Max H. Andrea
Max H. Andrea, contractor and builder, was born in Coburg, Saxony, September 25, 1836, and is a son of Edward Ernest and Agnes ANDREA, who came to America in 1846, and located in Jackson County, Tenn. The father died in Charleston, S. C., in 1853 or 1854. Max H. is one of eight children and grew to manhood in Tennessee, where he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until the breaking out of the war, when he went North and enlisted in the Fifth East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. He returned to his Tennessee home after the war, and soon came to Missouri, where he lived at Sarcoxie until 1869, when he came to Peirce City, and has here since made his home. Mr. Andrea was married while in Tennessee, to Sarah GILLETTE, and by her is the father of two children, Edward and Agnes, who is quite a fine artist and musician. The family are members of the Congregational Church.
From "A Reprint of Goodspeed's 1888 History of Lawrence County; Reprint Lawrence County Section of Goodspeed's Newton, Lawrence, Barry And McDonald Counties History; published by the Goodspeed Publishing Co., in 1888; Reprinted by Litho Printers Of Cassville, Missouri In 1973." as transcribed by JJR.Return to Lawrence County Biographies