AUGUSTUS ALDERMAN, tobacco
merchant and coal operator, was born, in Brookfield Township, Trumbull
Co., Ohio, September 19, 1831. He is a son of Aruna and Eunice (Munson)
Alderman, natives of Hartford, Conn., and who removed to Brookfield
Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, with their respective parents in 1805.
Both spent the remainder of their lives in that part of Ohio. Augustus
grew to manhood in his native township, and in 1852 went to California
via Cape Horn, where he worked in the mines nearly three years.
Returning to his home he lived in Brookfield Township till 1859. He
subsequently spent one year each in Missouri and Michigan. About 1870
be located in Hickory Township, this county, and since 1877 he has
resided in Sharon and carried on his business. He was married June 10,
1857, to Miss Elizabeth Hassan, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Lysle)
Hassan, of Hubbard, Ohio, and natives of Pennsylvania. She bore him one
son, Fred H., who has charge of the store. Mrs. Alderman died in 1888,
after a lingering illness. Mr. Alderman is a Democrat, and in 1886 was
elected a member of the borough council, which position he is now
filling.
Source: (History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 703 - 704)
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