Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: James F. ALDRICH

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James F. Aldrich was born in Saratoga Co., N.Y., May 24, 1822; was educated
in the common schools and the Academy at Union Village, Washington Co.,
N.Y. ; in October, 1841, he removed to Jackson, Mich., and in 1845, with
his brother William (now Congressman from the First Illinois District) and
George F. Rice, began the mercantile business, which he continued until
1854, sometimes having branch houses in East Jackson, Concord and Battle
Creek; during that year he and his brother William formed a partnership
with B. & J. W. Medbury, of Milwaukee, and H.H. Smith, of Two Rivers, Wis.,
and engaged extensively in the manufacture of lumber, furniture, tubs and
pails- William attending to the factory at Two River, and J.F. attending to
the sales at Chicago, where he then lived; this firm continued in business
until 1859, passing safely through the panic of 1857.  In 1861, William and
J.F. Aldrich sold to Mann Bros., of Milwaukee, and, in July, the former
removed to Chicago, and the latter to Providence, R.I., where he resided
two years, making frequent trips to the West to purchase wool, flour, etc.;
in 1867, Mr. A. came to Fond du Lac, with his family, where he now resides
in one of the finest houses in Forest street, and, with his father-in-law,
Dr. Capron, of Providence, R.I., invested largely in real estate.  Mr. A.
has also dealt in wool, woolen goods, and wood, as well as run a woolen
mill; he has three children living- George, one of the proprietors of the
Stone Mills' J.W., a music teacher, and Mattie, attending the Cathedral
School.


Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880. pg. 777