Ruluf ANDRUS
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History of Ruluf Andrus, Calvin N Andrus, miloandrusjr.org/PDF/A_History_of_Ruluf_Andrus.pdf
NAME: Andrus/Andress Historical information included in notes. THE HISTORY OF RULUF ANDRESS (ANDRUS) By Calvin N. Andrus, With important contributions by Laura Anderson and Levi Adam. Ruluf Andrews/Andrus/Andress/Andres1 was possible born near Hamden, CT on 12 March 1773 to his father, Joseph Andrus, and his mother Sybil2 Andrews (maiden name) Andress. He resided with his parents and older half-sister, Sarah, in the Cheshire, CT area during his infancy and childhood. Little is known of his childhood, though he was almost certainly not raised as a strict Congregationalist (Puritan). During Rulufs youth, the highway between Hamden and Hartford was often traveled by distinguished Colonialists and Patriots en route between Boston and New York. At times the region was suppressed harshly by British Governors who sought to control the Colonialists and maintain a firm rule. Despite periods of great alarm during The Rebellion, the Colonies prevailed and the Connecticut prospered. Roads were much improved and commerce normalized. The Andrus family spread throughout the region and several branches of the family migrated up the Connecticut River to Hartford, CT and Vermont frontier A few years after the War of Independence, 1776-1779, Rulufs father died, as is common in war with the spreading of disease. Sarah was married to John Toombs (Toms) 29 Oct 1767 in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont and moved with Ruluf and family residing in Essex County, New York. His mother, desiring him to learn a useful trade, and receive the discipline of her in-laws, had him placed under a Guardian Bond with Joseph Johnson. So, Ruluf would not run off before his apprentice was completed. Here, received some additional education in arithmetic and writing, though there is some evidence that his ability with English was limited but spelling was not a set thing until ---------------------------- 1 The surname was probably derived from Andrew, originally, but was Latinized with the ews, us, os, ess, or es suffix as an affectation suggesting status and education. Ruluf preferred the ess suffix. Milo preferred the us suffix. The Andrews family that moved into the Hartford area was the most likely to use the us suffix originally. 2 In a private report to Cal Andrus in 2005, Levi Adam, a professional genealogist residing in Cals home wrote, Sibel (sp) also had no children recorded as being born or christened. Neither is there a marriage record it seems she came home to her parents, she knew she was ill. After her death, a Ruluf Andrus is placed by court approval into training (the December 31, 1789 Guardian Bond). This young Ruluf is also the exact age of our Ruluf Andrus. Ruluf comes from Dutch Roelof. I feel at very least (this given name) shows she (Sybil) was removed from her English-Congregational roots. Laura Anderson, researcher for the Milo Andrus Sr has written about this Ruluf, she did not understand that this was the Ruluf we were looking for. The Johnson and the Andrews are related. Namely, Sybils sister is married to Joseph Johnson, Rulufs court-appointed guardian. Our conclusion is that not only is Ruluf our Ruluf, but the evidence is overwhelming. Sybil is also identified by the premier Andus-Andrew genealogist, Donald Lines Jacobus, as daughter of Amos. This he did in his book, Families of Ancient New Haven ----------------- after his death.( Websters Dictionary) Sybil, Rulufs mother, probably dying of consumption, remained in the Cheshire area until her death in 15 August 1789 in Cheshire, Connecticut. At about age 19, Ruluf visited with his relatives near Rutland County, Vermont. His sister, Mrs. Sarah Toombs, was living in Poultney, Vermont. Ruluf may have been acquainted with Titus Andrus, who lived in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT at the time. Ruluf probably farmed and worked on carpentry projects in the Poultney, VT area, a few miles south of Rutland. There, he met and married Azubah Smith, daughter of John and Sarah Smith, of Poultney, Rutland Co. VT. We have no record of the marriage, but it is believed to have occurred about 1795, in Pawlet, Vermont. There is no written record of how Ruluf and Azubah met and courted, though there is some chance they may have been introduced by Sarah, his sister. Ruluf and Azubah probably rented a farm initially. Sybil (23 Apr 1796), Oran (10 Apr 1798)3, and Almon, (10 April 1800), were born to them in the Poultney area, in Rutland Co., VT. As there are no surviving records from Rutland, the