Anson ANDREWS^[1]

1874 - 1940  (65 years)

• Name	Anson ANDREWS
  Nickname	Ance
  Birth	14 Apr 1874	Conetoe, Edgecombe Co, NC   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1900-1940  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	Anson was a farmer, and in 1910 his is listed as owning his home.
  Residence	1940  [3]
  	Last residence noted was Parmele, NC RFD
  Death	14 Feb 1940	Bethel Township, Greenville, Pitt Co. NC   [3]
  	Coroner's note, as to cause of death, states, "The deceased came to his death from gun shot wounds in his left breast, self-inflicted (suicide)." Informant was L. W. Andrews. Ance was 65 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	15 Feb 1940	Bethel, Pitt Co, NC   [3]
  	His body was interred in Bethel Town Cemetery where his wife Mattie and infant daughter Selma were also buried.
  Person ID	I65177	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William Henry ANDREWS,   b. c. 1837, Edgecombe Co, NC d. after 13 Oct 1899 (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Louisa ANDREWS,   b. c. 1838, Pitt Co, NC d. after 13 Oct 1899 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	17 Jan 1867	Edgecombe Co, NC   [7]
  	William Harrell, Justice of the Peace, solemnized the rites of matrimony between William and Mary.
  Family ID	F8057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha V. EDMONDSON,   b. 15 Sep 1880, Martin Co, NC d. 7 Dec 1923, Bethel, Pitt Co. NC (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1899	Martin Co, NC   [8]
  	Anson and Martha were married by M. A. Roberson, Justice of the Peace, at the residence of John Edmondson in Robersonville, NC. W. C. Manning and two others (names are not readable), all of Bethel, signed as witnesses.
  Children	1. Leon Wesley ANDREWS, Sr.,   b. 1 Aug 1900, Martin Co, NC d. 31 Jan 1984, Farmville, Pitt Co, NC (Age 83 years)   2. Jennie Odell ANDREWS,   b. 20 Dec 1901, Pitt Co, NC d. Apr 1994, Edenton, Chowan Co, NC (Age 92 years)   3. Bessie Louise ANDREWS,   b. 7 Jul 1904, Martin Co, NC d. 11 Feb 1967, Belvoir Township, Greenville, Pitt Co, NC (Age 62 years)   4. William Dennis ANDREWS,   b. 2 Aug 1906, Martin Co, NC d. 9 Dec 1951, Wilson, Wilson Co, NC (Age 45 years)   5. Maggielen ANDREWS,   b. 22 Sep 1908, Pitt Co, NC   6. John Cullen ANDREWS,   b. 10 Dec 1910, Pitt Co, NC d. 22 Jul 1982, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe Co, NC (Age 71 years)   7. Selma ANDREWS,   b. 5 Feb 1913   d. 3 Jan 1914, Bethel, Pitt Co. NC (Age 0 years)   8. Rillie ANDREWS,   b. c. 1916, North Carolina   9. William Clayton ANDREWS   10. James Hubert ANDREWS,   b. 23 Jan 1922, Pitt Co, NC d. 2 Dec 1942 (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F8056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1880 US Census / Andrews, W. H. Lower Conetoe Township, Edgecombe Co, NC
  		1900 US Census / Andrews, Anson Lower Conetoe Township, Edgecombe Co, NC
  		1910 US Census / Andrews, Anson Bethel Township, Pitt Co, NC
  		1920 US Census / Andrews, Anson Bethel Township, Pitt Co, NC (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Notes

  Given name written as Ance on delayed birth index. Ance as his familiar name is also noted on son Leon's Find A Grave memorial page.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3039] North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800 - 2000., Leon Wesley Andrews. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com), Anson H. 'Ance' Andrews. Memorial ID 144753667, accessed 31 Jul 2018. [S5698] Anson Andrews, North Carolina death certificate no. 299 (1940). [S5703] 1910 US Census / Andrews, Anson. [S5704] 1900 US Census / Andrews, Anson, (transcribed incorrectly as Anov Andrews, Ancestry.com 29 July 2018/PGF). [S5716] 1920 US Census / Andrews, Anson . [S5709] William H. Andrews - Mary Hopkins, North Carolina marriage registry entry unnumbered (1867). [S5700] Anson Andrews- Martha V. Edmondson, North Carolina marriage license and certificate no. unnumbered (1899).