Alexander Burto "Ab" Andrus was born 14 February 1875 in St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States to James Andrus (1835-1914) and Manomas Lovina Gibson (1842-1940) and died 2 April 1949 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Catherine Heyborn Macfarlane (1875-1904) 25 September 1902 in St. George, Washington County, Utah. He married Rosilla Brooks (1883-1967) 4 September 1906 in St. George, Washington County, Utah.
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AB is one of the second generation pioneers of Dixie in the Saint George area of Southern Utah. He was a man who knew and loved good horses. He owned a ranch in Diamond Valley and ran stock for many years. He was a mercantile owner and businessman in Saint George and he was a contributor to the municipal community and to his church.
AB married Catherine MacFarlane, the love of his youth; who died two weeks after their daughter, Caddie, was born in 1904. He married Rosilla Brooks and established a lovely home with characteristic gardens and orchards in St George.
AB responded to a call to serve a proselyting mission in Brooklyn, New York when his family was very young. His oldest son, Roman, was a teen and was asked to step up to adult responsibilities while his father served. He was a man of the Chinle Shale and loved the red and purple earth and the drama of sun sets and storms on the high plateaus.
Children
Offspring of Alexander Burto "Ab" Andrus and Catherine Heyborn Macfarlane (1875-1904) | |||
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Catherine Andrus (1904-1984) | |||
Offspring of Alexander Burto "Ab" Andrus and Rosilla Brooks (1883-1967) | |||
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
James Roman Andrus (1907-1993) | |||
Calvert Brooks Andrus (1910-1992) | 16 August 1910 St. George, Washington County, Utah | 22 December 1992 Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Utah | Edna Kay Tyler (1918-1995) |
Reva Ann Andrus (1912-2006) | 24 November 1912 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | 27 July 2006 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | Wesley Hyrum Atkin (1913-2008) Wesley Hyrum Atkin (1913-2008) James Arthur Beard (1905-1961) |
Baby Brooks Andrus (1915-1915) | |||
Pearl Andrus (1917-1998) | |||
Mary Andrus (1917-2008) | |||
Baby Brooks Andrus (1919-1919) | |||
George Gibson Andrus (1920-2001) | |||
Margaret Dawn Andrus (1826-2019) | |||
Siblings
#g1: Offspring of James Andrus (1835-1914) and Laura Altha Gibson (1837-1905) | |||
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Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Laura Jane Andrus (1857-1926) | |||
James Andrus (1860-1937) | 30 January 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 8 November 1937 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | Eleanor Lydia Adelaide Dodge (1862-1911) |
Mary Lavina Andrus (1862-1863) | |||
Elizabeth Louella Andrus (1863-1927) | |||
Elnora Andrus (1865-1938) | |||
Medora Andrus (1865-1938) | |||
Medora Andrus (1866-1866) | |||
William Edgar Andrus (1868-1871) | |||
Milo Washington Andrus (1871-1937) | |||
Gideon Lafayette Andrus (1873-1957) | |||
Thamazin Millennium Andrus (1876-1955) | |||
Baby Andrus (1880-1880) |
#g2: Offspring of James Andrus (1835-1914) and Manomas Lovina Gibson (1842-1940) | |||
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Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
George Judson Andrus (1864-1866) | |||
Medora Andrus (1866-1866) | |||
John Edwin Andrus (1868-1869) | |||
Moses Willard Andrus (1869-1941) | |||
Robert Nathaniel Andrus (1873-1874) | |||
Alexander Burto Andrus (1875-1949) | 14 February 1875 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | 2 April 1949 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | Catherine Heyborn Macfarlane (1875-1904) Rosilla Brooks (1883-1967) |
Charles Andrus (1878-1948) | |||
Thomas Garland Andrus (1880-1921) | |||
Vilate Andrus (1882-1969) | |||
Ethel Andrus (1885-1935) | |||
Pearl Andrus (1887-1966) |
Residences
See Also
St. George Gravestone

- Location : St. George City Cemetery, Washington County, Utah
See Also
- Alexander Andrus
- Andrus in Washington County, Utah
- AB Andrus at Find A Grave