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| Record Last Updated On:
11/13/2017 |
| Name: JOSEPH ANDRIANO |
| Death Date: JUL/30/1926 |
Interment Date:
AUG/2/1926 |
Birth Date: OCT /15/1841 |
| Age at Death: 84y9m15d |
Cause of Death:
CONCUSSION OF BRAIN/HIT BY AUTO |
| Location at Death:
St. Joseph, Missouri |
| Physical Location at Death:
Noyes hospital |
| Sex: M |
Nativity: GERMAN/ITALIAN |
Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN |
| Occupation:SOFT DRINKS PROPRIETOR (SELF-EMPLOYED) FORMER SHERIFF |
| Military Branch:Capt. Co C State Militia under Lovering, Maj.Hartwig |
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| Child of: Peter Albert Andriano & Elizabeth Meyer |
| Spouse of: Isabella Young |
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| Father of: Grace Andriano Martin |
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| Brief Biography: Found in: Portrait and biographical record of Buchanan and Clinton counties, Missouri ... By Chapman Brothers
JOSEPH ANDRIANO. Probably there is no more popular man in Buchanan County than this gentleman, who has been twice elected to county offices on the Republican ticket when no other nominee has ever succeeded in attaining the same result. He is also one of the well-known land-owners of the city, as he has resided here for over forty years, having first set foot in the place in 1850. He has occupied the positions of County Treasurer, County Sheriff and City Collector, discharging the duties incident to each with fidelity and a realizing sense of the trust bestowed upon him.
Mr. Andriano was born in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, October 15, 1841, and is a son of Albert, a native of Manheim, Germany. The father of the latter, Joseph E., a native of Karlsruhe, Germany, was the first man to establish the oil mills in that place, in which business he continued until his death. The great-grandfather of our subject, Count Andriano, was from Lago Maggiore, which is a beautiful lake in Italy. He came of an old and prominent family in the nobility of that country, his brother being a bishop and a member of Parliament. The great-grandfather of our subject removed to Germany and was the first to establish the manufacture of fine porcelain ware in the province, receiving a medal from the erown for fine products. He was also given a title by the German Government on account of his business industry. •
Our subject's father was educated at Manheim and became a merchant at Frankfort. He was for a time in the Government employ as Treasurer at Heidelberg, and in the Revolution of 1818 took an active part. His house was guarded and he had to flee, leaving everything, and only then escaped by the aid of friends in the regular army. He finally reached Havre in the fall of 1848, and at once took passage in a sailing-vessel bound for New Orleans, where he arrived at the (Mid of six weeks. Coming up the Mississippi as far as St. Louis, he resided there until the spring of 1850, then bringing his family to St. Joseph, where he kept a boarding-house. He later became a manufacturer and bottler of soda and mineral waters.
In later life he retired from active business and invested somewhat in real estate. He was President of the City Council and was an active Republican during the war, being, however, more liberal than the majority and in favor of enfranchising the rebels. At one time he was one of four hundred citizens who went to the polls in a body. His death occurred in September, 1885, at the age of seventy-three years. His wife, formerly Miss Elizabeth Meyer, was born in Dantzic, Germany, and died in 1877, leaving but two children, our subject and Lena, who is now Mrs. Dr. Hildebrand, of San Francisco, Cal.
Joseph Andriano was reared to maturity in Heidelberg, and in the fall of 1848 came with his father to St. Louis, and later to St. Joseph. This place in 1850 was only a small Indian tradingpoint, and for a time he attended the old-fashioned log schoolhouses of the period, afterward attending institutions of a better grade until about twenty years of age, when he engaged as a clerk in a wholesale grocery business, working for about four years for the firm of Koch ik Borngesser, later entering the employ of the latter, who continued in the business alone for some time. With him our subject had charge of the buying of "goods.
During the war Mr. Andriano became a member of Company C, State Militia, under Capt. Lovering, to protect the State against the enemy, and for about a year engaged in guard duty and took part in a number of skirmishes. Then, joining Maj. Hartwig's company, he was commissioned Captain by Gov. Fletcher when the Major was promoted, and as such he served until the close of the war. For months business was at a standstill, and on the day known to history as "Black Friday" he drove the rebels out and fought the bushwhackers. After the close of the war he purchased his father's business, engaging in the manufacture of soda and mineral waters. After carrying this on for two years, he then took into the firm Louis Feulling and ran the business until 1871, when he sold it to his partner, who is still engaged in the same business.
Going to Chicago in 1871, Mr. Andriano engaged in the omnibus business with his father-inlaw, William H. Young, the line of vehicles being run from Lincoln Park to the corner of Lake and State Streets. They were very successful and kept twenty-four omnibuses constantly going. They were burned out in the great fire, but started again, running a line on Wabash Avenue between Twenty-second and Washington Streets, continuing in that until the panic of 1873, when our subject returned to St. Joseph.
F. M. Poscgate had just been appointed Postmaster, and our subject was made Chief of the stamp and registry department. In 1880 he was nominated and elected City Collector, serving for two years, and then being re-elected for a like length of ollice. Later he became President of the St. Joseph Brewery and remained with that company until 1886, when he was elected Sheriff on the Republican ticket. He carried the county by n majority of two hundred and ninety-five, although his party were in the minority by fourteen hundred and fifty votes. He was the first man ever elected to a county office since the enfranchisement.
The Sheriff then occupying the position made a strong contest, assisted by Democratic friends,his principal argument being that Mr. Andriano was not an American citizen. However, the courts had recognized him and accepted his bond, but Sheriff John Cory refused to surrender the jail, on account of which our subject brought suit against him, and Circuit Judge Spencer decided that lie was not a citizen. Thus he lost the case, but carried it to the Supreme Court in 1887, which august body reversed the decision and announced that he was not only a citizen of the United States, but also Sheriff of Buchanan County. The news was celebrated by the booming of cannon and other tokens of jubilation. He was therefore installed in office and served until January, 1889.
Mr. Andriano ran again for the position, but was defeated by one hundred and twenty-six votes. While in that office he was compelled to perform a hanging, which was the first since before the war in the county. He also had several skirmishes with horse thieves and succeeded in driving them out of this region. During this time he had retained his interest in the brewery and had it incorporated with a capital stock of $35,000, being made President and Manager, and held it for a year, retiring in the fall of 1890 when he was nominated by the Republicans for County Treasurer. He ran against his former opponent, gaining the victory by a majority of three hundred and ninety-five. He served in that position from January, 1891, to January, 1893, and then declined renomination.
Mr. Andriano was married in Chicago, in 186_ to Miss Isabella, daughter of William H. Young of New Jersey, where her birth also occurred. To our subject and his estimable wife were born two children: Gracie, a graduate of the Ursuli Sisters' School, of St. Louis, and now Mrs. J. Martin, of St. Joseph; and William A., who died in infancy. Our subject is a member of the Odd Fellows, and is a demitted member of the Knights of Pythias. He is an active member of the Republican party, and was temporary chairman the Central Committee and Secretary of the Co___ Committee. Personally, he is much liked and has a host of friends, both in political, social and financial circles. |
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Burial Number: 10095 |
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| Other Relatives in Plot: Isabella Young Andriano, Frances Hann Young, William H Young |
| Lot Owner: WM HYOUNG |
| Lot Location: N1/2 4 |
| Block Location: 6 |
| Section/Range Location: 5 |
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| Funeral Home: HEATON-BEGOLE |
| Funeral Home City/State: St. Joseph, Missouri |
| Cost of Interment: 10.00 |
Date Paid: 09/30/26 |
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