Biography

Samuel G. Andrews — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Derby, New Haven County, Conn., October 16, 1796. Member of New York state assembly from Monroe County, 1831-32; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1840, 1856; postmaster at Rochester, N.Y.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1857-59. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., June 11, 1863 (age 66 years, 238 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.