Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

ANDREW C. MAZE 

     Andrew C. Maze, son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Callow) Maze, was 
born May 16, 1839, in the district in which he now makes his home. 
His wife is Rebecca R., daughter of Jacob C. and Sarah Smith, and she 
was born September 1, 1835, in Kanawha County, this state, on Elk 
River. Her marriage with Mr. Maze was solemnized in Roane County May 
1, 1861, and they have eight children, namely: Orpha A., born 
February 17, 1866; Sarah E., September 12, 1867; Robert E. L. May 21, 
1869; Joseph A. J. and Hannah A., May 21, 1867; Mary A., April 22, 
1872; Tracy E., April 25, 1874; Clara, February 28, 1879. 
     During the war between the States, Andrew C. Maze was a member 
of Company H., 17th Virginia Cavalry, Jenkins brigade, for three 
years, and for nearly eighteen months was a Federal prisoner, held at 
Rock Island, Illinois. He was in battle at Winchester, Jones Cross 
Roads, Gettysburg, and others. His brothers, G. W. Maze, was a 
soldier of the Confederacy. 
     The grandparents of Andrew C Maze, on his father's side, James 
and Charity S. (Stout) Maze, built the first cabin on 17-Bend, when 
their son, Joseph, was a small boy, about 1814. James Maze was in the 
Indian wars. Joseph Maze, father of Andrew C. Maze's home farm 
consists of 250 acres on the river, and 70 acres of the Anahia flats, 
and he is largely dealing in lumber. He may be addressed at Big Bend, 
Calhoun County, West Virginia. 
 
(Linda Fluharty)