HIS LIFE COMPLETED
"There is no Life of a Man, Faithfully Recorded, but is a Heroic poem of its Sort, Rhymed or Erymid."
Thursday morning, every preparation for the final event having been made with characteristic forethought, Mr. Burr B. Andrews quietly, peacefully and painlessly died. The community had been prepared for the news of his demise by the reports of his physicians of the impossibility of his recovery but learned of it with sincere regret. Perhaps there was no man in our village who had been so long and so closely identified with all the best interests of the town. He was sick but a few days. Three weeks ago, he first complained of not feeling well, but continued around as usual. One of the last times he was upon the streets, was two weeks ago Friday, when he called at the house of the late Charles A. Thorp, Esq., to sympathize with the family of his old friend. He seemed then to have a premonition of his coming death and expressed it in his remarks. "He spoke," said one who heard him, "as though life were over for him, and he was only waiting the end." In less than two weeks it came.
Burr B. Andrews was born at South Kortright, Delaware Co., N.Y., on the 5th day of December 1807. He came of a long-lived family, his father having died in his seventy second year and his mother at the advanced age of ninety-one years. He was one of fourteen children, twelve brothers and two sisters. Four of the brothers survive, three of whom are older than Mr. Andrews. He resided upon the homestead until he was sixteen years of age. He then left his father's house and went to Delhi, Delaware CO., to learn the tailor's trade. In the spring of 1829, he completed his apprenticeship and having saved money enough to pay the expenses of one term of school, he attended the Delhi Academy for fourteen months.
He arrived in Norwich on the 13th day of October 1829. He came on horseback. He immediately began business and opened a merchant tailoring establishment. He continued this business till 1835, when he sold it out to Roswell Curtiss. The same year he formed a partnership in the mercantile business with the late Nelson B. Hale, under the firm name of Hale & Andrews. At the end of three years, he sold his interest in the firm to his partner, Mr. Hale, and started in business under his own name. He continued his mercantile life till 1845, when he was elected County Clerk. In 1850 he went to New York City with his brother, Benjamin Andrews and D. Raybold, bought the Sixth Avenue and Broadway line of stages. Having disposed of his interest in this business, which has since proved immensely remunerative, he returned to Norwich and in 1856 and joined the late George L. Rider and others in the iron business. The company built the Norwich Blast Furnace, the building of which still stands on North Broad Street, about the half of a mile from the Centre of our village. In the financial panic of 1857 and 1858, the company sustained losses on iron of over seventeen thousand dollars, which used up ? the original capital. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Rider were the heaviest losers. The depreciation in the value of the property which followed, increased the losses to over twenty thousand dollars. In 1859 Mr. Andrew's purchased the "Noyes House," now known as the "American." He kept and conducted this hotel till 1868. In 1863, the war having given a great impetus to the iron business, he started again the blast furnace, which had proved such a disastrous financial scheme, having for a partner Hon. John Scoville, who is now the ? Buffalo. The firm name was Andrews & Scoville. They continued to run the furnace at a great profit, until the winter of 1871, when the fires were allowed to go out for the last time. In 1872, he bought the Griffing Tannery across the river and conducted it till he sold it to the present owner, Mr. Carter. Since then, he has not been engaged in any regular business. When the Bank of Norwich was organized in 1856, he was Vice-President of the Bank, and in 1877 was chosen President, taking the place made vacant by the death of his old partner, Nelson B. Hale.
During his entire life, Mr. Andrews was an earnest, active, consistent Democrat and a most astute and skillful politician. From 1835 to 1838 he held the office of Town Clerk. In 1839 he was elected Supervisor and was made his own successor for five consecutive terms, serving the town till 1844. In 1845 he was elected County Clerk and performed the duties most efficiently for one term. He was a frequent delegate to the State Conventions of his party and in 1876 was chosen by the State Convection, at Syracuse, a member of the Democratic State Committee. In 1877 he was elected Chairman of the Democratic County Commission and did such efficient service that he was continued in the position for several years. In 1883 he was again elected Supervisor of this town. At the annual meeting of the board that fall, he refused to acquiesce in "the equalization of assessment rolls" made by the Supervisors and took an appeal, which has not yet been determined. He was re-elected Supervisor in 1884 and at the town meeting in February this year was again chosen.
