L. F. W. Andrews
American Universalist minister and newspaper publisher (1802–1875)
Lewis Feuilleteau Wilson Andrews (September 2, 1802 – March 16, 1875) was an American Southern Universalist minister and a prodigious publisher of denominational and secular newspapers. He was among a handful of Northern Universalist ministers who came to the American South in the early 1800s to assist in the spread of Universalism.
Early life
Andrews was born on September 7, 1802, to Rev. John Andrews, a Presbyterian minister, and Elizabeth Calhoun (1776–1844) in North Carolina. In an 1858 biography, Andrews stated that he had seven brothers, however, only four of those brothers have been identified: John Calhoun, Samuel, Benjamin, and Alexander. L.F.W. Andrews grew up in a family committed to the Presbyterian ministry and the publication of denominational newspapers.
The senior Andrews began his lifetime ministerial work serving the Brittain Presbyterian Church in Rutherfordton, North Carolina from 1788 to 1800. In 1802, John Andrews moved to Kentucky, where he was the Woodford County Bethel Church's pastor and the principal of the church's private classical academy. He married Elizabeth Calhoun in 1797.
In 1812, John Andrews moved his family to Chillicothe, Ohio where he embarked on a long newspaper publishing career.
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