Born in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Hersey
and Eliza Cushing (Jones) Hersey
Sister of
Mary Winsor Hersey and Thomas Jones Hersey
Wife of
John Albion Andrew
— married
24 Dec 1848 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Albion Andrew, John Forrester Andrew, Elizabeth Loring Andrew, Edith Andrew and Henry Hersey Andrew
Died
at age 71
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2018
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Contents |
Biography
Disambiguation
Not to be confused with Eliza Jane (Brown) Hersey born 9 Apr 1824 in Boston and Married Henry Miles Hersey.
Profile
Eliza was born in 1826 in Massachusetts.
She was the child of Eliza Bushing Jones and Charles Hersey, and the wife of Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew. [1]
Residences
- 1860: Boston, Massachusetts with her husband, children, 25-year-old Irish immigrant servant Mary Canter, 24-year-old Irish immigrant servant Bridget Stapleton, and 25-year-old Irish immigrant servant Alice Mohan
Philanthropist
She enthusiastically supported her husband's groundbreaking work to form the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color - and donated her time and money to the regiment's well-being.[2] She served on the "Ladies' Committee" with several men and women who helped supply necessities to the soldiers at the Readville, Massachusetts training camp for the regiment.[3]
Race
- 1860: Unspecified
Death
She passed away in 1898 and is buried at Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts. [4]
Sources
- 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_521; Page: 749; Family History Library Film: 803521
- Find A Grave: Memorial #73390457
- History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.320
- VIrkus, Frederick A., editor. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy; First Families of America; Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States, Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968, pg. 422.
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