In his family relations, Mr. Andrews was happy. He married Lavina Hammond, the 11th of September 1837. She was a faithful wife to him for almost fifty years. She died December 31, 1883. Three children survive him, Mr. J. Henry Andrews, a resident of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Belle Andrews Daniels and Mr. W.B. Andrews, residents of this village.
Mr. Andrews possessed a character of almost Spartan firmness and simplicity. He was quiet, unobtrusive and exceedingly simple in his ways. He was not much given to talk, but he never failed to have an opinion, not only about public but private affairs. That opinion once formed on principles he regarded as right, he most tenaciously adhered to and maintained. He had some characteristics which would have made him a great general. He never intimated by any sign that he was beaten, however disastrous his circumstances. When the furnace business had sunk in '57 and '58, his entire available fortune, and he realized that he was a bankrupt if his creditors pressed him, he kept his own counsel and the even tenor of his way. Not a person suspected his financial straits from any hint of his. He carried his load alone and out of disaster, won the victory of his pure grit. (The rest of the article is unreadable) (Published in the Telegraph Saturday, April 25, 1885)
"There is no Life of a Man, Faithfully Recorded, but is a Heroic poem of its Sort, Rhymed or Erymid."
Thursday morning, every preparation for the final event having been made with characteristic forethought, Mr. Burr B. Andrews quietly, peacefully and painlessly died. The community had been prepared for the news of his demise by the reports of his physicians of the impossibility of his recovery but learned of it with sincere regret. Perhaps there was no man in our village who had been so long and so closely identified with all the best interests of the town. He was sick but a few days. Three weeks ago, he first complained of not feeling well, but continued around as usual. One of the last times he was upon the streets, was two weeks ago Friday, when he called at the house of the late Charles A. Thorp, Esq., to sympathize with the family of his old friend. He seemed then to have a premonition of his coming death and expressed it in his remarks. "He spoke," said one who heard him, "as though life were over for him, and he was only waiting the end." In less than two weeks it came.
Burr B. Andrews was born at South Kortright, Delaware Co., N.Y., on the 5th day of December 1807. He came of a long-lived family, his father having died in his seventy second year and his mother at the advanced age of ninety-one years. He was one of fourteen children, twelve brothers and two sisters. Four of the brothers survive, three of whom are older than Mr. Andrews. He resided upon the homestead until he was sixteen years of age. He then left his father's house and went to Delhi, Delaware CO., to learn the tailor's trade. In the spring of 1829, he completed his apprenticeship and having saved money enough to pay the expenses of one term of school, he attended the Delhi Academy for fourteen months.
He arrived in Norwich on the 13th day of October 1829. He came on horseback. He immediately began business and opened a merchant tailoring establishment. He continued this business till 1835, when he sold it out to Roswell Curtiss. The same year he formed a partnership in the mercantile business with the late Nelson B. Hale, under the firm name of Hale & Andrews. At the end of three years, he sold his interest in the firm to his partner, Mr. Hale, and started in business under his own name. He continued his mercantile life till 1845, when he was elected County Clerk. In 1850 he went to New York City with his brother, Benjamin Andrews and D. Raybold, bought the Sixth Avenue and Broadway line of stages. Having disposed of his interest in this business, which has since proved immensely remunerative, he returned to Norwich and in 1856 and joined the late George L. Rider and others in the iron business. The company built the Norwich Blast Furnace, the building of which still stands on North Broad Street, about the half of a mile from the Centre of our village. In the financial panic of 1857 and 1858, the company sustained losses on iron of over seventeen thousand dollars, which used up ? the original capital. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Rider were the heaviest losers. The depreciation in the value of the property which followed, increased the losses to over twenty thousand dollars. In 1859 Mr. Andrew's purchased the "Noyes House," now known as the "American." He kept and conducted this hotel till 1868. In 1863, the war having given a great impetus to the iron business, he started again the blast furnace, which had proved such a disastrous financial scheme, having for a partner Hon. John Scoville, who is now the ? Buffalo. The firm name was Andrews & Scoville. They continued to run the furnace at a great profit, until the winter of 1871, when the fires were allowed to go out for the last time. In 1872, he bought the Griffing Tannery across the river and conducted it till he sold it to the present owner, Mr. Carter. Since then, he has not been engaged in any regular business. When the Bank of Norwich was organized in 1856, he was Vice-President of the Bank, and in 1877 was chosen President, taking the place made vacant by the death of his old partner, Nelson B. Hale.
