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Caroline Lovejoy Andrews

American, 1846 - 1908

BiographyJohn Adams Andrews early became a clerk in a large grocery house in Boston, and after a time, partner in the firm of Wadleigh & Co. After his cousin Mr Geo A. Wadleigh retired, he became the head of the house of one of the most successful wholesale grocery establishments in Boston. The firm is now known as John A Andrews & Co. Mr Andrews in his prosperity has been generously helpful to all his family. His house is conducted according to the highest principles of honorable dealing and is now one of the largest of its trade in Boston. He married in Boston Dec 9 1874 Caroline Stickney Lovejoy. She was the daughter of Rev Joseph and Sarah Moody Lovejoy and niece of Owen Lovejoy, long member of congress and Elijah Lovejoy, who was killed by a mob for his sentiments of liberty at Alton. She is gifted with a taste for music and literature.
Eaton Grange: And Notes of Andrews, Kimball and Eaton Family, p.74
By Christina Landon Eaton
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buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

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