BIOGRAPHIES

Henry O. C. Andrews

Among the sterling, wide-awake business men of Sweet Grass county, Mont., must be numbered Henry O. C. Andrews, who is recognized as one of the most successful cattleraisers on the Boulder river.  He is a Minnesotian, born in Fillmore county, on May 4, 1857, soon after the admission of that state into the union, one of a family of two sons and six daughters.  His parents were Warren D. Andrews, born on December 18, 1816, and Catherine (Gooderich) Andrews.  The father was a native of Ohio and the mother of New York.  In 1856 the family removed from Ohio to Minnesota and the father engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death on August 29, 1899, at the age of eighty-three years.  The early years of Mr. Andrews were passed in Minnesota, and here he received his education, later learning the trade of a carpenter, which for many years had been the occupation of his father.  He made his home in Spring Valley, that state.

Mr. Andrews came to Montana in 1884, his initial point of location being Big Timber, Sweet Grass county, but he soon removed to Madison county and engaged as a head sawyer in a sawmill for six years.  Then he went to the Boulder river, and began ranching, which he continued in a small way for the three succeeding years.  He then purchased the interest of a neighbor, took up homestead and desert claims, and was in possession of a fine piece of property comprising 500 acres, upon which he has since successfully engaged in stockraising, wintering 100 head of Durham and shorthorn cattle.  The greater portion of his ranch is under irrigation and he cuts large crops of alfalfa and timothy.  In December, 1893, Mr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss Esther J. Johnson, daughter of Joseph and Artemesia (Roright) Johnson, the former of Olmsted county, Minn., and the latter of Montreal, Canada.  Two children have been born to this union, Faye Pearl and Maxwell.  Mr. Andrews is a member of the Woodmen of America, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of a large circle of acquaintances.

Source: Transcription from the book, Progressive Men of the State of Montana, author and publication date unknown, pages 980-981, located on the website, Internet Archive (http://archive.org), accessed 14 August 2022.

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