Background
Andrews, Christopher Columbus was born on October 27, 1829 in at Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Luther and Nahby (Beard) Andrews.
Andrews, Christopher Columbus was born on October 27, 1829 in at Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Luther and Nahby (Beard) Andrews.
Attended Francestown Academy and Harvard Law School. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1850.
Went to Kansas, 1854, later to Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Served in Union Army as captain 3d Minnesota Infantry, November 4, 1861. Lieutenant colonel, December, 1862.
Colonel, August 9, 1863.
Brigadier general volumes, January 5, 1864. Bvtd. major general volumes, March 9, 1865.
Honorary mustered out, January 15, 1866, United States minister to Sweden and Norway, 1869-1877. Supervisor United States Census, Minnesota, 1880.
Consul general Rio de Janeiro, 1882-1885.
Forestry commissioner of Minnesota, 1895-1911. Secretary Minnesota Forestry Board, 1899-1923. Author: History of Campaign of Mobile, 1867.
Brazil, Its Conditions and Prospects, 1886.
Administrative Reform, et cetera Furnished report on forestry of Sweden to unites states department of State, 1872.
16 of his annual reports on forestry have been published. Home: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Married Mary Baxter, December 1868 (died 1893).