F. H. Aldrich, machinist, was born in 1850 in
Corry, Erie county, Pennsylvania. son of Welcome and Lydia (Hill) Aldrich.
Mr. Aldrich is the youngest son of a family of eight children, five of
whom are living, as follows: Jefferson. Pontiac, Michigan; Sasindia, wife
of Abram Hartman, Meadville; Dr. E. W. Aldrich, Huntington, West Virginia;
Henrietta wife of H. C. Poole; and Frank H.
The last mentioned, the subject of this sketch, being bereft of his
parents at an early age, first began the battle of life by selling books
and papers. This was during the days of the oil boom and gave him a
handsome return for his efforts. He located in Titusville in 1867 and
began the machinist’s trade in the shops of Gibbs, Wheeler & Russell; soon
afterward he was employed by the Petroleum Iron Works, this name being
first changed to the Titusville Manufacturing Company, which was later
changed to Titusville Iron Works, where he is still employed.
In 1876 Mr. Aldrich was first united in marriage with Miss Anna Laurie of
Corry, who died in 1882; and his second marriage was to Eliza McGinniss,
Titusville. Their children: Robert Butler, Alice, Bernard and Frank Henry.
Mr. Aldrich is a son of Welcome Aldrich. His great-grandfather was in the
battle of Bunker Hill, and was once colonel. In 1882 he discovered that he
was possessed of supernatural healing- power, the gift of the favored few
which in not a few instances has proved a boon to suffering humanity. Mr.
Aldrich is a member of the A. 0. U. W. and the Maccabees.
Our county and its people: a
historical and memorial record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania by Samuel
P. Bates, 1899, page 710.
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