74yrs
Illinois State Journal
Springfield, Illinois
September 21, 1886
Sunday evening a gardener found the body of a man sitting upon a fence rail in an area southeast of Farmingdale. Word was dispatched to the coroner. The man had evidently been dead several days. There were no papers on the body by which it could be identified, but from a description he had received, the coroner supposed the dead man was William Alderdice, the old gentleman who in a demented condition wandered from his home about two weeks ago. He reported the affair to the Alderdice family. They gave a description of the clothes he wore when he left home and they so thoroughly correspond with those upon the body found, that no room is left for doubt. Mrs. Jos. Edwards, a daughter of William Alderdice, then positively identified the remains as those of her father and they were interred at Oak Ridge at 4 o'clock. Mr. Alderdice was a very old man and it is supposed he died from natural causes. Being tired, worn and sick from walking and exposure, he probably sat down and fell asleep to awake no more.
Illinois State Journal
Springfield, Illinois
September 21, 1886
Sunday evening a gardener found the body of a man sitting upon a fence rail in an area southeast of Farmingdale. Word was dispatched to the coroner. The man had evidently been dead several days. There were no papers on the body by which it could be identified, but from a description he had received, the coroner supposed the dead man was William Alderdice, the old gentleman who in a demented condition wandered from his home about two weeks ago. He reported the affair to the Alderdice family. They gave a description of the clothes he wore when he left home and they so thoroughly correspond with those upon the body found, that no room is left for doubt. Mrs. Jos. Edwards, a daughter of William Alderdice, then positively identified the remains as those of her father and they were interred at Oak Ridge at 4 o'clock. Mr. Alderdice was a very old man and it is supposed he died from natural causes. Being tired, worn and sick from walking and exposure, he probably sat down and fell asleep to awake no more.
74yrs
Illinois State Journal
Springfield, Illinois
September 21, 1886
Sunday evening a gardener found the body of a man sitting upon a fence rail in an area southeast of Farmingdale. Word was dispatched to the coroner. The man had evidently been dead several days. There were no papers on the body by which it could be identified, but from a description he had received, the coroner supposed the dead man was William Alderdice, the old gentleman who in a demented condition wandered from his home about two weeks ago. He reported the affair to the Alderdice family. They gave a description of the clothes he wore when he left home and they so thoroughly correspond with those upon the body found, that no room is left for doubt. Mrs. Jos. Edwards, a daughter of William Alderdice, then positively identified the remains as those of her father and they were interred at Oak Ridge at 4 o'clock. Mr. Alderdice was a very old man and it is supposed he died from natural causes. Being tired, worn and sick from walking and exposure, he probably sat down and fell asleep to awake no more.
Illinois State Journal
Springfield, Illinois
September 21, 1886
Sunday evening a gardener found the body of a man sitting upon a fence rail in an area southeast of Farmingdale. Word was dispatched to the coroner. The man had evidently been dead several days. There were no papers on the body by which it could be identified, but from a description he had received, the coroner supposed the dead man was William Alderdice, the old gentleman who in a demented condition wandered from his home about two weeks ago. He reported the affair to the Alderdice family. They gave a description of the clothes he wore when he left home and they so thoroughly correspond with those upon the body found, that no room is left for doubt. Mrs. Jos. Edwards, a daughter of William Alderdice, then positively identified the remains as those of her father and they were interred at Oak Ridge at 4 o'clock. Mr. Alderdice was a very old man and it is supposed he died from natural causes. Being tired, worn and sick from walking and exposure, he probably sat down and fell asleep to awake no more.
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