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By William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008
Jonathan Alder Marker
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1 ► Ohio, Madison County, West Jefferson — 1-49 — Jonathan Alder — First White Settler in Madison County (1773-1849) —
Seven-year-old Jonathan Alder was captured by a Native American war party in Virginia in 1782 and taken to a Mingo village north of the Mad River in Ohio where he was adopted by an Indian family. He remained with the Indians until after the 1795 . . . — — Map (db m40193) HM
2 ► Ohio, Madison County, London — Alder Cabin — Oldest Dwelling in Madison County —
Jonathan Alder (1773-1849), first white settler in Madison County, was captured by Indians in Virginia in 1781. He was adopted and lived as a Mingo Indian; then re-united with his family in 1805. This cabin, built by Alder in 1806, was originally . . . — — Map (db m40192) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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