NYS Death Indexes for 1888 support Oct. 17 death in Guilderland, NY. Cert #: 38209.
OBITUARY
Oh what sadness, oh what gloom pervades this community as we chronicle the death of Robert M. Andrews, M. D., which occurred on the 17th inst.
We had occasion not long since to speak somewhat of his life and characteristics and to congratulate him upon the progress he had made, little thinking that so soon we would be called to mourn his sudden demise, but as has oft been said, "In the midst of life we are in death."
Born in this village, April 10th 1864, of humble but honest parentage, receiving only such an education as could be obtained in our common school, he early went to Albany and found employment in a grocery store as clerk where he continued for about three years, after which he obtained a position in a rail road office in Central N. Y., where he remained about a year, but gave it up, and of his own volition took up the study of medicine, and at once entered the Albany Medical College, in a class of thirty-seven members. He was studious to a fault, attentive and persevering, and during the vacations working at odd jobs to earn sufficient means to pay his board and tuition, and graduated last April, ranking, we believe, second in his class.
In June last he located at Fort Hunter and entered into practice. He loved his profession and succeeded in it, and at once won the confidence of the community.
Three weeks ago he was taken sick with typhoid fever and came home to his father's and despite the efforts of physicians and the nursing of a kind mother and loving brothers and sisters, death had its victim. Such an attachment had already formed from his new acquaintances at Fort Hunter that daily communication was kept up with the attending physician as to his condition. His funeral took place from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Belden, officiating taking for his text Isaiah 64:6, "And we shall fade as a leaf," from which he delivered an excellent discourse, dwelling upon the character and integrity of the deceased, of his kindness, his gentle demeanor and nobility which made him a universal favorite with all and asserting that "death loves a shining mark." The choir sang selections entitled, "Safe in the arms of Jesus" and "We're going home tomorrow" which were choice hymns to deceased in his life time, and here let it be said that his faith and hope of a bright futurity was such that while languishing upon his sick bed he remarked to a friend, my life has been happy, but I can leave it all. We shall meet again, it won't be long.
A delegation, eighteen in number, of the Schoharie Tribe, No. 125, I. O. R. M., of Fort Hunter, of which deceased was a member, attended his funeral in a body and conducted the service at the grave which was one of the most sublime and affecting ever witnessed at this place. The remains were interred in the family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery and the memory of Bobie Andrews will ever be cherished and kept green in the hearts of the multitude. Fare well.
J. R. M.
[from The Enterprise, Altamont, N. Y. – October 27, 1888, pg. #2]
OBITUARY
Oh what sadness, oh what gloom pervades this community as we chronicle the death of Robert M. Andrews, M. D., which occurred on the 17th inst.
We had occasion not long since to speak somewhat of his life and characteristics and to congratulate him upon the progress he had made, little thinking that so soon we would be called to mourn his sudden demise, but as has oft been said, "In the midst of life we are in death."
Born in this village, April 10th 1864, of humble but honest parentage, receiving only such an education as could be obtained in our common school, he early went to Albany and found employment in a grocery store as clerk where he continued for about three years, after which he obtained a position in a rail road office in Central N. Y., where he remained about a year, but gave it up, and of his own volition took up the study of medicine, and at once entered the Albany Medical College, in a class of thirty-seven members. He was studious to a fault, attentive and persevering, and during the vacations working at odd jobs to earn sufficient means to pay his board and tuition, and graduated last April, ranking, we believe, second in his class.
In June last he located at Fort Hunter and entered into practice. He loved his profession and succeeded in it, and at once won the confidence of the community.
Three weeks ago he was taken sick with typhoid fever and came home to his father's and despite the efforts of physicians and the nursing of a kind mother and loving brothers and sisters, death had its victim. Such an attachment had already formed from his new acquaintances at Fort Hunter that daily communication was kept up with the attending physician as to his condition. His funeral took place from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Belden, officiating taking for his text Isaiah 64:6, "And we shall fade as a leaf," from which he delivered an excellent discourse, dwelling upon the character and integrity of the deceased, of his kindness, his gentle demeanor and nobility which made him a universal favorite with all and asserting that "death loves a shining mark." The choir sang selections entitled, "Safe in the arms of Jesus" and "We're going home tomorrow" which were choice hymns to deceased in his life time, and here let it be said that his faith and hope of a bright futurity was such that while languishing upon his sick bed he remarked to a friend, my life has been happy, but I can leave it all. We shall meet again, it won't be long.
A delegation, eighteen in number, of the Schoharie Tribe, No. 125, I. O. R. M., of Fort Hunter, of which deceased was a member, attended his funeral in a body and conducted the service at the grave which was one of the most sublime and affecting ever witnessed at this place. The remains were interred in the family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery and the memory of Bobie Andrews will ever be cherished and kept green in the hearts of the multitude. Fare well.
