Biography of Alderson Workman - Wayne Co. WV


Source: Hardesty's History 

Alderson Workman, son of Joseph and Nancy Osburn Workman, was born in 
Cabell county, July 22, 1830. In Lawrence 
county, Kentucky, he married Rebecca McClure, who was born in that State 
and county, January 5, 1827. Her parents died in 
1861, only a short time intervening between their deaths. William 
McClure, her father, was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, 
in 1789, and her mother Loucretia Chapman McClure, was born in Giles 
county, Virginia, in 1798. The children of Alderson 
Workman and wife are eight living and one deceased; William McClure, 
born March 15, 1851, lives at Ceredo; Ala Jane, 
December 18, 1852, lives at Cassville, Joseph P., March 20, 1855, died 
in October, 1860, Sarah J., March 17, 1858, lives at 
Cassville, Ella, November 29, 1860, Albert H., February 27, 1863, Hugh 
B. October 1, 1865, Jefferson Bowen, January 28, 
1868, Julia, May 2, 1870; these five at home. Mr. and Mrs. Workman and 
six of their children are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and he is an ordained (local) deacon of the same. He 
had one brother in the Confederate army, and two of 
his wife's brothers were in the Federal army. Alderson Workman owns 240 
acres of good land on Twelve Pole, well cultivated 
or in good oak timber, with excellent iron ore. His post office address 
is Elmford, Wayne county, West Virginia.


Submitted by Lorna Corns Workman <pworkman@newwave.net> 

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