Dubuque Daily Times Wednesday January 4, 1899
Aaron Burr Alderson, the oldest resident and, with the possible exception of Capt. Palmer, the earliest living settler of Dubuque county, passed away Tuesday at 2:10 o'clock a.m. at the residence of his son, Alexander Alderson, on Gilliam street near West street.
Deceased was born April 25, 1809, in Mississippi and removed to Kentucky with his parents when three years of age. He went to Missouri at the age of twenty and for five years was in the employ of the American Fur company in the Yellowstone country. He enlisted in the army at the breaking out of the Blackhawk war and was stationed in Galena in 1832. At the close of the war in that year he came to Dubuque, but was driven out along with other whites by the regulars, the land not having been acquired of the Indians. He returned in 1833 and built a cabin on the first branch of Catfish creek on the Delhi road. He resided there and in Center Grove nearly the balance of his life, only going to live with his son a few years ago. His wife died some years since and his only surviving child is his son, Alexander.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with services at the late residence. Interment will be in the Asbury cemetery.
Aaron Burr Alderson, the oldest resident and, with the possible exception of Capt. Palmer, the earliest living settler of Dubuque county, passed away Tuesday at 2:10 o'clock a.m. at the residence of his son, Alexander Alderson, on Gilliam street near West street.
Deceased was born April 25, 1809, in Mississippi and removed to Kentucky with his parents when three years of age. He went to Missouri at the age of twenty and for five years was in the employ of the American Fur company in the Yellowstone country. He enlisted in the army at the breaking out of the Blackhawk war and was stationed in Galena in 1832. At the close of the war in that year he came to Dubuque, but was driven out along with other whites by the regulars, the land not having been acquired of the Indians. He returned in 1833 and built a cabin on the first branch of Catfish creek on the Delhi road. He resided there and in Center Grove nearly the balance of his life, only going to live with his son a few years ago. His wife died some years since and his only surviving child is his son, Alexander.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with services at the late residence. Interment will be in the Asbury cemetery.
Dubuque Daily Times Wednesday January 4, 1899
Aaron Burr Alderson, the oldest resident and, with the possible exception of Capt. Palmer, the earliest living settler of Dubuque county, passed away Tuesday at 2:10 o'clock a.m. at the residence of his son, Alexander Alderson, on Gilliam street near West street.
Deceased was born April 25, 1809, in Mississippi and removed to Kentucky with his parents when three years of age. He went to Missouri at the age of twenty and for five years was in the employ of the American Fur company in the Yellowstone country. He enlisted in the army at the breaking out of the Blackhawk war and was stationed in Galena in 1832. At the close of the war in that year he came to Dubuque, but was driven out along with other whites by the regulars, the land not having been acquired of the Indians. He returned in 1833 and built a cabin on the first branch of Catfish creek on the Delhi road. He resided there and in Center Grove nearly the balance of his life, only going to live with his son a few years ago. His wife died some years since and his only surviving child is his son, Alexander.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with services at the late residence. Interment will be in the Asbury cemetery.
Aaron Burr Alderson, the oldest resident and, with the possible exception of Capt. Palmer, the earliest living settler of Dubuque county, passed away Tuesday at 2:10 o'clock a.m. at the residence of his son, Alexander Alderson, on Gilliam street near West street.
Deceased was born April 25, 1809, in Mississippi and removed to Kentucky with his parents when three years of age. He went to Missouri at the age of twenty and for five years was in the employ of the American Fur company in the Yellowstone country. He enlisted in the army at the breaking out of the Blackhawk war and was stationed in Galena in 1832. At the close of the war in that year he came to Dubuque, but was driven out along with other whites by the regulars, the land not having been acquired of the Indians. He returned in 1833 and built a cabin on the first branch of Catfish creek on the Delhi road. He resided there and in Center Grove nearly the balance of his life, only going to live with his son a few years ago. His wife died some years since and his only surviving child is his son, Alexander.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with services at the late residence. Interment will be in the Asbury cemetery.
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