Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Alderman, Augustus S ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com December 3, 2007, 6:38 am Author: Past & Present, 1907 Augustus S. Alderman, a prosperous and representative farmer of Dupage township, was born in Canada on the 4th of March, 1835, and is a son of George W. and Adeline (Sharp) Alderman. He has one sister, Mrs. Romanzo Lynn, now a resident of Downer's Grove, Illinois. When two years of age he accompanied his parents on their removal to Michigan City, Indiana, where the family resided for a short time and then went to Chicago, but after a brief residence in that place came to Joliet. In 1841 they settled on a small farm in Dupage township, where our subject grew to manhood, his time and attention being largely devoted to agricultural pursuits. On the 14th of March, 1871, Mr. Alderman married Miss Eleanor Welch, who is the eldest in a family of four children, and they have become the parents of one son and two daughters, namely: George W., Eleanor Dystrup and Grace Phelps. After his marriage Mr. Alderman located on a small farm in Dupage township, which he had purchased the year previous. By industry and economy he prospered as the years went by and as his financial resources increased he kept adding to his property, until today he is the owner of an excellent farming property consisting of five hundred and forty acres on sections 22, 26 and 27, Dupage township. The fields are under a high state of cultivation and the buildings upon the place are neat and substantial. By his ballot Mr. Alderman supports the men and measures of the democratic party and never withholds his aid from any measure which he believes will prove of public benefit. Fraternally he is a Mason and Odd Fellow. He is one of the self-made men of the county, having started out in life in limited circumstances, and the success that he has achieved is due entirely to his excellent business ability, sound judgment and good management as well as his industry. Additional Comments: Past and Present of Will County, Illinois, by W. W. Stevens, President of the Will County Pioneers Association. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/alderman1927nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb