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Descendants of Elisha Alderman

Generation No. 1

1. ELISHA² ALDERMAN (?¹) was born Abt. 1806 in Richfield, Otesgo Co., New York, and died Bet. November 1850 - July 1860 in Albion, Erie Co., Pennsylvania. He married LUCY DEIDAMA JACKSON 1826 in Erie Co., Pennsylvania, daughter of LYMAN JACKSON and DEIDAMIA DURHAM. She was born February 06, 1808 in Pennsylvania, and died December 14, 1893.

Notes for ELISHA ALDERMAN:
Based on Elisha Alderman's age of 48 years on the 1850 Federal census, his date of birth was estimated to be about 1802. His place of birth appeared to be " Vt". However, International Genealogical Index (IGI) records list "Richfield, Otsego Co., New York" as his place of birth. In an effort to confirm Elisha Alderman's date and place of birth, on-line 1810 Vermont and New York Federal census records were searched. No Alderman families were found in Vermont in 1810. Several Alderman families including males under 10 years of age were found in New York. An E. Alderman family was the only Alderman household listed in Otsego County, New York. The E. Alderman family included 2 males under 10 years of age. It is possible that one of these males was Elisha.

An Ephraim Alderman was listed in the 1820 New York Federal census of Otsego County. Unfortunately, itemization of the household was not available on-line.

By 1830, the Elisha Alderman family was residing in Conneaut township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. On the 1830 Federal census, 6 persons were listed in the household as follows: Free White Males, 1 under five years, 1 five and under ten, 2 twenty and under thirty (Elisha and an unknown, maybe a brother); Free White Females, 1 twenty and under thirty (Didemia), 1 eighty and under ninety (probably a grandmother). A Michael Alderman family, possibly Elisha's brother, was also residing in Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Both the Elisha and Michael Alderman families were still living in Conneaut township, Erie County, Pennsylvania in 1840 according to census records. On the 1840 Federal census, 9 persons are listed in the Elisha Alderman household as follows: Free White Males, 1 under five years, 1 five and under ten, 1 ten and under fifteen, 1 fifteen and under twenty, 1 twenty and under thirty, and 1 thirty and under forty (Elisha); Free White Females, 1 under five years, 1 thirty and under forty (Didemia), 1 sixty and under seventy (this was probably Elisha's mother, since Lucy Didemia's mother was residing elsewhere). Two persons were listed as employed in agriculture. Two were listed as scholars.

Places and dates of birth for Elisha's sons James and Abner indicate the family moved from Pennsylvania to Illinois between 1844 and 1848. On the 1850 Federal census of Knox County, Illinois, Elisha's given name was spelled as Elsha. He also was noted as the only person in the household over age 20 who could not read or write. Elisha, age 48; Didemia, age 41; John, age 19; Michael, age 14; Philistia, age 12; Hosea, age 10; James, age 6; and Abner, age 2 comprised the household in 1850.

Elisha Alderman was not listed in the 1860 Federal census of Knox County, Illinois. Elisha's wife and 2 sons were residing elsewhere implying that Elisha died between 1850 and 1860.

More About ELISHA ALDERMAN:
Date born 2: Abt. 1802, Vermont
Burial: Albion, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
Occupation: 1850, farmer in Albion, Erie Co., Pennsylvania

Notes for LUCY DEIDAMA JACKSON:
The 1860 Federal census listed a Didemia Alderman as residing with James and Gilderoy (her sons) in the Abadiah (should be Obediah) Jackson household. The LDS website and other records show an Obediah as Lucy Didemia's older brother. Lucy must have thought very much of her older brother, Obediah, since the oldest child of Elisha and Lucy was named for her brother. It was unusual for the first child to be named for anyone other than a parent, grandparent, or sibling of the father.
On the 1870 Federal census, Lucy D. Alderman is "keeping house" in the household of a James Alderman. Given the age of James, it's probable that James is a brother of Elisha.

More About ELISHA ALDERMAN and LUCY JACKSON:
Marriage: 1826, Erie Co., Pennsylvania

Children of ELISHA ALDERMAN and LUCY JACKSON are:

2.	i.	OBEDIAH JACKSON³ ALDERMAN, b. May 05, 1828, Conneaut Township, Erie Co., Pennsylvania; d. November 03, 1909, Galva, Illinois.
3.	ii.	JOHN LUTHER ALDERMAN, b. February 28, 1831, Erie, Pennsylvania; d. November 06, 1898, Galva, Knox Co., Ilinois.
4.	iii.	LAFAYETTE F ALDERMAN, b. Abt. 1832, Pennsylvania; d. September 17, 1862, Antietam, Maryland.
5.	iv.	MICHAEL ALDERMAN, b. January 27, 1836, Erie, Pennsylvania; d. October 16, 1902, Toulon, Stark Co., Illinois.
	v.	JOHN ALDERMAN, b. Abt. 1837, Pennsylvania; d. Unknown.
6.	vi.	CALISTA ANN ALDERMAN, b. Bet. 1837 - 1838, Pennsylvania; d. Unknown, Oklahoma.
	vii.	HOSEA ALDERMAN, b. Abt. 1840, Pennsylvania; d. Unknown.
7.	viii.	TRYPHOSIA ALMIRA ALDERMAN, b. March 19, 1842, Erie, Pennsylvania; d. March 25, 1946, Macksville, Stafford Co, Kansas.
8.	ix.	JAMES KNOX ALDERMAN, b. Abt. 1846; d. Unknown.
9.	x.	GILDEROY ALDERMAN, b. December 17, 1846, Victoria, Knox County, Illinois; d. June 06, 1927, Marshall County, Kansas.
	xi.	ABNER D. ALDERMAN, b. Abt. 1849; d. Unknown.

More About ABNER D. ALDERMAN:
Census: July 02, 1870, Essex Twp, Stark County, Illinois
Comment: July 02, 1870, on U.S. census, it was indicated that Abner could not read or write
Occupation: July 02, 1870, laborer

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