McCormick - Andrew
Source: Atlas of Montgomery County (Chicago: Beers, 1878) p 12
PO Waveland, resides on Sec 20; native of Shelby Co, KY;
settled in this County in 1828.
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Source: H.W. Beckwith, 1881 History of Montgomery County, Indiana
(Chicago: HH Hill) p. 351
McCormick, Andrew, farmer, Waveland, was born in Shelby County, Kentucky Nov 12, 1809. His parents were John and Martha Jane (TODD)
McCormick. The father was a native of Va and came to Ky. in an
early day, where he married and lived until his death, 1817. In
1828 Mrs. McCormick and family of 5 children removed to
Montgomery County, Indiana and settled in Brown Twp, within one mile and a
half of the village of Waveland. Here she died, in June 1844. The
subject of this sketch is one of Montgomery County's pioneers. He
has improved a large farm, having taken it in the woods, and is
now the owner of 360 acres. In 1842 he married Miss Martha E.
GREEN, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Green. She is a native of
Connecticut born in 1808 and came to this county with her mother from Ky,
in 1833, her father having died while in Ky. Mr. McCormick has
been a constant member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1828
and was one of the organizers of the Methodist Church in Waveland. He
was formerly a whig until the organization of the republican
party, when he joined its ranks and has worked in unison with
that party ever since. - typed by kbz