Thomas Alderson

A farmer and stock raiser, living near Worthington, Indiana, was born in the county of Durham, England, April 1, 1854. His father was George Alderson. xho was accidently killed in 1861. His mother who was Margaret (Scott) Alderson, died in Clay county, Indiana, in 1901, in her ninty-fifth year. The parents of our subject had eight children. William died just as he was preparing to emigrate to America. He was married and left two children; Elizabeth married a Scotchman and died in England, leaving seven sons: Charles came to the United States, he lived in different states and died while working in 1903; John still resides in his native country; Jane married and resides in Shamokin, Pennsylvania; Mary Ann died. in England, leaving one child; Sarah married and is living in England; George was accidently killed in a coal shaft in Parke county, Indiana; Thomas, our subject, and Ralph reside in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.

Our subject came to the United States in 1879 and settled first in Brazil, Clay county, Indiana, where he worked as a stationary engineer in the coal mines. He was with the Brazil Block Coal Company for twenty-two years. Then he came to Greene county, Indiana, where he bought a small farm, and since 1903 he has been the manager of his brother Charles’ farm, which is near his Own. Charles is deceased. Thomas spends most of his time managing the affairs of the two farms and rents most of the tillable ground. Having begun working in the mines in his native country when but nine years old, he had but little opportunity to attend school. He also worked at the blacksmith’s trade in England for four years; then he was a fireman for two years, and was an engineer on a railway train for an equal number of years, Later he was a boiler tender for sixteen boilers for two years.

Mr. Alderson married Sadie Triplet in 1897, the daughter of John and Esther (Underwood) Triplet, natives of Clay county, Indiana. Bush Triplet, an uncle of Mrs. Alderson, was a soldier ill the Civil war, who after receiving an honorable discharge, returned to Indiana, and is now living in Nebraska. Mr. Alderson is a Mason and a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church, and are highly respected and influential citizens in their community.

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"Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1908, Vol. 2 pg. 774-5

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