Elijah Alden's biography Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan

SUBJECT: Elijah D Alden's biography
Copyrighted by: Dennis Zank 1999
DATE: Jul 19, 1999
SURNAMES: ALDEN, McCLELLAN, McALLISTER
ELIJAH D. ALDEN Was born in Broome Co., N. Y., Oct. 24, 1819. His parents,
Elisha and Sallie Alden, were natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Alden served
an apprenticeship at the cabinetmakers's trade in early life, and in 1843
engaged in the business at Hastings, Mich. In 1836 he went with his parents
to Pontiac, and in 1838 to Marshall, and to Hastings the following year.
He went to Grand Rapids in 1851 and owned and managed a furniture factory,
at a cost of $5000. He sold it in 1868 and invented the "Alaska Turbine,"
a very fine-working wind-pump. This he manufactured and sold for a period
of three years, when he resumed the furniture business. He was married
Jan. 1, 1843, to Isabella McClellan, a naative of Tompkins Co., N. Y.,
born in March, 1824. They have nine childern -- Johns., Elvena(Mrs.Hugh
B. McAllister), Avery E., Clara E., Robert P., Fred R., Will H., and Frank
V.


From the Chapman's History of Kent County 1881
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