Edward G. (Edward Gayer) Andrews (1825-1907) was born in New Hartford, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1847 and later received a Doctor of Laws degree in 1900. He served in the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1848 as a pastor in central New York and married Susan M. Andrews (b. Hotchkiss) in Cheshire, Connecticut, in 1851.
Andrews worked as a teacher and principal at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York, from 1854 to 1864 and then became pastor of churches in Stamford, Connecticut, from 1864 to 1867 and in Brooklyn, New York, until 1872. That year, he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1876 to 1890 he visited missions in Europe, India, Mexico, Japan, Korea, and China. In 1894 he was the delegate to the conference of the English and Irish Methodists churches, and in 1901 he was selected to deliver the sermon at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., at the funeral of President William McKinley. Andrews retired in 1904.
The Andrewses were the parents of Helen A. Nixon, a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, and student of Mary Baker Eddy. Andrews wrote to Eddy about Helen in May 1893, as he disapproved of his daughter's understanding of Christian Science, which he deemed extreme. Eddy quickly rectified Helen's misunderstandings to his satisfaction and they later met and discussed theology.
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Edward G. (Edward Gayer) Andrews (1825-1907) was born in New Hartford, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1847 and later received a Doctor of Laws degree in 1900. He served in the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1848 as a pastor in central New York and married Susan M. Andrews (b. Hotchkiss) in Cheshire, Connecticut, in 1851.
Andrews worked as a teacher and principal at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York, from 1854 to 1864 and then became pastor of churches in Stamford, Connecticut, from 1864 to 1867 and in Brooklyn, New York, until 1872. That year, he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. From 1876 to 1890 he visited missions in Europe, India, Mexico, Japan, Korea, and China. In 1894 he was the delegate to the conference of the English and Irish Methodists churches, and in 1901 he was selected to deliver the sermon at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., at the funeral of President William McKinley. Andrews retired in 1904.
The Andrewses were the parents of Helen A. Nixon, a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, and student of Mary Baker Eddy. Andrews wrote to Eddy about Helen in May 1893, as he disapproved of his daughter's understanding of Christian Science, which he deemed extreme. Eddy quickly rectified Helen's misunderstandings to his satisfaction and they later met and discussed theology.
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