(special thanks to DeLoss McKnight III
for birth & death place info)
(special thanks to Christine McDermott for the following info) Joseph Coleman "J.C." was a son of Rev. Lewis Allen Alderson and Eliza Floyd Coleman.
Growing up in Greenbrier Co. he was taught by private instructors until the age of 17 when he then attended an Academy in Lewisburg. From there he attended Allegheny College at Blue Sulphur Springs from which he graduated in 1861.
Following the civil war and in 1869 he engaged int he insurance business. For a number of years, Major Alderson has been the leading insurance agency in West Virginia. (See photo of business in the photo gallery of this memorial.)
He first married Mary Price, daughter of Ex-Governor Samuel Price on February 25, 1874 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She died in Greenbrier County on August 15, 1895. He later married Mary Calvert Kirker in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia. After J.C. death, she moved by backed to Wellsburg and lived with her widowed sister Jessie Reid. Mary lived to be 91 and died on September 20, 1956 in Wellsburg.
He was a director of the West Virginia penitentiary and was a West Virginia Commissioner to the Ohio Valley Centennial at Cincinnati in 1888.
THE RALEIGH HERALS, Beckley, West Virginia, Dec. 6, 1912, Obituary
MAJ. J.C. ALDERSON DEAD
Was a Pioneer of the State and Experienced an Active Career
Over-flow of blood to the heart was the cause of death of Major J. Coleman Alderson who died last Friday at Charleston. He had complained of feeling bad for several days.
Major Alderson was born at Locust Grove, Va., Oct. 29, 1839, but came to Greenbrier County when a young man. He joined the Greenbrier cavalry when the civil war broke out and fought on the side of the Confederacy. On June 12, 1864, he was captured by the Union forces and imprisoned in Camp Chase, Ohio.
After the war, Major Alderson engaged in the coal and timber and real estate business in the southern part of the state. He founded the towns of Williamson and Bellpoint. He was one of the pioneers of Kanawha Valley following the war. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Price, whom he married in 1874 and who died in 1895. His second wife, and who with a nephew, George P. Alderson, survive him, was Mrs. Mary Kirker, of Wellsburg, to whom he was married in 1904.
Funeral services were held at Charleston Friday afternoon and the remains taken to Alderson, Monroe County, where further services were held Saturday, and interment made there.
for birth & death place info)
(special thanks to Christine McDermott for the following info) Joseph Coleman "J.C." was a son of Rev. Lewis Allen Alderson and Eliza Floyd Coleman.
Growing up in Greenbrier Co. he was taught by private instructors until the age of 17 when he then attended an Academy in Lewisburg. From there he attended Allegheny College at Blue Sulphur Springs from which he graduated in 1861.
Following the civil war and in 1869 he engaged int he insurance business. For a number of years, Major Alderson has been the leading insurance agency in West Virginia. (See photo of business in the photo gallery of this memorial.)
He first married Mary Price, daughter of Ex-Governor Samuel Price on February 25, 1874 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She died in Greenbrier County on August 15, 1895. He later married Mary Calvert Kirker in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia. After J.C. death, she moved by backed to Wellsburg and lived with her widowed sister Jessie Reid. Mary lived to be 91 and died on September 20, 1956 in Wellsburg.
He was a director of the West Virginia penitentiary and was a West Virginia Commissioner to the Ohio Valley Centennial at Cincinnati in 1888.
THE RALEIGH HERALS, Beckley, West Virginia, Dec. 6, 1912, Obituary
MAJ. J.C. ALDERSON DEAD
Was a Pioneer of the State and Experienced an Active Career
Over-flow of blood to the heart was the cause of death of Major J. Coleman Alderson who died last Friday at Charleston. He had complained of feeling bad for several days.
Major Alderson was born at Locust Grove, Va., Oct. 29, 1839, but came to Greenbrier County when a young man. He joined the Greenbrier cavalry when the civil war broke out and fought on the side of the Confederacy. On June 12, 1864, he was captured by the Union forces and imprisoned in Camp Chase, Ohio.
After the war, Major Alderson engaged in the coal and timber and real estate business in the southern part of the state. He founded the towns of Williamson and Bellpoint. He was one of the pioneers of Kanawha Valley following the war. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Price, whom he married in 1874 and who died in 1895. His second wife, and who with a nephew, George P. Alderson, survive him, was Mrs. Mary Kirker, of Wellsburg, to whom he was married in 1904.
Funeral services were held at Charleston Friday afternoon and the remains taken to Alderson, Monroe County, where further services were held Saturday, and interment made there.
