Source: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio12inbeer Scan label: 487 OCR: uncorrected; verify against page image. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 581 ing: Mrs. ]Mary E. Ives; William II., of Orange, Conn. ; Anna, who niarricil Charles Emerson. i\lrs. Pisher died at the age of forty-one. Both she and her hushand attended the Methodist Church. Mrs. Ives attends the Christ Church. Mrs. Ives began a tour of the world Feb. 6, 1895, and was away from home two and a half 3'ears. She spent one month in Ceylon, three months in India, three months in Japan, and made a prolonged stay in Italy, where her health was much improved. In 1895 ]\Irs. Ives gave $10,000 to build the chancel of Christ Church, and in 1899, l)cfore her last trip to Europe, gave $2,000 for the furnishing of the new ^Maternity Hospital. In Au- gust, 1901, she made a donation of Sio.ooo to the Y. M. C. A. for the library, and the interest on .$5,000 with which to buy books for the library, •this money to be given them at her death. She is a woman of high character and generous spirit, -and possesses a host of friends in the community who appreciate her good qualities. AUGUST MASCILMEYER, one of the leading 'German^American citizens of Aleriden and at the present time a member of the General Assembly, was born ne^ir Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, Jan. 14, 1843, son of Edwara INIaschmeyer. The father "was born in that place, and was there engaged in a _general mercantile business very successfully until 1854, ^n which year he disposed of his store and -other property and sought a home for himself and family in the United States. He located in Hanover, in the southern part of the town of ]\Ieriden, where he was employed by the Meriden Cutlery Co., and later in the Parker shops at Yalesville. At the out- break of the Civil \v'ar he enlisted in Company H, 6th Conn. V. I., and was killed Sept. 3, 1862, by the bursting of a cannon ; he was buried at Hilton Head, S. C. His good qualities, industrious habits and manly character won him the respect of his em- ployers and all with whom he came in contact. Mr. Maschmeyer never saw his wife and children after bis departure for the United States. He was mar- ried in Hanover, Germany, to Augusta Horre, who was born in the same province and was a daughter ■of Carl Horre, surgeon. The widowed mother came to this country in 1S66, two years after the arrival of her son, was cared for by her children until her death, and was buried in the West Cemetery, ^leri- den. A good Christian woman, she bore her many sorrows patiently and reared a good family all of whom are living in this country, as follows : Au- i;i-ist ; Hermine, who married August Melchoir ; Adolph, an engraver, of Meriden; Johanna, who married Christian Fisher ; and Emilie, housekeeper for August and Adolph. August Maschmeyer received a good education in Germany, attending public and private school. There he learned the trade of blacksmith, and fol- lowed same until his coming to America. He was six weeks on the voyage to New York, which he made on the sailing vessel "Neptune." For about a month he worked as a mechanic, securing employ- ment at once through the intlucnce of friends. Mr. Maschmeyer had relatives in Yalesville, and he made his way to that point, where he was employed with the Meriden Cutlery Co. six years. For five years he was in the Charles Parker factory, and in 1877 began business as a wholesaler and retailer of bottled beer and other goods. This business he car- ried on very successfully for eight years, and then sold out to retire from active business. Air. ]Masch- meyer still takes an active interest in his property investments, and successfully handles his own af- fairs. He has a fine residence in North avenue, ]\leriden, where he is making his home at the pres- ent time. His mother was cared for there and there also other members of the family have made their home. Air. Alaschmeyer was a Republican up to the time of Horace Greeley, and since that time has been a Democrat. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Meriden city council, and is now a member of the board of education and is serving his second term as police commissioner, in 1900 he was elected to represent Meriden in the General Assembly. Mr. Aiaschmeyer is highly respected in the city of his adoption. At one time he was a mem- ber of the German-American board of education, and he is now a member of the German Aid Society. He belongs to German Order Harugari and to the Saengerbund. GEORGE A. ANDREWS, a prominent agricul- turist and influential citizen of Cheshire, is a worthy representative of one of the oldest and most highly respected families of New England. The first to come to America was William Andrews, a native of Hampsworth, England, and a carpenter by occu- pation. He was one of the fifty-three persons who shipped with Capt. William Cooper on the "James," of London, from Hampton, England, in April, 1635, and landed in Boston, where he was made a freeman the same year. He came to New Haven wdth Rev. John Davenport and others, and built the first meet- ing house there in 1644. He spent the remainder of his life in this county, and died in East Haven, March 4, 1676. Fie was twice married, the second time, on Dec. 7, 1665, to Anna Gibbands, daughter of William Gibbands, who was colonial secretary in 1657. She died in 1701. There were six chil- dren born of the first marriage, but the names of the daughters are unknown. The sons were William, who was born in England, and died Jan. 3, 1663; Samuel, born in England in 1632, and died Oct. 6, 1704; and Nathan, who was born in Boston in 1638. (II) Nathan Andrews, son of William, accom- panied the family on their removal to New Haven, and in 1670 was one of the first to locate in the town of Wallingford, his home being on Main street, where he owned a house and land. Fie was a gocxl citizen and an upright, honorable man, who died in