Lorin Andrews facts for kids
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Lorin Andrews
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| Born | April 1, 1819 Ashland, Ohio, U.S.
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| Died | September 26, 1862 (aged 43) Gambier, Ohio, U.S.
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| Occupation | Educator |
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Lorin Andrews (born April 1, 1819 – died September 26, 1861) was an important teacher and leader in Ohio. He worked to make schools better for everyone. In 1848, he helped start the Ohio Teachers Association. This group helped teachers and improved education. He also served as the president of Kenyon College from 1853 to 1861. When the American Civil War began, he left his job to join the army. Sadly, he died from a sickness called typhus while serving.
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Lorin Andrews' Early Life
Lorin Andrews was born on April 1, 1819. His parents were Alanson and Sally Needham Andrews. They lived in a place then called Uniontown, which is now Ashland, Ohio. As a boy, Lorin worked on his father's farm. He also went to local schools.
On October 30, 1843, he married Sarah Gates. They had three children together:
- Clara Elizabeth (who later married W. L. Rawson)
- Frank L. (who married May Munson)
- Louis (who died when he was young)
His Career in Education
Lorin Andrews went to Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He studied there from 1838 to 1840. He had to leave before finishing because he could not pay for his classes. Rutherford B. Hayes, who later became a U.S. president, was in the same class. While at college, Lorin joined the Episcopal church.
After leaving college, he started teaching at Ashland Academy. By 1844, he became the principal of the school. Kenyon College gave him an honorary Master of Arts degree in 1846. He became interested in politics and law. In 1847, he passed the test to become a lawyer. But he decided to stay in education.
Also in 1847, he helped create the Ohio Teachers Association. This group worked to improve schools and support teachers. In 1848, he became a teacher and superintendent for the Massillon-Union schools.
Working for School Reforms
Lorin Andrews strongly believed in making schools better. He pushed for many important changes, such as:
- Free schools for all grades in towns and villages.
- A state official to oversee education.
- Libraries for common schools.
- Local school boards for townships.
- State money to help pay for children's education.
- A monthly magazine about education.
- More support from lawmakers for teacher training.
- Better school buildings.
- Higher pay for teachers.
- More public support for education in general.
In 1848, he and Mortimer Dormer Leggett became editors of a newspaper called The Free School Clarion. Lorin Andrews was a big supporter of the 1853 School Law. This law made many of his ideas happen, like electing a state school commissioner. In 1853, he ran for this job but did not win.
In the early 1850s, Andrews worked for the Ohio Teachers' Association. He was the president of this group in 1854 and 1855. In late 1853, he was chosen to be the president of Kenyon College. The college had been having money problems for a while. He started his new job in 1854. He also taught subjects like philosophy and economics there. In 1854, Princeton College gave him an honorary law degree. Lorin Andrews was very successful at Kenyon College. He was even offered the job of president at Iowa State, which had just started in 1858. But he chose to stay at Kenyon.
Serving in the Civil War
When the American Civil War began in April 1861, Lorin Andrews left his job at Kenyon College. He wanted to help raise a group of volunteer soldiers. He was known as the first person from Ohio to volunteer for the Union army in the Civil War. Some people even suggested he should become the Governor of Ohio that summer.
He was given the rank of colonel. He was put in charge of the 4th Ohio Infantry regiment. During the summer, his troops were in West Virginia. He led his regiment in the Battle of Rich Mountain. This battle was part of the Western Virginia campaign. Later that summer, he became very sick with typhus. He returned to Gambier and died on September 26, 1861. He was buried on the campus of Kenyon College.
Lorin Andrews' Lasting Impact
A Civil War training camp in Knox County, Ohio, near Mount Vernon, Ohio, was named Camp Andrews in his honor. In 1866, a tall monument was placed over his grave at Kenyon College. In 1923, a junior high school in Massillon, Ohio, was named after him.
