Floretta (Flora) E. Karsner Andrew

Floretta (Flora) E. Karsner, daughter of Isaac and Catharine Kemmer Karsner, was born on June 20, 1859, and died on August 23, 1948.

She married William H. Andrew who was born in 1857, and died on January 5, 1924, at Florida, Ohio. Both Florette and William are buried at Florida.

They had the following children: Nellie Clara Andrew, born February 23, 1880, died on January 24, 1942. She married Alonzo Hammon, 1874-1944, and had a son that died soon after birth, and a son, Robert Hammon, who married Nancy Sucher, and had son Jack (John).

Mable Andrew was born on November 27, 1885, and died on October 17, 1963. She married Albert Bechtol who was born in 1881, and died on January 15, 1924. Their issue were: Richard A. who was born on October 5, 1906, and died on January 15, 1954; Everett who was born on July 20, 1909, and married Ethel Shawyer, and had three sons, James Albert, born 1936, John Richard, born 1943, and William Lynn, born 1941. Mable Andrew Bechtol raised children as a foster parent for Henry County. The first child she took to raise was Virginia Foreman whose history is under Turner in Book I of this series. Royal Wetter was also raised by Mable. He also lives in Florida, Ohio. Mable had many children she cared for over the years for the county.

Martin W. (Martie) Andrew was born in 1883, and died April 7, 1891.

Edna Marie Andrew was born on May 16, 1893, and died June 29, 1937. She married Robert Shindell and had one daughter, Helen Annabelle Shindell, born on December 15, 1913. Helen married Conley Boone Guklford and had Susan Ann born on February 14, 1943, and William Scott, born May 10, 1951.

Anne Bernice Andrew, born March 8, 1895, died on August 13, 1943, and was buried at Findlay, Ohio. She married Clell C. Miller on March 19, 1914, and had Robert William. Robert married and his children were Stephen and Ann. Anne Bernice Miller married again after Clell's death.

Henry Andrew, born 1900, never married and lives in Toledo, Ohio.

Submitted by: Mildred G. Hanna