Individual Details
Rev. Elisha Alderman Jr.
(13 Sep 1783 - 8 Oct 1868)
The Alderman family were among the earliest pioneers of this [Homer] township. In the spring of 1808 Elisha Alderman and Job Phillips came from Olean, N. Y., and made a location on Sharp's Fork of Federal Creek, being favorably impressed with the natural advantages of the country, and deeming it a favorable location for the establishment of homes they returned to New York, and in 1810 emigrated to what is now Morgan County, with a little colony of seventeen people. Upon a lumber raft upon which was loaded, their household effects and families, they floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, and from thence via the Ohio to Marietta where they traded the lumber for six hundred and forty acres of land in what is now Homer township. The country bordering on the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers was at the time of which we write a dense wilderness with here and there the cabin of some adventurous frontiersman, and perhaps no better idea can be given of the courage and indomitable energy of this little band of pioneers than the fact that they left their homes and with their worldly possessions and their families upon a raft of lumber, undertook a voyage of nearly five hundred miles upon unknown waters, and into a country almost uninhabited, and perhaps their only incentive was the probable benefit that might in after time accrue to their descendants. The names of the colonists were Elisha Alderman and wife, Elisha Jr. and wife, Job Phillips and wife, John Stewart and wife, James Ward Smith and wife, Rachel, Elijah, Hosea, Lucy, Elihu and Annar, all of whom were sons, daughters and sons-in-kw of Elisha senior. All were identified with the early history of the township. Elisha, who was the progenitor of the Alderman family in Morgati county, lived to an advanced age and died in the township. Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section. He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died. (Robertson 498-499)
(Homer twp of Athens then, now Morgan Co., OH)
1809: Elisha Jr and I think it was Elijah paid for land in now Morgan Co.
1810: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elijah Alderman
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.
1816: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elisha Alderman
Elijah Alderman
"Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section (Homer Twp.) He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died." Robertson History of Morgan Co. OH. 1886.
1822 Oct 16: Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer, Athens Co, OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres. Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF.(Allegany Co.Deeds)
OLD SETTLERS OF THE COUNTY-SETTLED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1858.
Alderman, T. E.
Alderman, Elisha Alderman,
Hez. Alderman,
Wm. Alderman,
I. C Alderman
(Allen, 357)
Events
Families
Spouse | Mariah Elizabeth Vandermark (1787 - 1854) |
Child | Jane Maria Alderman (1804 - 1888) |
Child | Anna Alderman (1806 - ) |
Child | William Alderman (1808 - 1813) |
Child | Benjamin Alderman (1810 - 1813) |
Child | James Redford Alderman (1812 - 1872) |
Child | Simeon Alderman (1814 - 1814) |
Child | William Vandermark Alderman (1815 - 1880) |
Child | Hezekiah Brink Alderman (1817 - 1871) |
Child | Julia Ann Alderman (1819 - 1889) |
Child | Elisha Wesley Alderman (1820 - 1893) |
Child | Thankful Alderman (1823 - 1845) |
Child | Hosea Sheldon Alderman (1825 - 1845) |
Child | Esther Diantha Alderman (1828 - 1889) |
Child | Isaac Newton Alderman (1831 - 1910) |
Spouse | Elizabeth Wilson (1800 - ) |
Father | Elisha Alderman (1744 - 1832) |
Mother | Thankful Huff (1753 - 1829) |
Sibling | Mary Alderman (1777 - 1858) |
Sibling | Thankful Alderman (1778 - 1790) |
Sibling | Ann Alderman (1780 - ) |
Sibling | Esther Alderman (1782 - 1830) |
Sibling | Rachel Alderman (1785 - 1790) |
Sibling | Elijah C. Alderman (1788 - 1861) |
Sibling | Hosea Alderman (1791 - 1843) |
Sibling | Elihu Huff Alderman (1792 - 1850) |
Sibling | Lucy Alderman (1796 - 1824) |
Sibling | Anna (Hannah) Alderman (1801 - 1879) |
Notes
Tax List
ELISHA ALDERMANState: Ohio
County: Athens
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 001
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index
ELISHA JR. ALDERMAN
State: Ohio
County: Athens
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 001
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index
Census
Elisha Alderman Sr.1 male of 45+ , Elisha (78)
1 females 16 - 26, Anna/Hannah (24)
1 woman 45+, Thankful
Elisha Alderman Jr.
