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George Pierce Andrews

George Pierce Andrews was an American lawyer and judge who served on the New York Supreme Court from 1883 to 1887 and from 1898 to 1902.

Early life and education
Andrews was born on September 29, 1835, in North Brighton, Maine to Colonel Solomon Andrews and Sybil A. Farnsworth. At the age of 15, Andrews attended Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He enrolled in Yale University in 1854 and graduated in 1858. == Career ==
Career
After graduation, Andrews moved to Portland, Maine, and studied law in the office of U.S. senator William P. Fessenden, who subsequently became the U.S. secretary of the treasury. In 1858 Andrews moved to Carroll Parish, Louisiana where he worked as a tutor for a southern family. While in Carroll Parish he continued his studies by reading legal textbooks and in 1860 Andrews went to New York City and studied law with Henry P. Fesseden, a relative of the Senator. == Personal life ==
Personal life
In 1889 Andrews married Catherine Van Auken, the daughter of his former client, Commodore Cornelius Kingsland Garrison. Garrison had also served as Mayor of San Francisco from 1853 to 1854. Andrews never had any children, however he had a step-daughter, Cornelia Garrison Van Auken, from his wife's previous marriage. == Death ==
Death
In May 1892, Andrews suffered a stroke and died from a subsequent case of pneumonia on May 24. ==References==
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