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The 1922 City Directory shows 5 homes on North Andrews Street which runs south from the mill pond on the Rock(y) River to North Street (now West Michigan Avenue) with #112 vacant, #115 John Reiling, #118 Herbert Smith, #119 Arthur Wing, #123 Oscar Pierson. The 1968 Directory shows #108 Marguerite Cleland, #112 James and Jeffery Crabtree, #115 Harvey Ash, #118 Olefia Barks, #119 Elizabeth Horn, #120 Harley Shook, #123 William Quake.
The 1922 South Andrews Street lists #103 Seymour Parkinson, #105 William Kern. A 1950’s article written by Gertrude Starr says “the Kern home could be the oldest house in Three Rivers”. I find it interesting that some houses were built in our downtown and then moved in place of being torn down. They were being replaced by stores. Also from 1922 list #108 W. H. Snyder, Harold Barnes, #109 J.C. McKey, #110 Charles F. Kaestner, #113 Fred Harshman, #117 Edward Kaiser, #121 Josiah Wallet, #122 C.B. Jurs. South Street intersects. #202 Charles Fosdick, #203 Carl E. Bonfoey res., Worline & Bonfoey Milk Station, #208 Christian Schwartz, #209 Roy Driskel, #211 Geo. F. Millard, #214 Wilbert Reed, #215 George Haines, #216 Mrs. Pearl Nash, # 217 Melbourn Worline, #221 John Darr. South Andrews Street ends at Millard Street. The 1968 Directory lists #108 Ina Steinbarger & Linda Stickels, #109 Larry Misel & Noma Stowe, #110 Wolfe Upholstering and George Wolfe residence, #113 Maynard Rumsey, #117 Lyle Standard, #121 Edwin Slack, #122 Jerry Potter & David Wolfgang. South Street intersects #202 Marilyn Collard, Robert Krupp, #203 Dean Milk, #208 Amos Frye, #211 Gilbert Jackson Jr., #214 Florence Avery, Marilyn Carey, #216 Grace Slack, #217 Arthur Dykstra, #221 Earnest G. & Ernie Webber. South Andrews Street ends at Millard Street.
Colonel Norman S. Andrews (1824-1882), a veteran of the Civil War, is added to our list of the Andrews who made a difference in Three Rivers. He was in Battery F, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, as a First Lieutenant (1861-1864), then commissioned Colonel in the 12th U.S. Colored Artillery, July 24, 1864, and later discharged at Louisville, KY. In 1866 he was appointed U.S. Marshall for the Eastern Division. As a civilian he was a surveyor and civil engineer in Three Rivers. He was a founder of Oakdale Cemetery, now Riverside Cemetery. In 1852 he married Martha Carlisle (1835-1916). They are buried in Riverside Cemetery.
Next time: Bonfoey’s Dairy and Three Rivers ice cream facts.
Submitted by Anna Smith, a Three Rivers history and mystery lover.
