Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, 1887
Fleming County

LANDOFF WATSON ANDREWS was born within a mile of Flemingsburg, Ky., on
the old homestead, February 12, 1803, son of Robert and Martha (Darity)
Andrews
who were born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, close to the Maryland line,
and were of Scotch-Irish extraction.  Robert Andrews was a merchant, farmer
and tanner.  He came to Woodford County, Ky., in 1794 or 1795, but thirty
years later removed to Fleming County, on account of the plenitude of oak
timber suited to his business.  He was a very active, energetic business
man, and at one time had the largest tannery in the eastern part of
Kentucky, and was early a member of the Legislature.  He was the father of
ten children, our subject being the eighth, and now the only surviving member
of the family.  Mrs. Martha Andrews departed this life in 1816; Robert
Andrews died of cholera in 1840, at the age of seventy-five years.  L.W.
Andrews was reared on the home farm, helping, in the beginning, to burn off
the brush in order to prepare the ground for cultivation.  While yet quite
young, however, he entered Transylvania University-about 1816 or 1817; and
graduated in 1824, when he returned to Flemingsburg and read law under
Circuit Judge William P. Roper for two years; in January, 1826, he was
admitted to practice at the Flemingsburg bar, and still retains his
licenses, written by James Crawford and subscribed by Judges Roper and
Robbins.  In 1834 he was elected to the Legislature on the Whig ticket, and
served with great ability on the Judiciary Committee; was twice re-elected,
thus filling three consecutive terms, serving on the Pension Committee and
Committee on Accounts.  He then returned to the practice of his profession.
When the Whig party became extinct, and the Democratic and Know-Nothing
parties were in the field, Mr. Andrews sided with neither; but in 1857,
through a coalition of the Democrats and Know-Nothings, was elected to the
State Senate, and in 1861 was returned to the House; he served through the
memorable session of 1861-62, but while still a member was elected Circuit
Judge, which position he filled until 1868, when he again resumed the
practice of the law.  He was married in October, 1826, to Miss Bessie
Dorsey, a native of Flemingsburg, and daughter of Dr. Edward Dorsey, and
this union was blessed with two children: Juliet, who was married to William
L. Sudduth, and Margaret, who died in 1864.  Mrs Bessie Andrews departed
this life in 1862.

Andrews Darity Roper Crawford Dorsey Sudduth Robbins
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MD PA Woodford-KY

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