Adolphus Andrews enlisted in Company K, 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, and later served in Company H, 21st (Wilson's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.
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Adolphus G. Andrews
Adolphus G. Andrews, M. D., was born in Henderson County, Tenn., in 1833, and is the son of Gray B. and Sallie (Harmon) Andrews. The father was born in North Carolina in 1797, and came to Tennessee with his parents when eight years old. He was a carpenter in early life, his latter days being spent on the farm; he died in Henderson County in 1879. The mother of our subject was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1810, and was the mother of thirteen children -two daughters and eleven sons. She died in 1865. The grandfather of our subject, Athelston Andrews, was born in North Carolina in 1761, and came to Tennessee in 1805; he was reared on the sea by a sea captain; at the age of fourteen he volunteered in the Revolutionary war; his wife was Polly (Jones) Hill, of North Carolina, and became the mother of eight children. Her first husband, Mr. Hill, was killed by a runaway negro. The grandparents died in 1839 and 1842, respectively. The maternal grandfather, John Harmon, was a native of North Carolina, born in 1770 and died in 1851. His wife was Elizabeth Baker, of South Carolina. Our subject was reared on a farm, remaining until 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-seventh Tennessee Regiment (Confederate), and remained until the close of the war. He was wounded and was rendered unfit for duty for nine months. He joined N. B. Forrest's cavalry in 1862, and was with him at the close of the war. He read medicine before the war, and two years after the war was spent in reading medicine and farming. He attended the University of Louisville in 1868-69 and 1869-70 graduating in the latter year. He then located in Decatur County and practiced three years, then went to Henderson County and practiced until 1880, when he moved to Madison County, and in 1881 located at Spring Creek, and has done a large practice up to the present time. In 1865 he married Miss Mary E. Williams, daughter of Dr. D. H. and Susan Williams. She was born in Henderson County July 9, 1840, and is the mother of nine children - three daughters and six sons - two sons are dead. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church; he has been a member of the Masonic Order for twenty-nine years, and is strictly Democratic in politics. (http://www.tngenweb.org/goodspeed/madison/bios.
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Adolphus Andrew
[Adolphus Andrews]
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: District 17, Henderson, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Family Number: 6
Household Members:
G B Andrew 52
Sarah Andrew 40
Churchwill Andrew 21
Belzain Andrew 20
Adolphus Andrew 17
Adam Andrew 14
Mary E Andrew 11
Albert Andrew 9
George Andrew 6
William Andrew 5
Fredonia Andrew 2
John Andrew 60
Thomas Mcmurray 23

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: A. G. Andrews
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: District 14, Madison, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Andrews
Occupation: M.D.
Household Members:
A. G. Andrews 45
Mary Andrews 38 (Williams)
Thomas Andrews 14
Ida Andrews 13
Harris Andrews 11
Albert Andrews 7
Corah Andrews 5
Lenora Andrews 3
John B. Andrews 2m

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Adolphus G Andrews
Age: 66
Birth Date: Jul 1833
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 12, Madison, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary E Andrews
Marriage Year: 1864
Years Married: 36
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Adolphus G Andrews 66
Mary E Andrews 59
Cora L Andrews 24
Lenora Andrews 22
John B Andrews 19

Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Adolpus Gaylean Andrews
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1833
Birth Place: Henderson Co Tennessee
Age: 81
Death Date: 16 Aug 1914
Death Place: Spring Creek, Madison, Tennessee
Burial Date: 18 Aug 1914
Burial Place: Brown Church
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: M D
Father's Name: Gray Blomet Andrews (Gray Blount Andrews)
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Sallie Harmon (Sarah)
Mother's Birth Place: Montgomery Co Tenn
Informant: Mrs. C. R. Latting
FHL Film Number: 1299626

Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
Name: A. G. Andrews
Death Date: 16 Aug 1914
Death Place: Spring Creek, TN
Type Practice: Allopath
JAMA Citation: 63:1969