County seat, there is little information that has surfaced during this period. By 1794, Ruluf and Azubah were eventually attracted to the area near the Ausable River in New York, probably part of the land promotions of surveyor Platt Rogers4 and others. In the company of other young couples from the Rutland County, some even being from Connecticut departed for the shores of Lake Champlains Boquette Valley, a beautiful farming community about 50 miles North of Fort Ticonderoga. The nearest town to Ruluf and Azubahs homestead was Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY only a few miles to the north. Sarah Minerva was born in Elizabethtown in 1802. Here they traded for goods and attended the Congregational Church. Ruluf was able to find work in various endeavors including (probably) barrel-making. While he was away working on various projects, Rulufs oldest surviving sons shouldered much of the farming responsibility. Two years later, Carlo was born in Elizabethtown. Though there are now written accounts of Rulufs activities, we may assume from other historical records surviving from early pioneers in that area, he probably gathered maple syrup, produced sugar, and grew fruit and vegetables, but earned his sustenance from carpentry and joining, a much demanded skill. Winters were severe and Indian depredations during the French and Indian Wars5 were a recent memory among those ------------------------------- 3 Milo, writing 40 years latter wrote at in about 1797. Careful work by Laura Anderson suggests Oran was actually born on the date indicated. However, the possibility that Oran and Almon were born exactly two years apart is not likely. 4 Platt Rogers was a land surveyor and developer on the western shores of Lake Champlain. He may have been influential in getting Rutland County residents to invest in the corridor. 5 Leckie, Robert A Few Acres of Snow: the Saga of the French and Indian Wars, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 1999. Especially pages, 279, 288, 289, 291, 300-301, 309-310, 344, 346, 350-353, 355.- 356, 364. The Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War) was fought from 1756-1763). A key component of General Edward Braddock's plan to evict the French from North America was to reduce the French bastion at Crown Point on Lake Champlain. ---------------- who resided in the Bouquet Valley. By 1806, Ruluf is listed as serving as a Lieutenant in the New York Militia. At times, they were on the verge of starvation. At times, they were relatively prosperous, but severe winters-unusually cold winters took their toll. Tragedy struck as their first born, Milo 1st, died in infancy. Sarah Minerva (22 Sep 1802), Carlo (6 Nov 1804), Emily (22 Sep 1811). The war would have added significantly to their difficulties between 1812 and 1814. Milo (6 Mar 1814), and Lucina (l1 March 1816) were born in Essex County, NY. Thus, three sons, Erasmus, Harwin, and Milo 1st were lost in quick succession prior to 1814, and buried in the small graveyard in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY. Scarcely eight years into their marriage, the War of 1812 would have had disastrous consequences in Essex and Rutland counties. Realizing the importance of controlling the sea coasts and Lake Champlain, the British moved troops into these areas. Certain strategic locations became hotly contested, and battles were fought in and around the villages of Bennington Vermont, Crown Point, and Fort Ticonderoga. It was probably during this period that the family records6 were burned by the British. Milo wrotethe dates of (my brothers deaths) I cannot give in consequence of a fire that burn up the records of my fathers family. Ruluf was virtually pressed into service as part of the engineers and carpenters that moved with the fledgling troops constructing bridges, roads, temporary habitations and fortifications for the US Army. His veteran status was instrumental in his acquiring land in Ohio. These bottom lands on the southern shore of Lake Erie were reputed to be rich and well irrigated by silty, but perennial streams. Known as the Firelands, these lands were extended to US citizens during the War of 1812 who had lost homes, barns and other properties as a result of the British scorched earth policy. Ruluf remained in Elizabethtown until the end of the War. This is confirmed by mortgage records filed in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NY. By 1816, Ruluf had headed west.7Ruluf worked at Dunkirk, NY on shores of Lake Erie for about 18 months, acquiring the money and resources he needed to provision to the settlement in Ohio. Lucina was born, 11 March, 1816 in New York before their departure. Aside from the incident in which young Milo (3-4 years of age)8 fell asleep in a rowboat (skiff) and floated far into the Erie, there were no incidents recorded of their residence in Dunkirk. ------------------------------ 6 Not only were the records of his family burned, perhaps, but the Rutland County Courthouse was also burned. 