Brief Life History of Philetus
When Philetus Alden was born on 14 May 1830, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States, his father, Jonathan Alden, was 45 and his mother, Orpha Rice, was 34. He married Hanna Tuttle on 16 January 1858, in Noble, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States for about 30 years and Marietta Ward 3, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 26 February 1906, in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Dudley, Noble, Ohio, United States.
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- Phillip Alden, "United States Census, 1900"
- Pheletes Alden, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Philetus Alden, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name. This is either Aldwin, Aldin (representing Old English Ealdwine with loss of -w-) or Middle English Alwin with an intrusive -d- (see Alwin ), or Aldan, a variant of the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Healfdene (see Haldane ).
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway, so named because of its situation below a high mountain Alden, from an unattested word ‘high, standing out’.
History: John Alden (c. 1599–1687) was one of the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He moved from Plymouth to Duxbury, MA, c. 1627. Many of his descendants were merchant seamen, among them James Alden (1810–77), who twice circumnavigated the globe.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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