Family Group Sheet
NameWarren Alderson
Birth28 Nov 1819, Virginia
Death24 Jan 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialNew Alfrey Cem., Rowan Co., Ky
Marriageabt 1850, Virginia
SpouseRachel Smith
Birthabt 1825, Virginia
Death4 Apr 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialNew Alfrey Cem., Rowan Co., Ky
Children
SpouseAbigail “Abbey” Bragg
SpouseMary E. Adkins
Birthabt 1856, Virginia
SpouseWilliam Jerry Fletcher
Notes for Warren Alderson
Dates of birth and death are from his gravestone.
Notes for Rachel Smith
Her gravestone says Rachel Alderson, born 1825, died April 4, 1909.
Census Notes for Warren & Rachel (Family)
1870 census of Logan Co., West Virginia, Magnolia township, enumerated 21 Aug, lists on p. 12 as family #87:
Alderson, Warren, 51, farmer, b. Va; Rachel, 46, b. Va; Sintha, 26, b. Va; Harvy J., 20, b. Va; Allen, 14, b. Va; Sarah, 6, b. WVa.
1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 4 as family #28/29:
Alderson, Warren, 59, dry goods merchant; Rachael, 56, wife; Cinthia, 26, dau. All born Va Va Va.
(I wish I could pull off Cinthia’s trick of not aging a bit in a decade.)
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearce precinct, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 2A as family #29:
Alderson, Warren, b. Nov 1819, WVa WVa WVa, farmer; Rachel, wife, 75, b. Nov 1824, WVa WVa WVa, married 50 years, mother of 4 children, 3 living; Maggie, granddau, 15, b. June 1884, Ky WVa WVa; Adkins, Tabor, boarder, 27, b. Mar 1883, Ky Ky Ky, farm laborer; Sexton, Calvin, boarder, 17, b. Jan 1883, Ky Ky Ky, farm laborer.
The preceding household is that of Warren’s grandson Willie, and the one before that is his son Harvey (Willie’s father.)
Alderson, Warren, 51, farmer, b. Va; Rachel, 46, b. Va; Sintha, 26, b. Va; Harvy J., 20, b. Va; Allen, 14, b. Va; Sarah, 6, b. WVa.
1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 4 as family #28/29:
Alderson, Warren, 59, dry goods merchant; Rachael, 56, wife; Cinthia, 26, dau. All born Va Va Va.
(I wish I could pull off Cinthia’s trick of not aging a bit in a decade.)
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearce precinct, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 2A as family #29:
Alderson, Warren, b. Nov 1819, WVa WVa WVa, farmer; Rachel, wife, 75, b. Nov 1824, WVa WVa WVa, married 50 years, mother of 4 children, 3 living; Maggie, granddau, 15, b. June 1884, Ky WVa WVa; Adkins, Tabor, boarder, 27, b. Mar 1883, Ky Ky Ky, farm laborer; Sexton, Calvin, boarder, 17, b. Jan 1883, Ky Ky Ky, farm laborer.
The preceding household is that of Warren’s grandson Willie, and the one before that is his son Harvey (Willie’s father.)
