William Alderman
married Mary J.
(unknown) Swann
December 27, 1844
William and Mary Memorial
Sources:
Indiana Marriages, 1950, Dodd, Jordan. Indiana Marriages to 1850. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry 1997. Electronic
transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Indiana
1850 Census, Liberty Township, Union County, Indiana, August 10, 1950
1860 Census, Milan Township, Allen County, Indiana, July 17, 1860
1880 Census, Kansas, Cherokee, Salamanca,District 50
1880 Census, Milan Township, Allen County, Indiana, August 12, 1870
Index to Marriage Record 1824-1920, Book  9, Page 139, W.P.A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's office Fort Wayne
Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1938, Ancestry.com
Index to Marriage Record 1824-1920, Book 8, County Clerk's office Fort Wayne Compiled by Indiana Works Progress
Administration 1938, Ancestry.com
Index to Marriage Record 1824-1920, Book 11, W.P.A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's office Fort Wayne Compiled by
Indiana Works Progress Administration 1938, Ancestry.com
Information also contributed by Max Jenness, David Bash
Death Notice, Fort Wayne News September 8, 1897
1900 Census Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana, June 11, 1900
Death Certificate of Maude Alice Jenness, 1976
William Alderman was born 1811 in New Jersey and died in Indiana in 1889.  William married Mary J.
(unknown) Swann December 27, 1844 in Union County, Indiana. Mary was born December 1812 in Carlisle,
Pennsylvania. Mary’s obituary of 1897 stated she married James Swann in 1832 and he later died in 1839.  
Through the years of 1850 – 1880, William’s occupation as a Wagon Maker and Farmer was documented in the
censuses. By the year 1860, William and Mary had moved to Milan Township, Allen County, Indiana.

William and Mary had the following children:

Margaret E. Alderman born about 1845 in Indiana

William Frank Alderman born about 1846 in Indiana married Matti McKee on June 16, 1875 in Allen County,
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Mary J. Alderman, aka “Jennie” was born November 1847 in Indiana. She married Charles Henry Jenness,
December 25, 1872 in Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Charles was born June 27, 1844 in Baltimore
Maryland and died about 1920 in Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Dayton Alderman born about February 1850 in Indiana married Amy E. Swift on June 2, 1872 in Allen County,
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Nancy A. Alderman born about 1853 in Indiana

Catherine Alderman born about 1856 in Indiana

The 1850 Liberty Township, Union County, Indiana census listed the following children in the home of William
and Mary Alderman:
Robert W. Swann 14
James W. S. Swann 11
Scott Swann 10
Margaret E. Alderman 5
William F. Alderman 3
Mary J. Alderman 2
Dayton H. Alderman 7 months
**Morris Swann 20 (son or other relation?)

The Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana shows the following article relating to William and
Mary Alderman.

January 5, 1881

Mr. William Alderman, an aged gentleman residing in Milan township, had the misfortune to fall and break
the small bone in his thigh several weeks ago, but it is getting along finely now. Mrs. Alderman is now lying
very sick with pneumonia, but is not considered as dangerously ill. Mr. Alderman is the father of Mr. Frank
Alderman, the popular Columbia street agricultural implement dealer, and stepfather to Caption Scott Swann.
The friend of this estimable couple will regret to learn of their affliction.