Biographical Sketch of Thomas J. ALDRED (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881); pg. 462 ALDRED, Thomas J., son of William and Catharine, was born Oct. 3, 1803, in Brandywine Hundred, Del., the youngest of nine children. He was married by Rev. Henry Boehm, Feb. 23, 1826, to Hannah Bonsall Fisher, born near Mortonville, Chester Co., Feb. 14, 1801. They were prominent members of the Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, and were the parents of eleven children, of whom nine lived to maturity. William R., one of the sons, a graduate of Dickinson College, died in the army, Aug. 8, 1865. A daughter because the wife of Rev. George W. Lybrand, now of Minersville, PA. The father died Dec. 11, 1880.