J. R. M.
[from The Enterprise, Altamont, N. Y. – October 27, 1888, pg. #2]
NYS Death Indexes for 1888 support Oct. 17 death in Guilderland, NY. Cert #: 38209.
OBITUARY
Oh what sadness, oh what gloom pervades this community as we chronicle the death of Robert M. Andrews, M. D., which occurred on the 17th inst.
We had occasion not long since to speak somewhat of his life and characteristics and to congratulate him upon the progress he had made, little thinking that so soon we would be called to mourn his sudden demise, but as has oft been said, "In the midst of life we are in death."
Born in this village, April 10th 1864, of humble but honest parentage, receiving only such an education as could be obtained in our common school, he early went to Albany and found employment in a grocery store as clerk where he continued for about three years, after which he obtained a position in a rail road office in Central N. Y., where he remained about a year, but gave it up, and of his own volition took up the study of medicine, and at once entered the Albany Medical College, in a class of thirty-seven members. He was studious to a fault, attentive and persevering, and during the vacations working at odd jobs to earn sufficient means to pay his board and tuition, and graduated last April, ranking, we believe, second in his class.
In June last he located at Fort Hunter and entered into practice. He loved his profession and succeeded in it, and at once won the confidence of the community.
Three weeks ago he was taken sick with typhoid fever and came home to his father's and despite the efforts of physicians and the nursing of a kind mother and loving brothers and sisters, death had its victim. Such an attachment had already formed from his new acquaintances at Fort Hunter that daily communication was kept up with the attending physician as to his condition. His funeral took place from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Belden, officiating taking for his text Isaiah 64:6, "And we shall fade as a leaf," from which he delivered an excellent discourse, dwelling upon the character and integrity of the deceased, of his kindness, his gentle demeanor and nobility which made him a universal favorite with all and asserting that "death loves a shining mark." The choir sang selections entitled, "Safe in the arms of Jesus" and "We're going home tomorrow" which were choice hymns to deceased in his life time, and here let it be said that his faith and hope of a bright futurity was such that while languishing upon his sick bed he remarked to a friend, my life has been happy, but I can leave it all. We shall meet again, it won't be long.
A delegation, eighteen in number, of the Schoharie Tribe, No. 125, I. O. R. M., of Fort Hunter, of which deceased was a member, attended his funeral in a body and conducted the service at the grave which was one of the most sublime and affecting ever witnessed at this place. The remains were interred in the family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery and the memory of Bobie Andrews will ever be cherished and kept green in the hearts of the multitude. Fare well.
J. R. M.
[from The Enterprise, Altamont, N. Y. – October 27, 1888, pg. #2]
OBITUARY
Oh what sadness, oh what gloom pervades this community as we chronicle the death of Robert M. Andrews, M. D., which occurred on the 17th inst.
We had occasion not long since to speak somewhat of his life and characteristics and to congratulate him upon the progress he had made, little thinking that so soon we would be called to mourn his sudden demise, but as has oft been said, "In the midst of life we are in death."
Born in this village, April 10th 1864, of humble but honest parentage, receiving only such an education as could be obtained in our common school, he early went to Albany and found employment in a grocery store as clerk where he continued for about three years, after which he obtained a position in a rail road office in Central N. Y., where he remained about a year, but gave it up, and of his own volition took up the study of medicine, and at once entered the Albany Medical College, in a class of thirty-seven members. He was studious to a fault, attentive and persevering, and during the vacations working at odd jobs to earn sufficient means to pay his board and tuition, and graduated last April, ranking, we believe, second in his class.
In June last he located at Fort Hunter and entered into practice. He loved his profession and succeeded in it, and at once won the confidence of the community.
Three weeks ago he was taken sick with typhoid fever and came home to his father's and despite the efforts of physicians and the nursing of a kind mother and loving brothers and sisters, death had its victim. Such an attachment had already formed from his new acquaintances at Fort Hunter that daily communication was kept up with the attending physician as to his condition. His funeral took place from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Belden, officiating taking for his text Isaiah 64:6, "And we shall fade as a leaf," from which he delivered an excellent discourse, dwelling upon the character and integrity of the deceased, of his kindness, his gentle demeanor and nobility which made him a universal favorite with all and asserting that "death loves a shining mark." The choir sang selections entitled, "Safe in the arms of Jesus" and "We're going home tomorrow" which were choice hymns to deceased in his life time, and here let it be said that his faith and hope of a bright futurity was such that while languishing upon his sick bed he remarked to a friend, my life has been happy, but I can leave it all. We shall meet again, it won't be long.
A delegation, eighteen in number, of the Schoharie Tribe, No. 125, I. O. R. M., of Fort Hunter, of which deceased was a member, attended his funeral in a body and conducted the service at the grave which was one of the most sublime and affecting ever witnessed at this place. The remains were interred in the family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery and the memory of Bobie Andrews will ever be cherished and kept green in the hearts of the multitude. Fare well.
J. R. M.
[from The Enterprise, Altamont, N. Y. – October 27, 1888, pg. #2]
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