Shelby County AlArchives Biographies.....Aldrich, Josephine Cables June 12, 1843 - 
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Author: "The National Cyclopedia of American Biography," published 1894, page 66

ALDRICH, Josephine Cables, philanthropist and author, was born in Litchfield, 
Conn., June 12, 1843, of stern Puritan stock. She was but a few years of age 
when her mother died, and the child was taken in charge by her two 
grandmothers, who happened to belong to the severe, old-fashioned school, whose 
watchword was, " Spare the rod and spoil the child." The constant application 
of this maxim, which in this case was administered more as a tonic than 
anything else, was the means of duly impressing upon the victim the virtue of 
the golden rule, and in after years, when she married Mr. Aldrich [in 1889], a 
man of great wealth, and came into control of a beautiful home of her own at 
Rochester, N. Y., not only her immediate household, but all who came in contact 
with Mrs. Aldrich felt the charm of her gracious and kindly manner, and the 
beneficial influence of her tolerant and benignant nature. Mrs. Aldrich began 
to take a deep and intelligent interest in Christian Theosophy at this period. 
Finally, in 1882, she established in Rochester "The Occult World," a paper 
devoted to advanced thought and reform work. Her editorials taught liberality, 
justice and mercy, and attracted wide attention for their sound thought and 
beauty of style. At one time she was secretary of the Theosophical society of 
the United States, and president of the Rochester brotherhood. Mr. Aldrich 
fully sustains his wife in all her philanthropic schemes, while she, in turn, 
thoroughly endorses a favorite plan of his, whereby any person accused of crime 
may be defended in court from a public fund, and by the best available legal 
talent. Mrs. Aldrich holds the position of vice-president in the Woman's 
national industrial league, and the Woman's national liberal union; she was 
also active in founding the Woman's national university, and the School of 
useful and ornamental arts.

Additional Comments:
Josephine Cables was married first to James H. Cables, also of Litchfield, 
Conn.  I do not know what happened to him as he is not mentioned in any 
research I can find on either Josephine or James.  But they were together in 
the 1870 and 1880 Census records (1880 Rochester New York).

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