Andre Andrews, 2nd Mayor of Buffalo, New York

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Andre Andrews

Also Known As: "Andrew"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Death: August 18, 1834 (42)
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States (Cholera)
Place of Burial: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Andrew Andrews and Mary Andrews
Husband of Sarah Mehitabel Andrews
Father of Captain William Richard Andrews; Elizabeth Hosmer Woodruff; Edward Cone Andrews and Lucia Hosmer Kellogg
Brother of Benajah Andrews; Oreb Andrews; Giles Andrews; Stephen Andrews and Margery Gordon

Occupation: a lawyer of Middletown, CT
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About Andre Andrews, 2nd Mayor of Buffalo, New York

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Maj. Andre Andrews

Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834) was the second mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1833–1834. He was born at Cornwall, Connecticut on July 8, 1792, and named after Major John André. He studied law and became a lawyer, practicing in Middletown, Connecticut before moving to Buffalo about 1820. While at Middleton, he married Sarah Mehitabel Hosmer, granddaughter of General Samuel Holden Parsons. He amassed a 79-acre (320,000 m2) property on which he built his home.His residence was located on the site now occupied by the Electric Tower.

In 1826 he was elected to his first political position as a Trustee of the Village of Buffalo. He held this position again in 1827. In 1829 he campaigned unsuccessfully, for a seat on the New York State Assembly. In 1830, he became a founding member of the first Bank of Buffalo, along with Benjamin Rathbun, Hiram Pratt, and William Ketchum, the latter two future mayors of Buffalo. During Mayor Johnson's first term, Andrews served on the Streets, Alleys, Canals and Ferries committee and the Police committee.[

In 1833, the Common Council voted Major Andre Andrews Buffalo's second mayor. In 1834, cholera returned to Buffalo and, on August 18, 1834, claimed Mayor Andrews. Andrews is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery

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Andre Andrews, 2nd Mayor of Buffalo, New York's Timeline

1792
July 18, 1792
Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1818
August 25, 1818
1820
1820
1825
1825
1829
March 11, 1829
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
1834
August 18, 1834
Age 42
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States