7 The 1816 date could be confirmed by the birth of Lucina Andress in Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., NY, but so far, no records have surfaced. 8 Laura Anderson writes that Milos age was probably closer to three at the time of the incident. Milo wrote, When five years old, my parents moved to Dunkirk, state of New York, where they resided one and a half years. During that time there was a circumstance occurred, that seems to me to show the protecting hand of the Lord over me. I went to the shore of Lake Erie and got into a skiff on the shore and went to sleep, when the wind arose and took the skiff on the lake, and it was not seen until nearly out of sight. I ---------------- Ruluf and his family, now numbering eight in all, in the company of the Simeon Durand, Samuel Parker, John Dennison, Seth Morse, Joseph Swift, Leonard Calvin, Hugh Alexander, Clark Baldwin and Levi Shepard,9 traveled west along the Erie Canal route. The trip westward to northern Ohio in 1817 was not without adventure. Having a wagon laden with goods and no way to move his family safely and comfortably through the muddy terrain and thick deciduous forests, of Northern Ohio, Ruluf and Azubah decided to send his family by ship. Ruluf arrived in Sandusky to learn that his family had not yet arrived and that they had been blown by fierce winds about Lake Erie for more than a week. Once joyfully reunited, Ruluf and his family set about clearing land along the Brownholm and Vermillion Rivers, at Henrietta, Huron County (later, Lorain County), OH. Here they constructed their first, rugged log home to shield them against the cold winds that blew across Lake Erie. Despite having served as an officer in the Essex County Regiment during the War, Ruluf was probably not as well educated in letters as some of his Henrietta neighbors. Among others were; Josiah William, Lambert Blackman, William Carter, Levi Fuller, Luther Harris, Uriah Hawley, Aaron and Daniel (Dyon?), Samuel, and Zachariah Higgins, Chester King, Asahel and Samuel Parker, Charles, Nathan, and Sheldon Smith, Perez, Jared, and William Starr, and Joab (Juab) Squires. Many were highly educated-from some of the best stock of New England. Nevertheless, we may safely assume that because of Rulufs skills as a carpenter, and joiner, he was in great demand to work on sawmills, bridges and other structures in the community. He may have been too busy to hold public offices. Routinely engaged on major public and private projects, he left much of the farming to his older sons, Oran, Almon, and abundant chores to Carlos, and Milo. If they were typical of early pioneers in the area, shortly after arriving they planted apple trees, wheat, corn, flax, beans, and other staple crops. Together, they planted a large vegetable garden, constructed a split-log fence around the perimeter of their farm, dug a well, constructed a barn, carpenter shop and other facilities on their own property-not to mention contributing labor to stores, schools and government buildings. Everyone in the family was expected to work and do their share. There was little time for frivolity. After all the chores, there was always wood to be chopped and sold as cords of firewood. Labor was unremitting and toil from sun-up to sun-down was the order of the day. Nevertheless, the family grew in number and prospered, allowing for modest amounts of schooling during the cold winter months. During the summer, as work permitted, Ruluf instructed his sons in the skills of carpentry, animal care, drayage, plowing, and harvesting. --------------------- was then picked up still sound asleep. I have always thought that the Angel of Peace then watched over me. 9 Not only did early families travel together for mutual protection, they labored together to construct homes, barns, schools, and churches. They often worshipped together and their families intermarried. ------------------- Rulufs family had already outgrown their modest log home and Ruluf and the boys constructed a fine frame home of lumber cut at Stars mill.10 A rifle probably adorned the stone fireplace that graced the center of the home, as Indians and occasional wolves had to be reckoned with. Into this large (10 surviving children) and prosperous family in Brownholm, Huron Co., OH, Eveline Charlotte was born 7 Oct 1817, and Harriet, 