Simon P Andis

Civil War
Confederacy

parents: Isaac Andis and Susannah Deck

	*Birth:* c. Feb 1830 Washington Co, VA
	*Death:* 17 May 1865 Fort Delaware POW Camp, Pea Patch Island, MD/DE
	*Burial:* Finns Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ

Marriage #1

Sarah A Miles

Children

Isaac V Andis		06 Apr 1853
John P Andis		c. 1854
Mary Jane "Jennie" Andis		12 Nov 1856
Susannah L Andis		24 Aug 1858
Michael M Andis		22 Jun 1860

children of Simon P Andis and Sarah A Miles Andis

Sources

1830 Federal census	Washington Co, VA - age under 5 (view census information)
1840 Federal census	Washington Co, VA - age 10-15 (view census information)
1850 Federal census	Washington Co, VA - age 21 (view census information)
1860 Federal census	Western District, Lee Co, VA - age 30 (view census information)
Ancestry.com	WWI draft cards; TX Death Index 1964-1998; CA Death Index 1940-1997; City Directory listings;
GenealogyBank.com	Marriage records, news articles, obituaries
National Archives, Washington DC	Military records of Simon P Andis (personally viewed and copied)
www.familysearch.org	Various databases
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT	Lee Co, VA Death Register 1853-1877 (viewed and copied or transcribed)
Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, CA	Obituary for Donna DaRay (Andis) Bentz
Colorado Genealogical Society	Colorado Marriages 1858-1939
Random Acts of Kindness volunteer Betty Garrett	Death certificate extraction for John Addison Andis
Find a Grave volunteer RickJam	Tombstone photos - New Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, Genesee, MI
Find a Grave volunteer Louis Mata and Cecelia A Gossman	Tombstone photos - Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, CA
Find a Grave volunteers stark@gmail.com and Michael	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, CO
Find a Grave volunteers David Osborne and Joyce Escue Culver	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver, CO
Find a Grave volunteers B J Waters and James Seidelman	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA
Find a Grave volunteer Kurt Weiss	Tombstone photos - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA
Family records	Records belonging to Shelby Edwards
Family records	Records and photos belonging to Tamara Bentz
Family research	Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

Miscellaneous Information

1) Simon served in the Civil War. He enlisted 11 Sep 1862 as a Sgt. 4th class, and was in Co. K, 64th VA Reg. He was a POW 09 Sep 1863 at Cumberland Gap, TN; sent on 14 Mar 1864 to Fort Delaware, MD; died of disease on 17 May 1865, while a POW at Fort Delaware. We have copies of his muster rolls.

2) News article regarding Simon's POW status during the war.

2) Cause of death: dysentery

Photos and/or signatures

Memorial at
Finn's Point National Cemetery
Fort Mott Road
Salem, NJ

Simon P Andis
is buried beneath this monument
in a group grave