Milo
Andrus
Born in Wilmington, Essex, New York, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Ruluf Andress
and Azuba (Smith) Andress
Brother of
Orin Andress, Sybil Andrus, Almon Andress, Sarah Minerva Andress, Carlo Andress, Erasmus Andress, Harwin Andress, Emily (Andrus) Buckley, Evaline Charlotte (Andress) Abbott, Lucina Andress and Harriet (Andress) Lang
Husband of
Abigail Jane (Daley) Andrus
— married
14 Feb 1833 in Florence Township, Huron, Ohio, United States
Husband of
Sarah Ann (Miles) Andrus
— married
1 Jan 1848 in Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Husband of
Lucy (Loomis) Andrus
— married
1 Jun 1851 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Adaline (Alexander) Sproul
— married
27 Mar 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Mary Ann Webster
— married
23 Dec 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Jane Lancaster (Munday) Andrus
— married
22 Nov 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Ann (Brooks) Andrus
— married
22 Nov 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Elizabeth Brooks
— married
22 Nov 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Margaret Ann Boyce
— married
15 Feb 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Emma (Covert) Holden
— married
28 Feb 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Husband of
Francena Lucy Tuttle
— married
6 Dec 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Jane Andrus, James Andrus, Sarah Ann Andrus, John Daley Andrus, Millenium (Andrus) Fisher, Amanda Ann (Andrus) Egan, Milo Andrus, Laron Alexander Andrus, Marlon Webster Andrus, Lewis Andrus, Lavenia (Andrus) McComb, Henrietta Andrus, Marinda Andrus, Millard Andrus, Alwilda Nancy Andrus, Alma Andrus, Josephine Andrus, Jacob Andrus, Lyman Andrus, Charles Andrus, Isadore Andrus, Helena Andrus, Liona Andrus, Sarah Jane Andrus, Lucy Andrus, Hyrum Andrus, Randolph Andrus, Orson Andrus, Parley Andrus, Selestia Andrus, Laura Elizabeth Andrus, Byron Andrus, Mary Emma Andrus, Walter Sheridan Andrus, Esmarelda Andrus, Mansfield Andrus, Oscar Andrus, Sherman Andrus, Grant Webster Andrus, Florence (Andrus) Hughes, Brigham Boyce Andrus, Heber Andrus, Minnie Andrus, Elizabeth Andrus, Clarence Eugene Andrus, Ernest Amos Andrus, Newton Andrus, Horace Andrus, Carrie Andrus, Robert Andrus, Nellie Andrus, William Spencer Andrus, Margaret Ann Andrus, Laura Andrus, Benjamin Boyce Andrus, Joseph Boyce Andrus and Charlotte Eveline Andrus
Died
at age 79
in Oxford, Franklin, Idaho
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Milo Andrus was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
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Biography
Milo Andrus was born on March 6, 1814 in Wilmington, New York. [1] His parents were Ruluf Andress and Azuba Smith. [1]
He joined the Church of Christ in 1832 in Florence, Ohio. [1]
He served a mission in England in the 1840s. [1]
He had 11 wives and 57 children. [1]
In 1850 he led a wagon train to Salt Lake. [1]
In 1855 he oversaw the Mormon Grove outfitting site in Atchison, Kansas. [1]
In 1855 he led a wagon train to Salt Lake. [1]
In 1861 he led a wagon train to Salt Lake. [1]
He was a Bishop in Nauvoo. [1]
He was a Stake President in St. Louis. [1]
He was a member of the Quorum of the Seventy. [1]
He was a major in the Nauvoo Legion during the Utah War. [1]
He was a chaplain of the Utah State Legislature. [1]
Research Notes
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- Married Abigail Jane Daley 1833
- Ordained Elder 1833
- Zions Camp 1834
- Ordained Seventy and called to First Quorum of Seventy 1835
- Ordained Patriarch 1884
- Died 1893 Oxford, Idaho
- In 1874 he was appointed a member of the High Council in the St. George Stake, and held that position until 1881, when he was called to take charge of a mission to Green River in Emery county. This mission, however, did not succeed, and he therefore returned to Salt Lake City. In the fall of 1882 he was appointed chaplain of the council of the Utah Legislature.
- In 1883 he moved to Cache Valley and located in Oxford in 1884. When the Oneida Stake of Zion was organized in 1884, he was chosen as a member of the High Council of that Stake and also appointed to preside over the High Priests' quorum. He was ordained a Patriarch in 1884.
- Ripe in years and faithful and true to his Church to the last, Patriarch Andrus died at Oxford, Oneida county, Idaho, June 18, 1893, leaving a large posterity. Brother Andrus was universally known among the saints as an eloquent expounder of the gospel; he possessed the gift of speech to a marvelous extent and exercised influence for good wherever he associated with other men. He was one of the most successful missionaries known in the Church.
- His missionary activities are summed up in the following: Southern Ohio (1833), five months; Zion's Camp (1834), six months; Temple worker at Kirtland (1834), six months; State of New York (1835), five months; Canada (1841), six months; Ohio (1844), seven months; Nauvoo Temple (1845, eight months; Great Britain (1848), two years; St. Louis, Mo. (1854), nine months; Salmon River, Idaho (1856), two months; Great Britain (1859), two years, and Ohio (1869), five months.
- LDS Baptized 12 Mar 1832 or 12 Mar 1833
- LDS Endowed 24 Dec 1845 in Nauvo Temple
- Buried 23 Jun 1893 in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah
- Christened in Elizabeth, Essex, New York
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Wikipedia contributors, "Milo Andrus," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Andrus (accessed May 8, 2016).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 May 2021), memorial page for Milo Andrus (6 Mar 1814–19 Jun 1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #22146644, citing Holladay Memorial Park, Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMSmith (contributor 46491005) .
- http://miloandrus.org/
- Autobiography: Milo Andrus, Milo Andrus Genealogy, pp. 1-6.
- James D. Martin, The story of Milo Andrus : with a brief history of his wives and pioneer children.
- Milo Andrus Family Organization, The Andrus Recorder.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-YYF : accessed 8 May 2016), Milo Andrus, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 569, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-LWG : accessed 8 May 2016), Milo Andrus, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCT-NKS : accessed 8 May 2016), Milo Andrews, Utah, United States; citing p. 7, family 59, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,110.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSG-QHH : accessed 8 May 2016), Milo Andrus, St George, Washington, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 93, sheet 346D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1339; FHL microfilm 1,255,339.
- https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneers/5969/milo-andrus
- Source: S-2055420358 Repository: #R-2138127636 Title: Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Original data - Card index created by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah.Original data: Card index created by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah. Note: APID: 1,5510::0 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=suppionmem&h=1331&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 06 Mar 1814Birth place: Wilmington, Essex, N.YDeath date: 19 Jun 1893Death place: Oxford, Idaho APID: 1,5510::1331
- Source: S-2055940336 Repository: #R-2138127636 Title: Utah Directory, 1890: Salt Lake City, Logan, and Provo Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Salt Lake City, UT, 1890. Salt Lake City, UT: R.L. Polk and Company, 1890.The Excelsior Address Book and Family Directory of Salt Lake City, 1893. Salt Lake City, UT: Note: APID: 1,4421::0 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1890saltlakeut&h=24820&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1890Residence place: Salt Lake, UT APID: 1,4421::24820
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church History, Early Mormon Missionaries, http://web.archive.org/web/20170721064810/https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/milo-andrus-1814?lang=eng
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Milo by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Milo:
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