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Andrew P. Canova
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Born (1835-10-30)October 30, 1835
Florida
Died December 17, 1909(1909-12-17) (aged 74)
Wildwood, Florida
Resting place Greenwood Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Florida
Spouse Rowena Seals (m. September 15, 1881; Putnam County, Florida)
Children Andrew P., Jr., Mrs. D. K. Harrison, of West Palm Beach; Mrs. T. U. Carpenter, of St. Petersburg, and Mrs. C. Cone, of Miami, Wallace, of Miami.
Residences Tampa Bay, Florida

Sebastian, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida

Wildwood, Florida
Occupation citrus grower, author
Military service
Allegiance Confederacy
Years of service 1861
Rank Private
Unit 3rd Regiment, Florida Infantry, Company B
Battles/wars Third Seminole War, American Civil War

Andrew P. Canova (October 30, 1835 – December 17, 1909) was a Florida settler and author of Life and Adventures in South Florida.

He was a veteran of the Third Seminole War.

In Fall of 1858, he moved from Tampa Bay to Brevard County where he settled on the Sebastian River. He lived in a palm thatch hut near the mouth of the river. He, along with Ed Marr, hunted, fished and raised onions in a small garden. He started to cultivate citrus, but was impatient and abandoned that project.

Canova went to St. Augustine to enlist in the Confederate Army in 1861.

In 1885 he wrote Life and Adventures in South Florida, in which he lamented the demise of wildlife in the Indian River area.

Canova Beach in Brevard County is not named after this Canova but Carlos Canova, Sr.

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