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J. A. Andrews, of J. A. Andrews & Co., dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, was born in Rockingham County, Va., March 15, 1812. He is one of thirteen children of Samuel and Jane (Wells) Andrews. The father was born March 22, 1774, in Virginia. His father, William, a merchant, came from Scotland at an early day, being born there in 1737. Samuel came to Sumner County in 1818, and was an old Jackson Democrat. He died August 24, 1857. The mother, born in September, 1789, in Virginia, came to Wilson County, Tenn., in 1818, and died, in 1834. Our subject, a self-made and educated man, began, when twenty-two, in his present business, with a small stock at first, but now carries an average year’s stock of about $10,000. He has been a subscriber to The Nashville American ever since it was first established. In 1844 he married Lumiza Sewell. They had one child who died in infancy. Mrs. Andrews died in 1846. In 1852 he married Georgetta Smith, who died the same year. His first wife was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and his last wife belonged to the Christian Church. Mr. Andrews has always been a Democrat in politics.