5 boys under ten, (William 4, Hezekiah 2, + 3 more...)
1 man 16 - 26
1 man 26- 45. Elisha Jr. (37)
1 girl under 10, Julia Ann (1)
1 girl 10 - 16,
1 woman 26 - 45 Maria (33)
Elijah Alderman
4 boys under 10
1man 26-45
3 girls under 10
1 woman 26-45
Hosea Alderman
2 boys under 10
1 boy 10-16
1 man 26-45
1 girl under 10
1 woman 16-26
Census (family)
ELISHA ALDERMAN(Jr) Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 2191113001
1 male under 5 (Hosea 4)
1 male 5-10 (Elisha 10, ?George 9?)
1 male 10-15 (Hezekiah 12)
3 males 15-20 (William V. 15, Simeon 16, James 18)
1 male 40-50 (Elisha 47)
2 girls under 5 (Esther 2, ?Thankful 7? or ?Nancy 8?)
1 girl 10-15 (Julia 11)
1 woman 40-50 (Maria )
Census (family)
H Alderman - Hosea Alderman, brother of Elisha.2 males under 5
1 male 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 male 15-20
1 male 20-30
1 male 40-50
1 female 15-20
1 female 40-50
Elisha Alderman
1 boy 5-9 (Isaac 9)
1 boy 10-14 (Hosea 14)
1 man 15-19 (George 19)
2 men 20-29 (Elisha 19, William V. 25)
1 man 50-59, Elisha (57)
1 girl 10-14 (Esther 12)
1 woman 15-19 (Thankful 17, or Nancy 18, One must have either married or died.)
1 woman 50-59, Maria (53)
Julia Ann, Hezekiah were married.
Census (family)
16, 16 Elisha Alderman, 67 M, Farmer, 1000, NYMaria, 65 F, NY
Wm 34 M, Farmer, O
Isaac 19 M, Farmer. "
George 29 M, Farmer, 700, O
Nancy 28 F. O
Arza 8 F, O
Elisha W 6 M O
Meitta 4 M Iowa
Joseph 2 M "
Meitta 34 M Laborer, 1000, O
Census
184-49-52 Elisha ALDERMAN 62 M M 6 New York /Native/ Farmer Indian Creek184-49-52 Elizabeth ALDERMAN 56 F M 3 Pennsylvania Indian Creek
184-49-52 William V. ALDERMAN 40 M 6 Ohio /Native/ /Militia/ /Land Owner/ Farmer Indian Creek
Census
782, 785, E. Alderman, 76 M, Farmer, 1500, 200, New YorkElizabeth, 60 F, Penn.
William V., 45 M, Farm laborer, Ohio
Burial
Alderman, Elisha and Mariah husband and wife, 85 and 66.Endnotes
1. Parker, William Alderman., Aldermans in America. (William A. Parker Edwards & Broughton Co., Raleigh, N.C., 1957), p 484.
2. Parker, William Alderman., Aldermans in America. (William A. Parker Edwards & Broughton Co., Raleigh, N.C., 1957), p 484.
3. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Ohio Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999..
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1820 > Ohio > ATHENS > HOMER Series: M33 Roll: 86 Page: 74.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1830 > OHIO > ATHENS > HOMER Series: M19 Roll: 126 Page: 219.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1840 > OHIO > ATHENS > HOMER Series: M704 Roll: 377 Page: 310.
7. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Village, Van Buren, Iowa; Roll: M432_189; Page: 346; Image: 205..
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > IOWA > VAN BUREN > VILLAGE TWP Series: M432 Roll: 189 Page: 346.
9. Story County, Iowa 1856 Census Database, Story County IAGenWeb online [http://iastory.com/1856/1856Form.mvc], accessed 2008.
10. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > IOWA > STORY > INDIAN CRK TWP Series: M653 Roll: 339 Page: 799.
11. Parker, William Alderman., Aldermans in America. (William A. Parker Edwards & Broughton Co., Raleigh, N.C., 1957), p 484.
12. WOODLAND CEMETERY-IOWA CENTER, Story County IAGenWeb online [http://iastory.com/1887/Display.mvc], accessed May 2008, History of Story County Iowa by W. G. Allen 1887 .