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Note: February 25, 1850: Survey date for 10 acre land grant in Simpson Co., Kentucky to grantee P. H. Alderson. Data in Book 33, Sulphur Fork Watercourse. Peter & Louisa had no children. Information from "The History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri" published in 1882. P. H. Alderson, farmer, section 17, is the owner of a farm consisting of eighty acres of improved land. He is a native of Simpson County, Kentucky, and was born January 25, 1828. His parents were William and Margaret (Boren) Alderson, natives of South Carolina, who with her parents had moved to Tennessee, where they were married in 1817. After this they settled in Simpson County Kentucky, and in 1856, came to Missouri. The father was born December 19, 1795, and died April 10, 1861. The mother was born December 19, 1794, and died in Kansas, November 28, 1874. They had a family of nine children: John B, Nancy P., James C., Erwin, Benedict, David H., P. H., Jane, Vincent. The senior Alderson, while in Kentucky, was an extensive trader in live stock, and supplies for Southern plantations, and in 1842 met with financial reverses. The subject of this sketch was raised and educated in Kentucky, and after coming to Cass County, Missouri, devoted many years to teaching school in this and Jackson Counties, and also Johnson County, Kansas. He was married December 29, 1870, to Miss Louisa Dye, of Simpson County, Kentucky, born March 31, 1831. She with her parents had early moved to Platte County, and to Cass County, Missouri in 1853, when they settled in Mount Pleasant Township. She was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Dye. The former was born in 1805, and was raised in Allen County, Kentucky: he died in Missouri in 1871. Her mother, originally from Sumner County, Tennessee, was born in 1810, and is still a resident of Cass County, Missouri. After being married they settled in Tennessee, in 1830, and moved to Simpson County, Kentucky in 1837; coming to Cass County, Missouri, in 1851. They had seven children: L. J., James A., Elizabeth C., Levina J., Samuel F., Carolina E. and Isaac P. Mr. and Mrs. Alderson finally became located in Union Township, where they have since made their home. Mrs. A. is a church member. ALDERSON LAND PATENTS Patentee Residence Date County of Patent State of Patent Acres Notes Doc. # Acces. # Alderson, Peter H. Cass Co, MO 15 Jan 1856 Cass Missouri 40 42669 MO1790__.419 Alderson, Peter H. Cass Co, MO 1 Apr 1857 Cass Missouri 120.69 46625 MO1850__.172 1880 Census Union Township, Cass County, Missouri enumerated June 1, 1880 DWELLING #6, Family #6 ALDERSON, P.H., w/m, 52 , KY SC SC, farmer _________, Louisa J., w/f, wife, 49, KY KY TN MISSOURI DEATH RECORDS: CASS County Missouri, Roll 22925, page 5, number 53 NAME: Peter A. Alderson AGE: 55 yrs 11 mos 18 days Sex: Male Color: White Occupation: Farmer M/S/D/W: Married Date of Death: 01/07/1884 Place of Birth: Kentucky How long resident of Missouri: 30 years Place of Death: Union Township, Cass County, Missouri Cause of Death: Tuberculosis & Brights Disease Place of Burial: Alderson Burial Ground Undertaker: Noah Flood, Belton, Missouri Physician: G. E. Elby, West Line, Missouri
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