The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, Timothy Patrick

ANDREWS, Timothy Patrick, soldier, was born in Ireland in 1795. When he was very young he immigrated with his parents to America. At the beginning of the war of 1812, Andrews, but then seventeen years old, ran away from home and joined Commodore Barney, who was at that time facing the enemy in Chesapeake Bay. Barney employed him as aide, and the boy afterwards entered the regular army, becoming paymaster in 1822. During the Mexican war he commanded the regiment of voltigeurs, and for his bravery, especially at Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, he was made brigadier-general by brevet. He afterwards became deputy paymaster-general in 1861, and in 1862 was promoted paymaster-general. He died in Washington, D. C., March 11, 1868.