20 Mar 1822. Though they were Congregationalists and probably worshipped with others on a regular basis (or at least on holidays), Ruluf and his wife were challenged by the conditions of life along the frontier. Many civic buildings were constructed from Elyria to Norwalk during the period 1820 to 1835. It is likely that Ruluf worked on most of them. For instance, he constructed the first bridge across the Vermillion River, near Birmingham, OH in 1820.11 Henrietta was on one of the main thoroughfares through northern Ohio. News was exchanged freely with each immigrant. It was of no small concern that the Mormons and Campbellites were actively proselyting in the area by 1835. Much to Rulufs consternation, young Milo was attracted to the Mormon religion and, after buying out the rest of his time from Ruluf, headed West in the company of Nelson Higgins, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt and others. At one point, Ruluf heard that his son, Milo Jr. was passing though the Norwalk region. When Ruluf learned that Milo and his companions had enquired at his inn12 regarding best roads to take, Ruluf set off in the company of two other armed riders to stop him. Ruluf learned too late that he had been misled by their quarrys questions and that Milo and his companions had taken another route west to Tiffin. This incident may have been the last time Milo might have seen his father and mother alive. Rulufs other children remained in the area, marrying prominent citizens of the region extending from Elyria to Sandusky, where they engaged in farming, commerce, and industry. Azubah died in East Norwalk, Huron Co, OH at the end of December, and was buried in the family plot on 1 January 1832. The grave site lies only a short distance from the highway. Eventually, Ruluf married Katherine Bryant (sp) and lived in East Norwalk where he had constructed an inn. The inn was not far from a mill he may have helped construct. ----------------------------- 10 Star is also written as Starr. According to Laura Anderson, Perez Starr, the owner of the mill, was a cousin of Martin Harris, and Emmer Harris, Martins brother who lived in Brownholm and Florence, OH. Perezs brother, Jared Starr, eventually joined the LDS Church and moved West with the Saints. 11 According to Laura Anderson, Commissioners of Huron County paid $150-$200 for the bridge, and the citizens paid the r
Historical and research information included in notes. Born 9 Jan. 1777 in Vermont from headstone in Andrus Cemetery. Her parents were NOT Samuel Smith and Azubah June as has been reported. This family is wrong and her mother would have had to come to Vermont from Ct. to give birth in the middle of the Battle of Bennigton. Milo did baptisms in the Nauvoo period for John and Sarah Smith; also John Smith lived across the street from Ruluf in Jay (later Wilmington) New York and John and James Smith bailed Ruluf out of Jail in this period, a copy of these record are is in the possession of Laura Anderson. 1877 -- Milo's temple book lists Azubah Smith female born 1774 Rutland Vt died 1 Jan 1829 bap Jan 9 1877 work done by Granddaughter Isadore Andrus Larson
Historical information included in notes. Milo Andrus, 1814-1893 Autobiography (1814-1875) Typescript, HBLL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MILO ANDRUS Milo Andrus, the author of this biography, is the son of Ruluf Andrus and Azuba Smith. My father is a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and my mother of Rutland, Vermont. They shortly after marriage moved to Essex County, state of New York, where they resided until their ninth child was born--seven boys and three girls, namely: Oran, Almon, Carlo, Erasmus, Harwin, Milo and Milo 2nd. Erasmus, Harwin, and Milo 1st died in childhood, the dates of their deaths I cannot give in consequence of a fire that burnt up the records of my father's family. The names of sisters were Sybil, Sarah, and Emily. My eldest brother, Oran, was born in 1797; Sybil was born in 1799; Almon was born in 1801; the dates of the others I cannot give. The writer of the above, Milo 2nd, was born March 6th, 1814. When five years old, my parents moved to Dunkirk, state of New York, where they resided one and a half years. During that time there was a circumstance occurred, that seems to me to show the protecting hand of the Lord over me. I went to the shore of Lake Erie and got into a skiff on the shore and went to sleep, when the wind arose and took the skiff on the lake, and it was not seen until nearly out of sight. I was then picked up still sound asleep. I have always thought that the Angel of Peace then watched over me. My parents then moved up the