207. Alberry S.⁴ Alderson (Aaron³, Benjamin², John¹) was born in Barren Co, KY ca 1812. Alberry died 03 November 1871 in KY, at 59 years of age.⁽¹⁰¹²⁾

He married Laura Permelia Bowling in KY, ca 1841. Laura was born in NY ca 1816. Laura was the daughter of William Woods Bowling and Martha Coombs. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Hart Co, KY, 1850. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Hart Co, KY, 1870. She was listed as a resident in the census report Cooke Co, TX, 1880.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾

Alberry's occupation: Methodist minister in Hart Co, KY, 1850. A census listed Alberry as head of household in Hart Co, KY, 1850. A census listed Alberry as head of household in Hart Co, KY, 1870.⁽¹⁰¹⁴⁾

Alberry S. Alderson and Laura Permelia Bowling had the following children:

923 i. Avery⁵ Alderson was born in Hart Co, KY ca 1843. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Hart Co, KY, 1850.

+ 924 ii. Annis Cornelia Alderson was born ca 1846.

925 iii. James Franklin Alderson was born in Hart Co, KY 13 Feb 1849. James died 18 Jan 1930 in Dallas Co, TX, at 80 years of age.⁽¹⁰¹⁵⁾ He married twice. He married Rena Parker 14 July 1873. He married Mrs Mary P. King in Fannin Co, TX, 15 November 1892.⁽¹⁰¹⁶⁾

He was listed as a resident in the census report in Hart Co, KY, 1850. A census listed James as head of household in Wise Co, TX, 1880.⁽¹⁰¹⁷⁾ A census listed James as head of household in Grayson Co, TX, 1900.⁽¹⁰¹⁸⁾ A census listed James as head of household in Rockwall Co, TX, 1910.⁽¹⁰¹⁹⁾ A census listed James as head of household in Rockwall Co, TX, 1920.⁽¹⁰²⁰⁾

926 iv. Eugene Webster Alderson was born in Hart Co, KY 15 October 1854. Eugene died 9 March 1939 in Dallas Co, TX, at 84 years of age.⁽¹⁰²¹⁾ His body was interred in Bonham, Fannin Co, TX. He married Sarah J. Williams in TX, 1876.⁽¹⁰²²⁾ Sarah was born in VA 05 April 1886. (Additional notes for Sarah J. Williams⁽¹⁰²³⁾) Sarah died September 1915 in Gainesville, Cooke Co, TX, at 29 years of age.

He moved 1875 in TX. A census listed Eugene as head of household in Fannin Co, TX, 1880.⁽¹⁰²⁴⁾ A census listed Eugene as head of household in Montague Co, TX, 1900.⁽¹⁰²⁵⁾ A census listed Eugene as head of household in Kaufman Co, TX, 1910.⁽¹⁰²⁶⁾ A census listed Eugene as head of household in Fannin Co, TX, 1920.⁽¹⁰²⁷⁾

ALDERSON, EUGENE WEBSTER (1854-1939). Eugene Webster Alderson, Methodist preacher, was born on October 15, 1854, in Hart County, Kentucky, the son of Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Alderson of the Louisville Conference. He was licensed to preach at nineteen and went to Texas in 1875. There he taught for a few years and founded North Trinity College at Gainesville. He was ordained a deacon in 1878, and in 1879 he joined the North Texas Conference and became a popular leader. He debated vigorously in defense of Methodist theology and polity. He was a delegate to four general conferences of the church. At the 1910 general conference he was chairman of the Committee on Revisals (of the Methodist ritual). He died on March 9, 1939, and was buried at Bonham.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Journal of the Northwest Texas Conference, 1939. Macum Phelan, History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866 (Nashville: Cokesbury, 1924); A History of the Expansion of Methodism in Texas, 1867-1902 (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort, 1937).

Walter N. Vernon (from the The Handbook of Texas Online, at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/article s/view/AA/fal86.html)

927 v. Emma A. Alderson was born in KY ca 1858. She married Frazier.

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