Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Alldritt, William 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

William Alldritt is a farmer of prominence on section 29, Clyde Township, and 
was born Oct. 6, 1823, in Bradley, Staffordshire, England. His parents, Thomas 
and Ann (Jackson) Alldritt, were natives of the same country and of unmixed 
English descent, and his father was engaged in active business life in his own 
country until 1824, when he left England to found a home in the New World. Mr. 
Alldritt is the seventh son and was less than a year old when the family 
emigrated to America. He was too young to walk alone, but he learned while on 
ship-board, and made his first trip on foot across the cabin of the captain. 
They made port in Boston harbor, and went from that city, after a short 
residence, to Lowell, in the same State. In that place Mr. Alldritt grew to a 
suitable size and age to attend school. His father died there in February, 
1831, and when he was 12 years of age his mother removed to a farm in the 
country. The family remained there until 1845. In May of that year the mother, 
with four children, came to Whiteside County, whither Richard, an elder son, 
had come previous. They located on a farm which included 180 acres situated on 
sections 20, 29 and 33, and bought by the mother and her son Richard. William 
Alldritt was an inmate of his mother's home until his first marriage, which 
occurred Jan. 24, 1855, to Mary C. Griffin. She was born in 1827 in Methuen, 
Mass., and her parents were of New England origin. They have been dead some 
years. After their decease she came to the township of Clyde with an elder 
brother, and she was there married to Mr. Alldritt. She died Dec. 25, 1855, 
surviving her marriage but about one year. She was a lady of prominent 
Christian character, and was highly respected. Mr. Alldritt was a second time 
married March 4, 1860, in Clyde Township, to Julia A., daughter of Leonard and 
Mary (Sparr) Hiner. Her parents were born in Pennsylvania of German ancestors, 
and were among the earliest settlers of the Keystone State. The daughter was 
born Jan. 2, 1841, in Wayne Co., Ohio, whither her parents had removed several 
years before her birth. When she was seven years of age her parents went to 
Mercer Co., Ohio, remaining there seven years. The family came to Illinois in 
1855 and located in the east part of Whiteside County. Later they settled in 
Clyde Township, where the mother died in the fall of 1878, aged nearly 71 
years. The father is yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Alldritt have had six children: 
Charles J., born May 11, 1864; William R., June 4, 1866; Benjamin F., Aug. 10, 
1868; Nathan G., July 31, 1870; William was born Feb. 2, 1861, and died July 
19, 1863; Minnie M. was born Aug. 15, 1862, and died July 13, 1863. But six 
days intervened between their deaths. At the date of his second marriage, Mr. 
Alldritt became a resident on the homestead in Clyde Township, which he has 
since occupied. It contains 145 acres, all under cultivation, except ten 
acres, which is in timber. The buildings on the place are creditable to its 
proprietor and a great addition to the general appearance. His stock is 
valuable, and includes excellent grades. He is a practical apiculturist, and 
has about 30 stands of bees in his yard on an average. He is a Republican of 
liberal views, and has officiated in various town offices.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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