lake into the state of Ohio, in Huron County, township of Henrietta, where they had three daughters born, namely: Evaline Charlotte, born October 7th, 1817; Lucina, born 1819; Harriet, born 1821. At the writing of this the two eldest of my brothers are still alive and three of my youngest sisters. They have all rejected the gospel. My mother died January 1st, 1830. My father died in the winter of 1848. I shall now drop the history of the balance of the family, and give a few incidents of my own history. After the death of my mother, I bought the balance of my time until I was twenty-one of my father, for which I paid him one hundred and fifty dollars. In the spring of 1832, I met an elder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, though I should say, previous to this, that I had my mind much exercised about a future state, and had read the views of Alexander Campbell, and that being the nearest to the truths of the New Testament, I had been baptized by Elder Orson Hyde, then a minister of that section; but when I compared the scriptures with the teachings of the elder of The Church of Christ, I found that he had the truth; after trying for nearly one year, I yielded to baptism. One month and nine days previous to my baptism, I was united in marriage to Abigail Jane Daley, whose father had been baptized into The Church of Christ about one year before. We were married February 21st, 1833, baptized April 12th, 1833. I was ordained an elder May 5th, 1833, under the hands of Joseph Wood. Started on my first mission in June, 1833, in company with Joseph Wood, traveled a distance of seventy miles preaching every day and baptized three. We came to Kirtland where the Prophet Joseph Smith resided with his family. The quarterly conference that came off in a few days after our arrival, changed my traveling companion, and I was coupled with Ova Truman. Joseph Wood and his fellow laborer went to Philadelphia, and I with my new companion was sent to the southern part of the state of Ohio, to return in three months to the next quarterly conference. We were not very successful and baptized only two persons. After this conference, I was permitted to return home and preach among the branches until winter, when we had a call from the Prophet Joseph by his brother Hyrum to get ready and go with the company of elders to the state of Missouri, known as "Zion's Camp." Our first daughter and first child was born November 15th, 1833. During the winter of 1833 and spring of 1834, we were instructed to labor and get all the money that we could, and to get good rifles, and make ready to start by the first of May, 1834. We accordingly started from Florence, Huron County, Ohio, on the 7th of May, 1834. These were from the Florence branch; Nelson Higgins, Hyrum Blackman, Asey Fields, and Milo Andrus. My brother-in-law, James Daley, went with us [Zion's Camp] as far as Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, where we met with the Prophet Joseph, his brother Hyrum [?] and the rest of the camp from the East. Our leader was Elder Orson Hyde. There was one circumstance that occurred before we joined the main camp worthy of notice. As stated before, I had bought my time from my father, and had paid him the amount agreed upon, but still I was not twenty-one by ten months. On this account, and as he was so opposed to my going with the "Mormons," as he called them, he made an effort to stop me. As we had to pass his house on our way, we learned his intention to stop me at the county seat, Norwalk; and Brother Hyde had learned his plan, he went in and made inquiry about a road that we did not intend to travel, and then Brother Nelson Higgins and myself were directed to go around the city and take the road to Mansfield, and he and the sheriff thinking that we would move slow, did not want to overtake us until we had camped, accordingly father, sheriff and driver drank freely, and when they started they took the road to Tiffin, that had been inquired after to mislead them, and they drove until long after dark, the team becoming tired they gave up the chase and heard of us the next morning forty miles on the road to Mansfield, and they felt as though they had been badly sold, and gave up and went home. On the 11th of May, we joined the main [Zion's] camp west of Mansfield, and on the 12th the camp was organized, and the law of consecration was for the first time presented and we shelled out to the last cent, and our money went into a commissary's hands and our supplies were bought by him. I shall not try to name the particulars of this journey. We journeyed on causing considerable excitement, and receiving much good instructions from