(special thanks to DeLoss McKnight III
for birth & death place info)
(special thanks to Christine McDermott for the following info) Joseph Coleman "J.C." was a son of Rev. Lewis Allen Alderson and Eliza Floyd Coleman.
Growing up in Greenbrier Co. he was taught by private instructors until the age of 17 when he then attended an Academy in Lewisburg. From there he attended Allegheny College at Blue Sulphur Springs from which he graduated in 1861.
Following the civil war and in 1869 he engaged int he insurance business. For a number of years, Major Alderson has been the leading insurance agency in West Virginia. (See photo of business in the photo gallery of this memorial.)
He first married Mary Price, daughter of Ex-Governor Samuel Price on February 25, 1874 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She died in Greenbrier County on August 15, 1895. He later married Mary Calvert Kirker in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia. After J.C. death, she moved by backed to Wellsburg and lived with her widowed sister Jessie Reid. Mary lived to be 91 and died on September 20, 1956 in Wellsburg.
He was a director of the West Virginia penitentiary and was a West Virginia Commissioner to the Ohio Valley Centennial at Cincinnati in 1888.
THE RALEIGH HERALS, Beckley, West Virginia, Dec. 6, 1912, Obituary
MAJ. J.C. ALDERSON DEAD
Was a Pioneer of the State and Experienced an Active Career
Over-flow of blood to the heart was the cause of death of Major J. Coleman Alderson who died last Friday at Charleston. He had complained of feeling bad for several days.
Major Alderson was born at Locust Grove, Va., Oct. 29, 1839, but came to Greenbrier County when a young man. He joined the Greenbrier cavalry when the civil war broke out and fought on the side of the Confederacy. On June 12, 1864, he was captured by the Union forces and imprisoned in Camp Chase, Ohio.
After the war, Major Alderson engaged in the coal and timber and real estate business in the southern part of the state. He founded the towns of Williamson and Bellpoint. He was one of the pioneers of Kanawha Valley following the war. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Price, whom he married in 1874 and who died in 1895. His second wife, and who with a nephew, George P. Alderson, survive him, was Mrs. Mary Kirker, of Wellsburg, to whom he was married in 1904.
Funeral services were held at Charleston Friday afternoon and the remains taken to Alderson, Monroe County, where further services were held Saturday, and interment made there.
for birth & death place info)
(special thanks to Christine McDermott for the following info) Joseph Coleman "J.C." was a son of Rev. Lewis Allen Alderson and Eliza Floyd Coleman.
Growing up in Greenbrier Co. he was taught by private instructors until the age of 17 when he then attended an Academy in Lewisburg. From there he attended Allegheny College at Blue Sulphur Springs from which he graduated in 1861.
Following the civil war and in 1869 he engaged int he insurance business. For a number of years, Major Alderson has been the leading insurance agency in West Virginia. (See photo of business in the photo gallery of this memorial.)
He first married Mary Price, daughter of Ex-Governor Samuel Price on February 25, 1874 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She died in Greenbrier County on August 15, 1895. He later married Mary Calvert Kirker in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia. After J.C. death, she moved by backed to Wellsburg and lived with her widowed sister Jessie Reid. Mary lived to be 91 and died on September 20, 1956 in Wellsburg.
He was a director of the West Virginia penitentiary and was a West Virginia Commissioner to the Ohio Valley Centennial at Cincinnati in 1888.
THE RALEIGH HERALS, Beckley, West Virginia, Dec. 6, 1912, Obituary
MAJ. J.C. ALDERSON DEAD
Was a Pioneer of the State and Experienced an Active Career
Over-flow of blood to the heart was the cause of death of Major J. Coleman Alderson who died last Friday at Charleston. He had complained of feeling bad for several days.
Major Alderson was born at Locust Grove, Va., Oct. 29, 1839, but came to Greenbrier County when a young man. He joined the Greenbrier cavalry when the civil war broke out and fought on the side of the Confederacy. On June 12, 1864, he was captured by the Union forces and imprisoned in Camp Chase, Ohio.
After the war, Major Alderson engaged in the coal and timber and real estate business in the southern part of the state. He founded the towns of Williamson and Bellpoint. He was one of the pioneers of Kanawha Valley following the war. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Price, whom he married in 1874 and who died in 1895. His second wife, and who with a nephew, George P. Alderson, survive him, was Mrs. Mary Kirker, of Wellsburg, to whom he was married in 1904.
Funeral services were held at Charleston Friday afternoon and the remains taken to Alderson, Monroe County, where further services were held Saturday, and interment made there.
