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'''Redden Thaddeus Andress, known as '''Thad Andress'' (August 7, 1932 – February 20, 2018), was a [[business]]man and civic and religious figure in his native [[Minden, Louisiana]]

'''Redden Thaddeus Andress, known as '''Thad Andress''' (August 7, 1932 – February 20, 2018), was a [[business]]man and civic and religious figure in his native [[Minden, Louisiana]].

==Background==

==Background==

Andress' family settled in Minden in the 1850s. His great- grandfather, Christopher "Chris" Chaffe (1818-1894),<ref name=cchaffe>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Chaffe&GSfn=Christopher&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=55888764&df=all&

Andress' family first settled in Minden in the early 1850s. His great-grandfather, Christopher "Chris" Chaffe (1818-1894),<ref name=cchaffe>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Chaffe&GSfn=Christopher&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=55888764&df=all&|Christopher Chaffe|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> migrated in 1853 from his native [[England]] to join his brother, John, who had already arrived.  A [[blacksmith]], Chris Chaffe became one of the community leaders of early Minden. He operated a stagecoach line that crisscrossed North Louisiana and had the mail contract for most of that territory. <ref name=jagan>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/andress-minden-history-go-hand-in-hand/|title=Andress, Minden history go hand-in-hand|publisher''The Minden Press-Herald''|author=John Agan|date=February 22, 2018|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

|Christopher Chaffe|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> migrated in 1853 to Minden from his native [[England]] to join his brother, John, who had already arrived.  A [[blacksmith]], Chris Chaffe became one of the community leaders of early Minden. He operated a stagecoach line that crisscrossed North Louisiana and had the mail contract for most of that territory. <ref name=jagan>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/andress-minden-history-go-hand-in-hand/|title=Andress, Minden history go hand-in-hand|publisher''The Minden Press-Herald''|author=John Agan|date=February 22, 2018|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

Andress was the oldest of three children of Harry Carter Andress (1903 -1980),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30052889|title=Harry Carter Andress|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

Andress was the oldest of three children of Harry Carter Andress (1903 -1980),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30052889|title=Harry Carter Andress|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

|title=Sally Tatum Andress|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>Andress had four children, Weston Andress, Elizabeth Steedman, Laura Beaver, and Collier Smith. After Sally's death, he wed Oneta Hancock (born March 28, 1934), the widow of the Minden chiropractor Charles Delaware Hancock (1930-1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/charles-hancock/e347012221800|title=Charles D. Hancock|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>From the second marriage, Andress acquired two step-children, Kendall Hancock and .<ref name=obit/>

|title=Sally Tatum Andress|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>Andress had four children, Weston Andress, Elizabeth Steedman, Laura Beaver, and Collier Smith. After Sally's death, he wed Oneta Hancock (born March 28, 1934), the widow of the Minden chiropractor Charles Delaware Hancock (1930-1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/charles-hancock/e347012221800|title=Charles D. Hancock|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>From the second marriage, Andress acquired two step-children, Kendall Hancock and .<ref name=obit/>

Thad and Sally Andress are interred with other family members in the historic Minden Cemetery,<ref name=obit/> of which he formerly served on the board.<ref name=jagain/>

Thad and Sally Andress are interred with other family members in the historic Minden Cemetery,<ref name=obit/> of which he formerly served on the board.<ref name=jagan/>

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Business People]]

[[Category:Business People]]

[[Category:Episcopalians]]

[[Category:Episcopalians]]

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[[Category:United States Army]]