the Prophet Joseph. After we got into the state of Missouri, or rather, before our company had crossed the Mississippi River, we went into the dense forest as a company, and there offered up to the Lord our fervent prayers, that He would spare our lives, and permit us to return to our families, and we felt that it would be so, and thanks be to the Lord not one of us were taken by the cholera that visited the camp that afternoon. Two weeks after we landed on Fishing River, in Clay County, Missouri, where the revelation was given June 22, 1834 [D&C 105], that is recorded on page 345 in Book of Doctrine and Covenants [D&C 105]--New Edition of 1876. About this time the cholera made its appearance among us, as it had been predicted by the prophet. Thirteen of our good brethren were taken away by the dread monster. The camp broke up partly, and the Saints scattered around and the Lord turned away the scourge. After staying there three weeks, the Lord permitted us to return. We got back to our families the last of September, 1834, care-worn and much fatigued. I had the cholera on the way home, but the Lord healed me, and then we went on our way rejoicing. The summer of 1835, I traveled in the state of New York with Nathan Baldwin, baptized several, and the following winter went to school in Kirtland, and in the spring of 1836, I was in Kirtland at the dedication of the temple and the endowment of the elders that the Lord had promised as a reward for their offerings. The blessings of the Lord were poured out abundantly. There is one thing that I would here relate, that was a great joy to me, and that was when the Holy Ghost was poured out on the elders, I saw fire descend and rest on the heads of the elders, and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. On our return to Kirtland from the mission in the East, I went to school in Kirtland, studied grammar, and then studied Hebrew under Professor [Joshua Seixas] of New York. On going back to Florence, Ohio, I was chosen president of the Florence Branch, with instructions to move them to Missouri in the fall of 1836. We went as far as Terre Haute, Indiana, when being late and cold, we put up for winter. Our eldest son, James, was a babe three months old, and we came near losing him to human appearance, but the hand of the Lord was in it. We raised up a branch of the Church in that place. Early in the spring of 1837, we started for Missouri, and arrived in Caldwell County in time to put in a crop. In 1838, we were mobbed out of the county. We had one child born in Missouri, a girl, namely: Sarah Ann. We went to Illinois in the winter of 1838 and the next summer we lost our little girl born in Missouri. In the fall, after I had the chills and fever for two months and not able to scarcely walk, I was sent on a mission to Canada, but owing to the Patriot War, we were not permitted to go to Canada, and I spent the winter preaching in the state of Ohio--returned home in the spring of 1840, and spent my time in laboring and preaching in the counties around Nauvoo until the spring of 1844. I was then sent to the state of Ohio with Elder John Loveless. We traveled in the south part of Ohio for two months, when we heard of the assassination of the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum. We went home as quick as steam would take us, arrived in time to see their mortal remains, before they were interred. I then went to Carthage Jail, where they were murdered, and saw the floor stained with the best blood of the present generation. The people were all fleeing for fear of justice overtaking them. I called at Hamilton's Hotel to see Elder John Taylor, who was wounded in the jail. Then went to Adams County, where my family had fled for safety. Found them well but much alarmed. After we had mourned the loss of our prophet and patriarch a few weeks, during which time I was chosen one of the Nauvoo police, I helped to watch the city by night and worked on the [Nauvoo] temple by day--got it so that the work of the endowments commenced in the fall of 1845 and winter of 1846. I spent six weeks of the time in the temple and was much blessed. During the past four years, we had two more children born, namely: John D. Andrus and Millennium. After the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, I was ordained one of the presidents of the 10th quorum of seventies. In the winter of 1846, my house, in the basement, was made into a wagon shop, and in the spring I started on our journey to the west. We overtook the main camp at Pisga, and from there went to Council Bluffs, where the government called on us for a battalion of 500 men to go to Mexico. After the battalion