During his entire life, Mr. Andrews was an earnest, active, consistent Democrat and a most astute and skillful politician. From 1835 to 1838 he held the office of Town Clerk. In 1839 he was elected Supervisor and was made his own successor for five consecutive terms, serving the town till 1844. In 1845 he was elected County Clerk and performed the duties most efficiently for one term. He was a frequent delegate to the State Conventions of his party and in 1876 was chosen by the State Convection, at Syracuse, a member of the Democratic State Committee. In 1877 he was elected Chairman of the Democratic County Commission and did such efficient service that he was continued in the position for several years. In 1883 he was again elected Supervisor of this town. At the annual meeting of the board that fall, he refused to acquiesce in "the equalization of assessment rolls" made by the Supervisors and took an appeal, which has not yet been determined. He was re-elected Supervisor in 1884 and at the town meeting in February this year was again chosen.
In his family relations, Mr. Andrews was happy. He married Lavina Hammond, the 11th of September 1837. She was a faithful wife to him for almost fifty years. She died December 31, 1883. Three children survive him, Mr. J. Henry Andrews, a resident of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Belle Andrews Daniels and Mr. W.B. Andrews, residents of this village.
Mr. Andrews possessed a character of almost Spartan firmness and simplicity. He was quiet, unobtrusive and exceedingly simple in his ways. He was not much given to talk, but he never failed to have an opinion, not only about public but private affairs. That opinion once formed on principles he regarded as right, he most tenaciously adhered to and maintained. He had some characteristics which would have made him a great general. He never intimated by any sign that he was beaten, however disastrous his circumstances. When the furnace business had sunk in '57 and '58, his entire available fortune, and he realized that he was a bankrupt if his creditors pressed him, he kept his own counsel and the even tenor of his way. Not a person suspected his financial straits from any hint of his. He carried his load alone and out of disaster, won the victory of his pure grit. (The rest of the article is unreadable) (Published in the Telegraph Saturday, April 25, 1885)
HIS LIFE COMPLETED
"There is no Life of a Man, Faithfully Recorded, but is a Heroic poem of its Sort, Rhymed or Erymid."
Thursday morning, every preparation for the final event having been made with characteristic forethought, Mr. Burr B. Andrews quietly, peacefully and painlessly died. The community had been prepared for the news of his demise by the reports of his physicians of the impossibility of his recovery but learned of it with sincere regret. Perhaps there was no man in our village who had been so long and so closely identified with all the best interests of the town. He was sick but a few days. Three weeks ago, he first complained of not feeling well, but continued around as usual. One of the last times he was upon the streets, was two weeks ago Friday, when he called at the house of the late Charles A. Thorp, Esq., to sympathize with the family of his old friend. He seemed then to have a premonition of his coming death and expressed it in his remarks. "He spoke," said one who heard him, "as though life were over for him, and he was only waiting the end." In less than two weeks it came.
Burr B. Andrews was born at South Kortright, Delaware Co., N.Y., on the 5th day of December 1807. He came of a long-lived family, his father having died in his seventy second year and his mother at the advanced age of ninety-one years. He was one of fourteen children, twelve brothers and two sisters. Four of the brothers survive, three of whom are older than Mr. Andrews. He resided upon the homestead until he was sixteen years of age. He then left his father's house and went to Delhi, Delaware CO., to learn the tailor's trade. In the spring of 1829, he completed his apprenticeship and having saved money enough to pay the expenses of one term of school, he attended the Delhi Academy for fourteen months.
