Andrew Canova

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

Andrew P. Canova
Personal details
Born	(1835-10-30)October 30, 1835[1] Florida
Died	December 17, 1909(1909-12-17) (aged 74)[1] [2] Wildwood, Florida[3]
Resting place	Greenwood Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Florida[1]
Spouse	Rowena Seals (m. September 15, 1881; Putnam County, Florida)[4]
Children	Andrew 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
Allegiance	Confederacy
Years of service	1861[5]
Rank	Private[5]
Unit	3rd Regiment, Florida Infantry, Company B[5]
Battles/wars	Third Seminole War,[6] American Civil War

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.