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by DE Sundeen
"Many years ago there sailed on the high seas, under the command of Captain Andrews, a ship that bore the flag of England and carried her commerce to many remote harbors of the world. Little is known concerning the captain, but it may be inferred that he was a man of dauntless courage, close observation and unwavering loyalty. These qualities in his son, John R, led to another occupation in which they were no less necessary than on the ocean.
As a pioneer Methodist preacher in the sparsely settled regions of the United States, John was called upon to endure untold privations. Within his home poverty was ever present, yet out of his scanty supply he was ever ready to help some unfortunate family or suffering pioneer, and no distance was too great and no road too dark for him to refuse to go to the aid of the needy. The duties of his calling led him from Illinois to Minnesota in the autumn of 1856 and made him a pioneer of St Peter. In the spring of 1857 he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in what was known as the Big Woods district. Scarcely had he settled the family in their lonely home when the panic of 1857 came upon the country. During the two following years the family and their few neighbors suffered privation and want. Flour was $9 per barrel and other necessities were almost as high. Were it not for the high price paid for ginseng and the abundance of the root, many a time the children and the older ones would have gone hungry to bed. With the return of prosperity to the nation the family gradually entered into happier circumstances, yet they never became well-to-do, and it was not possible to give the children many advantages.
"In the family of Rev John R and Delilah (Armstrong) Andrews there was a son, John Wesley, born at Russellville, Lawrence county, Illinois, April 6, 1849, and brought to Minnesota at the age of seven years..."
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
Additional information provided
by DE Sundeen
"Many years ago there sailed on the high seas, under the command of Captain Andrews, a ship that bore the flag of England and carried her commerce to many remote harbors of the world. Little is known concerning the captain, but it may be inferred that he was a man of dauntless courage, close observation and unwavering loyalty. These qualities in his son, John R, led to another occupation in which they were no less necessary than on the ocean.
As a pioneer Methodist preacher in the sparsely settled regions of the United States, John was called upon to endure untold privations. Within his home poverty was ever present, yet out of his scanty supply he was ever ready to help some unfortunate family or suffering pioneer, and no distance was too great and no road too dark for him to refuse to go to the aid of the needy. The duties of his calling led him from Illinois to Minnesota in the autumn of 1856 and made him a pioneer of St Peter. In the spring of 1857 he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in what was known as the Big Woods district. Scarcely had he settled the family in their lonely home when the panic of 1857 came upon the country. During the two following years the family and their few neighbors suffered privation and want. Flour was $9 per barrel and other necessities were almost as high. Were it not for the high price paid for ginseng and the abundance of the root, many a time the children and the older ones would have gone hungry to bed. With the return of prosperity to the nation the family gradually entered into happier circumstances, yet they never became well-to-do, and it was not possible to give the children many advantages.
"In the family of Rev John R and Delilah (Armstrong) Andrews there was a son, John Wesley, born at Russellville, Lawrence county, Illinois, April 6, 1849, and brought to Minnesota at the age of seven years..."
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
Additional information provided by Bob Rowe
Additional information provided
by DE Sundeen
"Many years ago there sailed on the high seas, under the command of Captain Andrews, a ship that bore the flag of England and carried her commerce to many remote harbors of the world. Little is known concerning the captain, but it may be inferred that he was a man of dauntless courage, close observation and unwavering loyalty. These qualities in his son, John R, led to another occupation in which they were no less necessary than on the ocean.
As a pioneer Methodist preacher in the sparsely settled regions of the United States, John was called upon to endure untold privations. Within his home poverty was ever present, yet out of his scanty supply he was ever ready to help some unfortunate family or suffering pioneer, and no distance was too great and no road too dark for him to refuse to go to the aid of the needy. The duties of his calling led him from Illinois to Minnesota in the autumn of 1856 and made him a pioneer of St Peter. In the spring of 1857 he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in what was known as the Big Woods district. Scarcely had he settled the family in their lonely home when the panic of 1857 came upon the country. During the two following years the family and their few neighbors suffered privation and want. Flour was $9 per barrel and other necessities were almost as high. Were it not for the high price paid for ginseng and the abundance of the root, many a time the children and the older ones would have gone hungry to bed. With the return of prosperity to the nation the family gradually entered into happier circumstances, yet they never became well-to-do, and it was not possible to give the children many advantages.
"In the family of Rev John R and Delilah (Armstrong) Andrews there was a son, John Wesley, born at Russellville, Lawrence county, Illinois, April 6, 1849, and brought to Minnesota at the age of seven years..."
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
Additional information provided
by DE Sundeen
"Many years ago there sailed on the high seas, under the command of Captain Andrews, a ship that bore the flag of England and carried her commerce to many remote harbors of the world. Little is known concerning the captain, but it may be inferred that he was a man of dauntless courage, close observation and unwavering loyalty. These qualities in his son, John R, led to another occupation in which they were no less necessary than on the ocean.
As a pioneer Methodist preacher in the sparsely settled regions of the United States, John was called upon to endure untold privations. Within his home poverty was ever present, yet out of his scanty supply he was ever ready to help some unfortunate family or suffering pioneer, and no distance was too great and no road too dark for him to refuse to go to the aid of the needy. The duties of his calling led him from Illinois to Minnesota in the autumn of 1856 and made him a pioneer of St Peter. In the spring of 1857 he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in what was known as the Big Woods district. Scarcely had he settled the family in their lonely home when the panic of 1857 came upon the country. During the two following years the family and their few neighbors suffered privation and want. Flour was $9 per barrel and other necessities were almost as high. Were it not for the high price paid for ginseng and the abundance of the root, many a time the children and the older ones would have gone hungry to bed. With the return of prosperity to the nation the family gradually entered into happier circumstances, yet they never became well-to-do, and it was not possible to give the children many advantages.
"In the family of Rev John R and Delilah (Armstrong) Andrews there was a son, John Wesley, born at Russellville, Lawrence county, Illinois, April 6, 1849, and brought to Minnesota at the age of seven years..."
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
Inscription
Rev. John R. Andrews
Born - Aug. 23, 1813
Died - May 9, 1889
Aged 75 years, 8 Months
Our Father at rest, sweet rest.
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