Biographical Sketch of Thomas J. ALDRED (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 462

ALDRED, Thomas J., son of William and Catharine, was born Oct. 3, 1803, in 
Brandywine Hundred, Del., the youngest of nine children.  He was married by Rev. 
Henry Boehm, Feb. 23, 1826, to Hannah Bonsall Fisher, born near Mortonville, 
Chester Co., Feb. 14, 1801.  They were prominent members of the Grove Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and were the parents of eleven children, of whom nine lived to 
maturity.  William R., one of the sons, a graduate of Dickinson College, died in 
the army, Aug. 8, 1865.  A daughter because the wife of Rev. George W. Lybrand, 
now of Minersville, PA.  The father died Dec. 11, 1880.