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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&|title=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>

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&|title=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>

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>

who was the finance commissioner on the Minden City Council in the 1960s, and the former Treeby Miller (1905-1976). She was named for her mother, Thad's grandmother, Treeby Chaffe (1865-1953), the youngest of the six children of Chris Chaffe and the former Jane Farley (1823-1868).<ref name=cchaffe/> Thad Andress was named for his uncle, Redden Thaddeus Andress, I, Harry Andress' brother.<ref name=jagan/>

who was the finance commissioner on the Minden City Council in the 1960s, and the former Treeby Miller (1905-1976). She was named for her mother, Thad's grandmother, Treeby Chaffe (1865-1953), the youngest of the six children of Chris Chaffe and the former Jane Farley (1823-1868).<ref name=cchaffe/> Thad Andress was named for his uncle, Redden Thaddeus Andress, I, Harry Andress' brother.<ref name=jagan/>