was started, I was sent forward with others to the number of one hundred and fifty wagons; went as far as the Pawnee Indian village, then went 150 miles to the northwest among the Ponca Indians. After staying there two months, we went back to Winter Quarters, stayed and farmed in that county in the year 1847, and in the spring of 1848, I was sent on a mission to England. Shortly before I left, Sarah Ann Miles was sealed to me, and she accompanied me to England. We arrived in Liverpool the first of August, and on the 13th of August [1848] at a general conference, I was appointed president of the Liverpool Conference, which place I filled to the best of my ability until January, 1850, when I was released to come home. During my stay in that conference there were three new branches added and between two and three hundred added to the Church by baptism. I baptized thirty in one evening. The Lord made manifest His power in healing the sick and in blessing the Church with signs following the believers. Milo, Junior, was born in Liverpool, September 30th, 1848. We left Liverpool in January, 1850, on board of the ship, Argo. Jeter Clinton presided over the company, we were eight weeks and three days on the ship from Liverpool to New Orleans; some sickness and two deaths on the passage. I was sick with the cholera, my wife had poor health all the way, Milo, Jr. was sick; we thought that he would die, but the blessings of the Lord brought us through. We came up the Mississippi River on board the steamer "Uncle Sam", Captain Van Dosen, master. We landed at Kanesville early in May; was organized in the first company of Saints early in June. I was chosen captain over 55 wagons. We had a good time on the plains, arrived in Salt Lake City on last day of August, having but one death on the journey, that of a stranger going to California. I baptized 15 persons on the journey. James Leithhead and Richard Hopkins were clerks of the company. A more full account of the mission to England is recorded in the 10th quorum of seventies record. After one week's rest, I went to work in the 19th ward and built me a house; and about the 1st of January, 1851, my wife, Jane, and I parted. In June, 1851, I married the Widow Tuttle, and the November following my wife, Sarah Ann Miles died. I married Adaline Alexander in March, 1852. In December, 1852, I married Mary Ann Webster. In the spring of 1854, I was sent to Saint Louis to preside over the stake there. Stayed there one year, rebaptized and confirmed about 800 saints. Was sent up the river to buy cattle for the emigration of 1855, and in the fall was appointed by E. Snow and D. Spencer to bring the last company of 63 wagons home; arrived in Salt Lake City in October, and in December same year, married Elizabeth and Ann Brooks and Jane Munday. In February, 1857, married Margaret Boyce and in February, 1858, was married to Emma Covert. Was acting bishop of Big Cottonwood ward in 1858, and in the fall of 1859 was appointed to another mission to England. The first six months I was appointed to travel in the conferences; the last nine months I presided over the Birmingham District, embracing Birmingham, Warwickshire, and Staffordshire Conferences. In the summer of 1861, I started for home with 700 saints on board the ship "Underwriter." I was appointed president of the company, had a good passage to New York; no deaths. I was then appointed to take charge of 900 to Florence, Nebraska, on the cars. Stayed at Florence five weeks, and was then appointed captain to take a company of 66 wagons across the plains, and arrived in Salt Lake City in September, 1861. In the fall of 1870, I married Francena Tuttle. In the fall of 1870, I was again sent to the states on a mission. Came back in the spring of 1871. Since that time I have been in Utah on the home missionary list, and to work with my hands for a living. At this date, January 9th, 1875, I am living in St. George, Utah. 1 NAME Milo /Andrus/ 2 GIVN Milo 2 SURN Andrus ANDRUS MILES (AFN:K4QH-2J)
He married Azubah Smith Abt 1795 at Pawlet, Vermont . Azubah Smith was born at Rutland, Vermont 9 Jan 1777 daughter of John Smith and Azuba June .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Oron Andrus
born 10 Apr 1797.
Sybbil Andrus
born 22 Sep 1799.
Almon Andrus
born 10 Apr 1801.
Sally Minerva Andrus
born 22 Sep 1802.
Carlo Andrus
born 6 Nov 1804.
Erasmus Andrus
born Abt 1807.
Herwin Andrus
born Abt 1809.
Emily Andrus
born 22 Sep 1811.
Milo Andrus
born Abt 1812.
Milo Andrus
born 6 Mar 1814.
Lucina Andrus
born 11 Mar 1816.
Eveline Charlotte Andrus
born 7 Oct 1817.
Harriet Andrus
born 20 Mar 1822.
Ruluf Andrus died 29 Jun 1849 at Henrietta, Huron, Ohio .