Biography - Andrew Annis
ANDREW ANNIS, son of Eleson Annis (a native of Maine) and Catharine Annis, of Massachusetts. Andrew was born in Maine April 17, 1825; in 1831 removed to Ohio, and six years later, 1837, came to Knox county, Ill., where he settled on a farm. He was married Aug. 30, 1849, to Leah Brown [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a Andrew Annis marrying a Leah Brown in Knox County on August 30, 1849], who has borne him five children - four boys and one girl; has served as Road Commissioner and School Director many years; was received into the Advent Church by Rev. Daniel Clark in 1862, and has held the office of Deacon for fourteen years successively. Republican in politics. Postoffice, Victoria.
Contributed by Bob Miller, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman, page 648.
