James' Hall, the first local playhouse. After the erection of the new opera house, in 1886, Stoops Brothers began the contracting business, erecting and remodeling many of the present prominent buildings. In recent years Mr. Stoops confined his efforts to the construction of small river crafts. Among them were "The Telephone," "The Rose," and "The Tomlinson Fort," the former being the first steam propeller launch on the Tennessee River. Mr. Stoops is survived by his wife, three sons, Harry E., Frank F., and Charles A., a daughter, Mrs. Nettie Brown; a brother, George W. Stoops, of this city; Fred H. Stoops, and a sister Mrs. Belle Driskell, of Columbus, O.; also two nieces, Mrs. A.J. Aull and Mrs. J.S. Hunnicutt. Funeral services will be held from his late residence, 220 Vine Street, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, the Revs. Bachman, McCallie and Elmore officiating. Interment in the National cemetery. The deceased was a member of the G.A.R., Lookout post No. 2, which organization will conduct the services at the grave. The active pallbearers will be Col. H.B. Case, N.W. Wilbur, J.B. Nicklin, F.E. Tyler, T.J. Gahagan, G.Q. Adams; honorary pallbearers, Col. Tomlinson Fort, A.J. Hulse, W.B. Mitchell, P.R. Albert, Maj. M.H. Clift, J.R. Taylor."
Andrew's newspaper obituary was published on 22 March 1910 in the Chattanooga Times.
"Andrew Jackson Stoops Dies at Advanced Age: Old Time Resident and Promoter of Many Enterprises, to be Buried Tuesday"
"Capt. Andrew Jackson Stoops, an old resident, died at his home, 229 Vine Street, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr Stoops was born at Bridgewater, Beaver County, PA., Nov. 14, 1837. He arrived in Chattanooga in 1870, since which time he has been identified with various important industries. During his early years he was captain of various steams playing between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. At the beginning of the civil war he served as pilot on transports conveying the federal troops from the north to Vicksburg; subsequently enlisting in Company K, Sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. After the close of the war he settled in Covington, KY., embarking in the restaurant business. Later he moved to Chattanooga and for a number of years conducted the restaurant and lunchroom in the car shed, being associated with his brother, George W. Stoops. When the Union depot was erected Stoops Brothers opened the Florentine hotel, which occupied the present site of the Citizens' National Bank. Andrew J. Stoops, the senior member of the firm, was one of the first amusement promoters of the city, having managed James' Hall, the first local playhouse. After the erection of the new opera house, in 1886, Stoops Brothers began the contracting business, erecting and remodeling many of the present prominent buildings. In recent years Mr. Stoops confined his efforts to the construction of small river crafts. Among them were "The Telephone," "The Rose," and "The Tomlinson Fort," the former being the first steam propeller launch on the Tennessee River. Mr. Stoops is survived by his wife, three sons, Harry E., Frank F., and Charles A., a daughter, Mrs. Nettie Brown; a brother, George W. Stoops, of this city; Fred H. Stoops, and a sister Mrs. Belle Driskell, of Columbus, O.; also two nieces, Mrs. A.J. Aull and Mrs. J.S. Hunnicutt. Funeral services will be held from his late residence, 220 Vine Street, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, the Revs. Bachman, McCallie and Elmore officiating. Interment in the National cemetery. The deceased was a member of the G.A.R., Lookout post No. 2, which organization will conduct the services at the grave. The active pallbearers will be Col. H.B. Case, N.W. Wilbur, J.B. Nicklin, F.E. Tyler, T.J. Gahagan, G.Q. Adams; honorary pallbearers, Col. Tomlinson Fort, A.J. Hulse, W.B. Mitchell, P.R. Albert, Maj. M.H. Clift, J.R. Taylor."
"Andrew Jackson Stoops Dies at Advanced Age: Old Time Resident and Promoter of Many Enterprises, to be Buried Tuesday"
"Capt. Andrew Jackson Stoops, an old resident, died at his home, 229 Vine Street, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr Stoops was born at Bridgewater, Beaver County, PA., Nov. 14, 1837. He arrived in Chattanooga in 1870, since which time he has been identified with various important industries. During his early years he was captain of various steams playing between Pittsburg and Cincinnati. At the beginning of the civil war he served as pilot on transports conveying the federal troops from the north to Vicksburg; subsequently enlisting in Company K, Sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. After the close of the war he settled in Covington, KY., embarking in the restaurant business. Later he moved to Chattanooga and for a number of years conducted the restaurant and lunchroom in the car shed, being associated with his brother, George W. Stoops. When the Union depot was erected Stoops Brothers opened the Florentine hotel, which occupied the present site of the Citizens' National Bank. Andrew J. Stoops, the senior member of the firm, was one of the first amusement promoters of the city, having managed James' Hall, the first local playhouse. After the erection of the new opera house, in 1886, Stoops Brothers began the contracting business, erecting and remodeling many of the present prominent buildings. In recent years Mr. Stoops confined his efforts to the construction of small river crafts. Among them were "The Telephone," "The Rose," and "The Tomlinson Fort," the former being the first steam propeller launch on the Tennessee River. Mr. Stoops is survived by his wife, three sons, Harry E., Frank F., and Charles A., a daughter, Mrs. Nettie Brown; a brother, George W. Stoops, of this city; Fred H. Stoops, and a sister Mrs. Belle Driskell, of Columbus, O.; also two nieces, Mrs. A.J. Aull and Mrs. J.S. Hunnicutt. Funeral services will be held from his late residence, 220 Vine Street, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, the Revs. Bachman, McCallie and Elmore officiating. Interment in the National cemetery. The deceased was a member of the G.A.R., Lookout post No. 2, which organization will conduct the services at the grave. The active pallbearers will be Col. H.B. Case, N.W. Wilbur, J.B. Nicklin, F.E. Tyler, T.J. Gahagan, G.Q. Adams; honorary pallbearers, Col. Tomlinson Fort, A.J. Hulse, W.B. Mitchell, P.R. Albert, Maj. M.H. Clift, J.R. Taylor."
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