Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Alderman, Abraham 1881
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The Ionia Standard, Thursday, June 16, 1881
Abraham Alderman died at his residence in Orleans township at 10 minutes to 
eleven o’clock Saturday night.  He had been ill for a long time, his trouble 
being a complication of diseases that baffled the skill of the attending 
physicians.  The day before his death he brightened up considerably and his 
family entertained high hopes of his ultimate recovery.  But he suddenly fell 
into a relapse, became unconscious, and in that condition passed away “to that 
bourne from which no traveler e’er returns.”  

“Abe,” as everybody familiarly called him, was a prominent figure in local 
politics in years agone.  He was withal a warm friend, a cordial hater, and an 
inveterate republican.  He held many official positions, including that of 
sheriff, deputy United States marshal, etc.  His stalwart form will be much 
missed in this city—the scene of so many of his political triumphs and 
occasional defeats.  His funeral took place at his late residence, and many 
old acquaintances from this city were present.  Revs. J. Donnelly and Dr. Kemp 
were the officiating clergymen.

The following facts in regard to Mr. Alderman’s biography is furnished us by a 
friend of the deceased:  He was born in Ancaster, Canada, April 24th, 1828, 
and was therefore at the time of his death in the 54th years of his age.  His 
father, Bucklin Alderman, was born in Connecticut, and his mother, Mary 
(Stirling) Alderman, in Steuben county, New York.  The family consisting of 
the parents and seven children, of whom Abraham was one, removed to Detroit 
January 5, 1834, and the father died there in 1838.  Mrs. Alderman removed to 
Highland, Oakland county, the same year.  The subject of this sketch was 
married January 1, 1849, to Miss Lydia M. Maynard of Farmington, who survives 
him.  In 1854 he removed to North Plains, Ionia county, and lived there a few 
years, when he purchased the farm where he died.  He was one of a family of 
eight children, only two of whom are living, viz: William Alderman of North 
Plains, and Mrs. William Bush of Sebewa.  His mother is living in her 80th 
year.  Two children survive him: a son, Frank, and daughter, Mrs. Darius Welch.


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