Andrew P. Canova
Personal details
Born(1835-10-30)October 30, 1835[1]
Florida
DiedDecember 17, 1909(1909-12-17) (aged 74)[1] [2]
Wildwood, Florida[3]
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Florida[1]
SpouseRowena Seals (m. September 15, 1881; Putnam County, Florida)[4]
ChildrenAndrew P., Jr., Mrs. D. K. Harrison, of West Palm Beach; Mrs. T. U. Carpenter, of St. Petersburg, and Mrs. C. Cone, of Miami, Wallace, of Miami.[3]
Residence(s)Tampa Bay, Florida

Sebastian, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida[3]

Wildwood, Florida[3]
Occupation
  • Citrus grower
  • author
Military service
AllegianceConfederacy
Years of service1861[5]
RankPrivate[5]
Unit3rd Regiment, Florida Infantry, Company B[5]
Battles/warsThird Seminole War,[6] American Civil War

Andrew P. Canova (October 30, 1835 – December 17, 1909) was a Florida settler and author of Life and Adventures in South Florida.

He was a veteran of the Third Seminole War.

In fall of 1858, he moved from Tampa Bay to Brevard County where he settled on the Sebastian River. He lived in a palm thatch hut near the mouth of the river. He, along with Ed Marr, hunted, fished and raised onions in a small garden. He started to cultivate citrus, but was abandoned later impatiently.

Canova went to St. Augustine to enlist in the Confederate Army in 1861.

In 1885 he wrote Life and Adventures in South Florida, in which he lamented the demise of wildlife in the Indian River area.

Canova Beach in Brevard County was not named after him, but after Carlos Canova, Sr.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Find A Grave
  2. ↑ The statutes at large of the United States..., Volume 34, Part 2 (This confirms he was alive in 1907)
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Florida Star, December 24, 1909
  4. ↑ "Florida, Marriages, 1837–1974", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW9C-TXC : accessed 26 Feb 2014), Andrew P. Canova and Rowena C. Seals, 15 Sep 1881.
  5. 1 2 3 "Florida, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861–1865", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXR6-HJT : accessed 26 Feb 2014), Andrew Canova, 1861.
  6. ↑ A History of the Everglades of Florida by J.E. Dovell, 1947
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