Bio from: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893. History of the Town of Conewango - Chapter XXII (22) Page 511
Abner ALDRICH was born in Vermont, May 9, 1782, and removed to Canton, St. Lawrence County, where he died in 1862. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife Betsey was a daughter of Moses SANDERSON, a Revolutionary soldier, and of their seven children Harris was born in Rutland county, Vt., Oct. 31, 1814, and came to Randolph, Aug. 3, 1837. March 8, 1840, he married Diana, daughter of Joseph and Pearl (CHAPIN) STANLEY, of Homer, N. Y. She died Feb 17, 1886. Their children were Pearl A., born Sept, 26, 1841, married David F. WHITFORD, and has one daughter, Cordelia L. (Mrs. Charles HOLBROOK), of Oil City, Pa.; Hartwell B., Jan. 16, 1844; Abner A., June 13, 1848; Estella D., died in 1872; and Kate A., March 4, 1859. Mr. ALDRICH is said to have been the first in Cattaraugus County to apply steam-power to the manufacture of butter and cheese. He has served many years as Justice of the peace, has been school superintendent, was associate justice of the county two years, and has taught at least twenty terms of school. He has been a man of prominence and enterprise, and now, in retired life, carries the esteem and high respect of his fellow townsmen. Abner A. ALDRICH was supervisor of Conewango in 1869. |
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