Forrest West Armistead Andrews (abt. 1880 - 1970)

Born about 21 Oct 1880 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States

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Died 16 Nov 1970 at about age 90 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States

Biography

named after Nathan Bedford Forrest [1]

The Knoxville News-Sentinel Monday, November 16, 1970 Active in Business, Education Forrest Andrews, Knox Lawyer, Dies Forrest Andrews' Long Career Ends

Forrest Andrews, one of Knoxville's most prominent lawyers for over a half-century, died early today at his home, 3810 Woodhill Place.

Mr. Andrews, 90, had practiced law in Knoxville since 1909 and still m aintained an office at the Bank of Knoxville Building at the time of h is death. He had been in ill health for some time.

Born on a farm south of Nashville, Mr. Andrews was Southern to the bon e. He came by his deep Southern sentiments naturally and by environmen t.

He was a namesake of Confederate cavalry leader Gen. Nathan Bedford Fo rrest. His father, Thomas McDonough Andrews, was a member of the staf f of another famed Confederate cavalryman and raider, Gen. John H. Mor gan.

He was the great-grandson of Edward West of Lexington, Ky., who invent ed an operable steamboat before his friend, Robert Fulton, invented a more successful boat.

Mr. Andrews served during World War I as Government representative in draft deferment proceedings. Later he entered artillery training schoo l at Camp Taylor near Louisville, Ky.

Public Education Supporter Not only was he a leading member of the bar here, but he had extensiv e business interests as well. And always he was deeply interested in t he cause of public education. He lectured for several years at the UT College of Law, served eight years as a member of the City Board of Ed ucation and for six years was board president.

Several strong commercial and industrial firms were among his clients during his long practice. Among them were the old People's Telephone & Telegraph Co., Southern Extract Co., Coal Creek Mining & Manufacturi ng Co., Poplar Creek Coal & Iron Co., Sanford-Day Iron Works and other s.

?? Andrews, having graduated in law at Vanderbilt?? University in 1906 , came to Knoxville in 1909 to join the law firm of the late Major C. E. Lucky and the late James A. Fowler. The firm was named Lucky, Fowle r & Andrews.

Tutored by Parents He didn't attend public schools, but was tutored and coached by his [...] ltivated parents until he successfully passed entrance examinations a t the University of Nashville which later became Peabody College for T eachers. He graduated there and served many years on the college's boa rd of trustees. He was always proud to say it was his good fortune to have as a law te acher at Vanderbilt Judge Horace H. Lurton who became a U. S. Circuit Court judge and later was appointed to the U. S Supreme Court by Presi dent William Howard Taft.

When he graduated at Vanderbilt, he was very close to his instructor, Judge Lurton, and went to him for counsel in setting out on a legal ca reer. He told Judge Lurton he thought of going to New York City to bec ome a law clerk and secretary in a leading legal firm.

Thereupon, Judge Lurton asked him: "How'd you like to become my secret ary?"

Mr. Andrews accepted, entered Judge Lurton's office and accompanied hi m to Cincinnati to attend the sitting of the U. S. Circuit Court of Ap peals.

After Taft became President, a vacancy occurred on the U. S. Supreme C ourt. Taft had decided to name a Southerner to this post ??nd Judge Lu rton was under trong consideration.

Mr. Andrews recalled: "When ater I was before the U. S. Ciruit Court o f Appeals to argue a ase, I saw a telegram handed ??o Judge Lurton as he sat on the bench. He slowly opened and read it. Then I saw him loo k up and wink at me. I knew then that the telegram contained notice o f his appointment." Married in 1918 Mr. Andrews married Miss Ella Smith Johns in June, 1918. She was the d aughter of William H. Johns, president of the New York City advertisin g firm of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborne, She was a student at Smi th College in Massachusetts and had as a college chum a Knoxville girl , Miss Marion Wooldridge, daughter of a wealthy East Tennessee coal op erator James Wooldridge. Mr. Andrews met his future bride while she wa s visiting Miss Wooldridge here and their courtship began. Mr. Andrews remained several years in the Knoxville law firm, then se t up practice for himself. For years he had offices in the Empire Buil ding and in the Hamilton National Bank Building.

He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

Four Children Besides his wife he leaves four children, Miss Julia Andrews, professo r of art at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; William Johns And rews, a physicist and mathematician with the U.S. Government, and Forr est Jr., a mechanical engineer, both of Bethesda, Md. and Mrs. Thaddeu s H. (Garnett Andrews) Spencer, Wilmington, Del.; a sister, Mrs. Clyd e Hayter, Jacksonville Fla., and a niece, Mrs. Bathurst Lee Meek, who has made her home for many years with Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Greenwood Cem etery.

[Image for Genealogy of the Andrews-Maxey and Related Families ]

Pictured above is Forrest Armistead Andrews in 1967, sitting in the li ving a sword cane room of his home, holding, which by family tradition was brought to Am erica By the Immigrant, Thomas Andrews, who arrived in Virginie in 1685.

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March 17, 1971

Mrs. Forrest Armistead Andrews 3810 Woodhill Place Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Dear Mrs. Andrews:

We were much saddened in November, 1970, when we received the news of the passing of your husband. To our deep regret the vicissitudes of li fe prevented our coming to know you and your husband personally. We ar e convinced, however, that our contact with you through correspondenc e over the three years just passed, has afforded us an accurate image of two exceptional people, dedicated to fostering and furthering the i deals so dear to the architects of our Nation - good citizenship, lov e of God, Community and Country. Our opinion was confirmed by the trib ute paid to your husband in the news article published November 16, 19 70, in the Knoxville News Sentinel, which set out his career in some d etail. This article was ample evidence of the esteem in which he was h eld in his home community. He was made of the stuff which made this co untry great.

Mr. Andrews was a worthy descendent of his forefathers, one of whom st arted life in Virginia in 1685. Each successive generation produced me n who loved their country, men who were dedicated to the belief that l iberty of thought, word and deed, with due regard for the rights of th eir fellow men, was of paramount importance. Such men in all the Colon ies and in the succeeding states made for us a Nation unexcelled on th is earth as a place for good people to live in peace. You and your hus band, and your sons and daughters, are splendid examples of what gener ations of right living can produce.

May you find peace in the contemplation of a long life well lived.

Sincerely, James Ray Andrews Mary Croft Andrews

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SRXL-Q7Q : accessed 2014-11-30), entry for Forrest West Armistead /Andrews/.

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS8W-2L4 : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forest W Andrews in household of Thos M Andrews, Nashville city Ward 13, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241564.

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGXR-W5R : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forest W Andrews in household of Thomas M Sparkman, Nashville Ward 7, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 6B, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1375508.

"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN5G-HQM : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forrest Andrews, Knoxville Ward 10, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 343, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1821749.

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SP4G-NWS : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forrest Andrews, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0060, sheet 5B, family 106, line 87, film number 2259, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); FHL microfilm 2341993.

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4CS-ZX7 : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forest Andrews, Ward 24, Knoxville, Civil District 8, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-122, sheet 5A, family 87, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3959, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNG6-223 : accessed 30 Nov 2014), W Va* Andrews in household of Thomas M Andrews, Nashville Ward 7, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1821734.

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS8W-2L4 : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forest W Andrews in household of Thos M Andrews, Nashville city Ward 13, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241564.

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGXR-W5R : accessed 30 Nov 2014), Forest W Andrews in household of Thomas M Sparkman, Nashville Ward 7, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 6B, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1375508.

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SRXL-CX4 : accessed 2014-12-01), entry for Ella Smith /Jones/.

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