About these letters

Samuel Andrews saved his letters. Copies of some letters came to my sister Linda Sanders and I through the good graces of Marian Andrews Edward about a dozen years ago and she is currently sending the remaining letters and she and her brother have given me permission to post them online for all Andrews researchers.

Transcriptions and some original images of letters written by Andrews and Carrick family members to one another are in this collection. Somehow they were saved, either by Samuel or just stored at his home, and passed down to us today. The images online are small but if you click on an image it should enlarge to a readable and printable size. Enjoy.


Who are the people in this photograph?


DeLight Birchell Andrews sent the photo and the names a few years ago and said that this reunion was held before 1898 at the home of John G. Andrews, brother of Samuel. John lived in Campbell township, Ionia County, Michigan at that time.


Front row l to r: Mr and Mrs. S.A. Watt [friends or relatives??]; James C. Andrews; John G. Andrews; Samuel Andrews and his wife Amanda Catherine Wiles Andrews; Anna Newton Andrews and her husband Edward Andrews; David Johns [friend of the family].


Back row l to r: Henry Culler and wife [probably friends of the family]; James McFarland [cousin] ; Martha Andrews ; Carey Andrews and his wife Dazy Perry Andrews Harvey Andrews; Amos Otis Andrews; Mr and Mrs Henry Wills [friends of the family].




Thursday, November 15, 2012

1893 01 11 James C Andrews to Samuel Andrews



Lowell Mich Jan the 11, 93

Uncle Samuel  I am sory and
 disapointed in you  I did not
 think that you could be
 so easily influenced as
 to use me as you did
  I heard you was out here
  If I had new it I should
 of saw you  any way
 now you cant say that I
 ever did you rong
you have dots story
 that is all now if
 I should tell you what she
 said about your family
 and can prove it maby
you would not think
 she is nice  now
 if you and father

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 are what you profess to
 be Ø  bare with me I
 don’t want to be a
 Christian  I spoke to him
 about Cory not coming
 to see me he said Cory
did not say anything
 about wanting to see
 me  now I was in
 hopes that you would
 try and have father
 […] me white  
I never did him rong
  so help me god  mister
 mcalla and Sullivan

Father is not to blame
 I am so sorry it is thus

good buy  I hope you will









 right to me and use
 your influence to clear
 this mess  I should like
 to see father  but Dot never

                                                            Please answer this

                                     Jas C Andrews  Lowell


                                    Mich  R F D no 1

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