X20 Deane, In TMemoriam: Charles Aldrich. [aptIi 



for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a lover of birds. She 

 died at Boone, Iowa, September 18, 1892. Mr. Aldrich was married 

 a second time, November 12, 1898, to Miss Thirza Louisa Briggs 

 of Webster City, Iowa, a life long friend of his first wife. Mr. 

 Aldrich is survived by the widow, a brother, Hiram Aldrich of 

 Cedar Rapids, la., and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Kettell of Cambria, 

 Wyoming, and Mrs. Jane Lee of Olean, N. Y. 



Young Aldrich received his early education in the common 

 schools, and at the age of sixteen entered the Jamestown Academy 

 for one year, but his practical education began in June, 1846, when 

 he entered the printing office of the 'Western Literary Messinger' 

 in Buffalo, N. Y. Here he served an apprenticeship in the printer's 

 art, as also in the villages of Attica and Warsaw, N. Y., and Warren, 

 Penn. In June, 1850, he established the 'Cattaraugus Sachem,' 

 a weekly newspaper, at Randolph, N. Y., which he conducted for 

 one year. During the following five years he conducted the 

 'Olean Journal,' and then returned to the home farm in Little 

 Valley, remaining there until his removal west in 1857. 



Settling at Webster City, Iowa, at that time with about 200 

 inhabitants, and only 1500 in the County, he started under most 

 primitive circumstances the 'Hamilton Freeman,' and as success 

 favored his push and energy, he later was connected in the publica- 

 tion and editing of the 'Dubuque Times,' and 'Marshall County 

 Times,' and was a frequent correspondent of the 'Chicago Inter- 

 Ocean' and many other papers. 



In addition to Mr. Aldrich's marked literary ability, he bore a 

 prominent part in promoting the political and historical welfare of 

 his favorite State. He had four times been chief clerk of the House 

 of Representatives, from 1860 to 1870, and served the State in five 

 of its legislatures, and in 1869 Iowa College conferred upon him 

 the degree of A. M. He was a member of the State Historical 

 Society of Iowa, the American Historical Association, Loyal Legion, 

 Grand Army of the Republic, Pioneer Lawmakers' Association, 

 and many other organizations. 



In 1862 he entered the Union Army, and was made Adjutant of 

 the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry, serving as such for eighteen 

 months, when failing health caused him to tender his resignation 

 and return to Iowa, receiving his honorable discharge Januarv 28, 



