A. J. Cash

Andrew Jackson Cash (April 8, 1838 – August 31, 1892)^[1] was an American merchant for whom Cash Corner, in today's South Portland, Maine, is now named.^[2]

Cash was born to Stephen Cash and Elizabeth Palmer, both natives of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.^[2]

Between 1856 and 1862, he was a "peddler of dry goods, tinware and notions," on a route that took him from Maine to New Hampshire.^[2]

He enlisted in the 25th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Company I, in 1862.^[2]

In 1864, he married Agnes Jane Moody, with whom he had two known children: Andrew Jr. (1865) and Alphonso (1868). The same year, he was working in the Portland glass works, a role in which he continued until 1873. He returned to being a peddler for the next nine years.^[2]

In 1882, aged 44, he became a grocer at Cash Corner, in today's South Portland, Maine, which is named for him and his brother, fellow merchant George Washington Cash.^[2][3]

Cash died in 1892, aged 54. He was interred in Brown's Hill Cemetery in South Portland. His wife survived him by 41 years, and was buried beside him in 1933.^[2]