Thomas G. Andrews (1882–1942), a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, also known as Thomas Galpin Andrews, was born to John D. Andrews and Belle (née Darby) Andrews on August 29, 1882. In 1904, he married Adelphia Wohlgematt, who died in 1928.[1]
Andrews became a lawyer and moved to Oklahoma in 1911.[a] He served as city attorney in Stroud, Oklahoma, where he resided from 1911 to 1918.[b] In 1919 he moved to Chandler, where he was city attorney and also Lincoln County, Oklahoma attorney from 1922 to 1929. He served as a justice of the Oklahoma state supreme court (1925-1935). Harlow's 1930 book lists him under Lincoln County at that time.[3]
He married Reba Myers in 1930.[1]
Thomas died at his home in Oklahoma City on September 10, 1942.[4]
Andrews belonged to the Disciples of Christ church. He also was a member of the American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows and Lions.[1]
Notes
- ^ No source has indicated that Andrews had any formal law school training. Presumably, he qualified for the bar by reading law, a rather common practice, especially in the United States at that time.
- ^ Thomas Galpin Andrews was still listed as a member of a legal society (Phi Delta Phi) in Lincoln, Nebraska for 1912.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Disciples of Christ Politicians." Political Graveyard. Accessed April 20, 2017
- ^ Chandler, Albert (ed.) "The Brief: A Magazine of Legal Literature.." Vol. XII (1912). p.172. Accessed April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Andrews, Thomas Galphin" (sic). In: Makers of Government in Oklahoma. 1930. Victor E. Harlow, ed., p. 344. Harlow Publishing Co. Oklahoma City. Accessed April 20, 2018.
- ^ "Death Takes State Jurist: T. G. Andrews." Miami Daily News Record (Miami, Oklahoma). September 10, 1942. Accessed April 20, 2018.