Thomas G. Andrews

Thomas G. Andrews (1882–1942) was a notable jurist and a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Biography

Andrews, a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, also known as Thomas Galpin Andrews, was born to John D. Andrews and Belle (née Darby) Andrews on August 29, 1882. In 1904, he married Adelphia Wohlgematt, who died in 1928.

In 1919 he moved to Chandler, where he was city attorney and also Lincoln County, Oklahoma attorney from 1922 to 1929. He served as a justice of the Oklahoma state supreme court (1925-1935). Harlow's 1930 book lists him under Lincoln County at that time.

He married Reba Myers in 1930.

Thomas died at his home in Oklahoma City on September 10, 1942.

Andrews belonged to the Disciples of Christ church. He also was a member of the American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows and Lions.