He arrived in Norwich on the 13th day of October 1829. He came on horseback. He immediately began business and opened a merchant tailoring establishment. He continued this business till 1835, when he sold it out to Roswell Curtiss. The same year he formed a partnership in the mercantile business with the late Nelson B. Hale, under the firm name of Hale & Andrews. At the end of three years, he sold his interest in the firm to his partner, Mr. Hale, and started in business under his own name. He continued his mercantile life till 1845, when he was elected County Clerk. In 1850 he went to New York City with his brother, Benjamin Andrews and D. Raybold, bought the Sixth Avenue and Broadway line of stages. Having disposed of his interest in this business, which has since proved immensely remunerative, he returned to Norwich and in 1856 and joined the late George L. Rider and others in the iron business. The company built the Norwich Blast Furnace, the building of which still stands on North Broad Street, about the half of a mile from the Centre of our village. In the financial panic of 1857 and 1858, the company sustained losses on iron of over seventeen thousand dollars, which used up ? the original capital. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Rider were the heaviest losers. The depreciation in the value of the property which followed, increased the losses to over twenty thousand dollars. In 1859 Mr. Andrew's purchased the "Noyes House," now known as the "American." He kept and conducted this hotel till 1868. In 1863, the war having given a great impetus to the iron business, he started again the blast furnace, which had proved such a disastrous financial scheme, having for a partner Hon. John Scoville, who is now the ? Buffalo. The firm name was Andrews & Scoville. They continued to run the furnace at a great profit, until the winter of 1871, when the fires were allowed to go out for the last time. In 1872, he bought the Griffing Tannery across the river and conducted it till he sold it to the present owner, Mr. Carter. Since then, he has not been engaged in any regular business. When the Bank of Norwich was organized in 1856, he was Vice-President of the Bank, and in 1877 was chosen President, taking the place made vacant by the death of his old partner, Nelson B. Hale.
During his entire life, Mr. Andrews was an earnest, active, consistent Democrat and a most astute and skillful politician. From 1835 to 1838 he held the office of Town Clerk. In 1839 he was elected Supervisor and was made his own successor for five consecutive terms, serving the town till 1844. In 1845 he was elected County Clerk and performed the duties most efficiently for one term. He was a frequent delegate to the State Conventions of his party and in 1876 was chosen by the State Convection, at Syracuse, a member of the Democratic State Committee. In 1877 he was elected Chairman of the Democratic County Commission and did such efficient service that he was continued in the position for several years. In 1883 he was again elected Supervisor of this town. At the annual meeting of the board that fall, he refused to acquiesce in "the equalization of assessment rolls" made by the Supervisors and took an appeal, which has not yet been determined. He was re-elected Supervisor in 1884 and at the town meeting in February this year was again chosen.
In his family relations, Mr. Andrews was happy. He married Lavina Hammond, the 11th of September 1837. She was a faithful wife to him for almost fifty years. She died December 31, 1883. Three children survive him, Mr. J. Henry Andrews, a resident of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Belle Andrews Daniels and Mr. W.B. Andrews, residents of this village.
Mr. Andrews possessed a character of almost Spartan firmness and simplicity. He was quiet, unobtrusive and exceedingly simple in his ways. He was not much given to talk, but he never failed to have an opinion, not only about public but private affairs. That opinion once formed on principles he regarded as right, he most tenaciously adhered to and maintained. He had some characteristics which would have made him a great general. He never intimated by any sign that he was beaten, however disastrous his circumstances. When the furnace business had sunk in '57 and '58, his entire available fortune, and he realized that he was a bankrupt if his creditors pressed him, he kept his own counsel and the even tenor of his way. Not a person suspected his financial straits from any hint of his. He carried his load alone and out of disaster, won the victory of his pure grit. (The rest of the article is unreadable) (Published in the Telegraph Saturday, April 25, 1885)
"There is no Life of a Man, Faithfully Recorded, but is a Heroic poem of its Sort, Rhymed or Erymid."
Thursday morning, every preparation for the final event having been made with characteristic forethought, Mr. Burr B. Andrews quietly, peacefully and painlessly died. The community had been prepared for the news of his demise by the reports of his physicians of the impossibility of his recovery but learned of it with sincere regret. Perhaps there was no man in our village who had been so long and so closely identified with all the best interests of the town. He was sick but a few days. Three weeks ago, he first complained of not feeling well, but continued around as usual. One of the last times he was upon the streets, was two weeks ago Friday, when he called at the house of the late Charles A. Thorp, Esq., to sympathize with the family of his old friend. He seemed then to have a premonition of his coming death and expressed it in his remarks. "He spoke," said one who heard him, "as though life were over for him, and he was only waiting the end." In less than two weeks it came.
