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Sidney Smith Alderman

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Sidney Smith Alderman

Birth
Florida, USA
Death
1922 (aged 86–87)
Florida, USA
Burial
Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Sidney S. Alderman is listed in the 1850 Jackson County census as being fifteen years old. He is in the household of his father Benjamin F. Alderman, Sr., who was listed as a merchant in Marianna in the same census. During the Civil War, Pvt.Alderman is enlisted in the 2nd Battalion Florida Infantry on August 11, 1862, at Merritt's Bridge, Florida. Records indicate he furnished an alternate and he was discharged on August 11, 1862. Some web postings indicate an enlistment in the 6th Florida Infantry, but his name is not found on published rosters. He married Ellen Butler Hunter on January 13, 1859, in Jackson County, Florida. The 1860 census lists him as a merchant in the town of Marianna [ANCESTRY.COM – NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOLDIERS DATABASE)


Descendant Angela DeWeese (#47374332) states "Sidney Alderman's father was Edward Hammond Alderman who came to the USA from England. In the 1850 census he is living with his older brother, Benjamin Gibson Alderman."




Sidney S. Alderman is listed in the 1850 Jackson County census as being fifteen years old. He is in the household of his father Benjamin F. Alderman, Sr., who was listed as a merchant in Marianna in the same census. During the Civil War, Pvt.Alderman is enlisted in the 2nd Battalion Florida Infantry on August 11, 1862, at Merritt's Bridge, Florida. Records indicate he furnished an alternate and he was discharged on August 11, 1862. Some web postings indicate an enlistment in the 6th Florida Infantry, but his name is not found on published rosters. He married Ellen Butler Hunter on January 13, 1859, in Jackson County, Florida. The 1860 census lists him as a merchant in the town of Marianna [ANCESTRY.COM – NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOLDIERS DATABASE)


Descendant Angela DeWeese (#47374332) states "Sidney Alderman's father was Edward Hammond Alderman who came to the USA from England. In the 1850 census he is living with his older brother, Benjamin Gibson Alderman."






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