Almon Andrews (abt. 1816 - 1886)

Born about 1816 in Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Dec 1886 at about age 70 in Peru, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Almon was born about 1816. He was the son of Darius Andrews and Keziah Caswell. He passed away in 1886.

Sources

• Almon has a page on the “old Greenwood records” that names him as “son of Darius +”

with the mother’s name unlisted as unknown; lists wife and children’s names with some spouses, Town of Greenwood, “Town and Vital Records, 1797-1920,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-V375-3?i=269&cat=349881 : viewed 2 July 2020), film #8625112, image 270, Almon Andrews. Census records consistently list ages consistent with being born about 1814, except the Maine Special Census in 1837, which suggests 1816. Maine, “1837 Census of Number Two Township, Oxford Co., Maine.” Digital Maine, (https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=state_census_1837 : accessed 7 July 2020), pg 3, “Darius Andrews.” In 1850 he lists age as 36 (b abt 1814), 1850 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, pop. sch., Franklin Plantation, pg. 163B (stamped), dwell. 20, fam. 23, “Almon Andrews,” NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 263; in 1860 he was 46 (b abt 1814), 1860 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, pop. sch., Franklin Plantation, pg. 352 (penned), dwell. 82, fam. 84, “Almond Andrews,” NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 444; in 1870 he is 56 (b abt 1814), 1870 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, pop. sch. Franklin Plantation, pg. 136B (stamped), dwell. 15, fam. 15 “Almon Andrews,” NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 550; in 1880 he is 66 (b abt 1814), 1880 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, pop. sch., enumeration district 135, pg. 301B (stamped), dwell. 12, fam. 15, “Almon Andrews,” NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 484. Almon named a daughter Serena [records also spell name Serenia and Cyrena], likely for his sister; see “Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-DYL : accessed 7 July 2020), Serenia Jane Andrews. Almon died 20 Dec 1886; see Franklin Plantation, “Town and Vital Records, 1842-1899,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007595543?i=127&cat=336538 : accessed 7 July 2020), film #7595543, image 128, Almon Andrews. Tombstone in Franklin Plantation Cemetery lists 1816-1886, FindAGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25572603/almon-andrews : accessed 7 July 2020), memorial no. 25572603, Almon Andrews. In 1877, the town of Canton tried to establish a legal settlement for Charles Andrews through his father Almon. Not finding one, they moved back a generation to his grandfather Darius. Apparently, the town of Paris was a candidate as Sumner/Franklin Plantation had provided for Charles and Della Andrews’s welfare and the effort was to get reimbursed from the town where they had their legal settlement; Town of Canton, Oxford County, Maine, “Overseers of the Poor,” unpaginated ledger, 1877, entries for Sept. 14-19, and Oct. 13-26, image in author’s files.