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History of White County, Illinois
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W
illiam P. Aldridge, born in Emma Township, White County, Ill., April 16, 1844, is a son of Russell D. and Sarah (Smith) Aldridge. Russell D.'s father was a Scotchman by birth and came to this country about 1800, locating in North Carolina, where Russell D. was born, in 1811. Their family consisted of seven children - Peter, Warren, John, Russell D., Eliza, Patsy and Harriet. They moved to Posey County, Ind., being of the earliest settlers. The descendants live in that vicinity to-day. Russell D. was married in White County and settled in Big Prairie Precinct. His family consisted of four children - Permelia (Mrs. N. McMullen, deceased), William P., George D., and Harriet (Mrs. Joel Clark). He was in the Mexican war. William P. Aldridge was married in 1867 to Mary, daughter of George and Emily Hantchel. They had four children - Sarah (died in infancy), Clara B., Minnie R. and Charles. Mrs. Aldrich died in November, 1878. In June, 1881, Mr. Aldrich married Harriet, daughter of William and Mary Downes, of Posey County, Ind. Her father died when she was a young girl, and her mother married William McDaniel and moved to Emma Township, White County, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge have one child - William. Mr. Aldridge moved to New Haven in 1877. He has been Deputy Sheriff of Gallatin County four years; was Marshal of the town three years, til 1880; has been a Township Trustee five years; was appointed Postmaster of New Haven in February, 1882. At the post office is located the Evansville Telephone Exchange, of which Mr. Aldridge is operator. Mr. Aldridge enlisted in 1862, when eighteen, in Company A, Sixty fifth Indiana Infantry. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and was in East Tennessee under Foster. He was in forty-two battles and skirmishes. He was mustered out at Greensboro, N.C.
Submitted by Linda Roberts
[Author unknown] 1883. History of White County, Illinois. 946-947.
Note: Although this biography is from the History of White County, it is from the section on New Haven Township, across the county line to the south in Gallatin County.
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