The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, George Whitefield

ANDREWS, George Whitefield, clergyman, was born at Wayne, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1833; son of Deacon Calvin and Elizabeth (Crosby) Andrews; grandson of John Andrews of East Haddam, Conn.; and a descendant of William Andrews who removed in 1636 with Dr. Thomas Hooker from Cambridge, Mass., to Hartford, Conn., and was the first town clerk and schoolmaster. George Whitefield was graduated from Oberlin in 1858; was principal of Bloomfield seminary Ohio, 1860-'65, and was graduated from Andover theological seminary in 1867. He was ordained a Congregational clergyman, Nov. 13, 1867, at East Hampton, Conn., and was pastor there, 1867-'70; at Marion, Ala., 1870-'71; at Montgomery, Ala., 1872-'74; and at Talladega college, Ala., 1874-'88. He was elected professor of theology and dean of the theological department of Talladega college in 1875, and acting president in 1896. He received the honorary degree D.D. from Ripon college, Wis., 1886.