Burr B. Andrews was born at South Kortright, Delaware Co., N.Y., on the 5th day of December 1807. He came of a long-lived family, his father having died in his seventy second year and his mother at the advanced age of ninety-one years. He was one of fourteen children, twelve brothers and two sisters. Four of the brothers survive, three of whom are older than Mr. Andrews. He resided upon the homestead until he was sixteen years of age. He then left his father's house and went to Delhi, Delaware CO., to learn the tailor's trade. In the spring of 1829, he completed his apprenticeship and having saved money enough to pay the expenses of one term of school, he attended the Delhi Academy for fourteen months.
He arrived in Norwich on the 13th day of October 1829. He came on horseback. He immediately began business and opened a merchant tailoring establishment. He continued this business till 1835, when he sold it out to Roswell Curtiss. The same year he formed a partnership in the mercantile business with the late Nelson B. Hale, under the firm name of Hale & Andrews. At the end of three years, he sold his interest in the firm to his partner, Mr. Hale, and started in business under his own name. He continued his mercantile life till 1845, when he was elected County Clerk. In 1850 he went to New York City with his brother, Benjamin Andrews and D. Raybold, bought the Sixth Avenue and Broadway line of stages. Having disposed of his interest in this business, which has since proved immensely remunerative, he returned to Norwich and in 1856 and joined the late George L. Rider and others in the iron business. The company built the Norwich Blast Furnace, the building of which still stands on North Broad Street, about the half of a mile from the Centre of our village. In the financial panic of 1857 and 1858, the company sustained losses on iron of over seventeen thousand dollars, which used up ? the original capital. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Rider were the heaviest losers. The depreciation in the value of the property which followed, increased the losses to over twenty thousand dollars. In 1859 Mr. Andrew's purchased the "Noyes House," now known as the "American." He kept and conducted this hotel till 1868. In 1863, the war having given a great impetus to the iron business, he started again the blast furnace, which had proved such a disastrous financial scheme, having for a partner Hon. John Scoville, who is now the ? Buffalo. The firm name was Andrews & Scoville. They continued to run the furnace at a great profit, until the winter of 1871, when the fires were allowed to go out for the last time. In 1872, he bought the Griffing Tannery across the river and conducted it till he sold it to the present owner, Mr. Carter. Since then, he has not been engaged in any regular business. When the Bank of Norwich was organized in 1856, he was Vice-President of the Bank, and in 1877 was chosen President, taking the place made vacant by the death of his old partner, Nelson B. Hale.
During his entire life, Mr. Andrews was an earnest, active, consistent Democrat and a most astute and skillful politician. From 1835 to 1838 he held the office of Town Clerk. In 1839 he was elected Supervisor and was made his own successor for five consecutive terms, serving the town till 1844. In 1845 he was elected County Clerk and performed the duties most efficiently for one term. He was a frequent delegate to the State Conventions of his party and in 1876 was chosen by the State Convection, at Syracuse, a member of the Democratic State Committee. In 1877 he was elected Chairman of the Democratic County Commission and did such efficient service that he was continued in the position for several years. In 1883 he was again elected Supervisor of this town. At the annual meeting of the board that fall, he refused to acquiesce in "the equalization of assessment rolls" made by the Supervisors and took an appeal, which has not yet been determined. He was re-elected Supervisor in 1884 and at the town meeting in February this year was again chosen.
In his family relations, Mr. Andrews was happy. He married Lavina Hammond, the 11th of September 1837. She was a faithful wife to him for almost fifty years. She died December 31, 1883. Three children survive him, Mr. J. Henry Andrews, a resident of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Belle Andrews Daniels and Mr. W.B. Andrews, residents of this village.
Mr. Andrews possessed a character of almost Spartan firmness and simplicity. He was quiet, unobtrusive and exceedingly simple in his ways. He was not much given to talk, but he never failed to have an opinion, not only about public but private affairs. That opinion once formed on principles he regarded as right, he most tenaciously adhered to and maintained. He had some characteristics which would have made him a great general. He never intimated by any sign that he was beaten, however disastrous his circumstances. When the furnace business had sunk in '57 and '58, his entire available fortune, and he realized that he was a bankrupt if his creditors pressed him, he kept his own counsel and the even tenor of his way. Not a person suspected his financial straits from any hint of his. He carried his load alone and out of disaster, won the victory of his pure grit. (The rest of the article is unreadable) (Published in the Telegraph Saturday, April 25, 1885)
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