Thanks for sharing this, Norene. Maybe we have someone on either the Arledge or Aldridge list who is researching this line. According to my notes that came from Thurman Aldridge's research, this Elizabeth "Betsy" Arledge who married William Hume in 1807 in Boone Co, KY was the daughter of William Aldridge bc 1757 in Frederick CO, MD and migrated to KY. There are a number of Aldridge marriage records in the Marriages of Campbell, Boone and Kenton Counties, Kentucky, 1795-1850, apparently from this family. Thurman's tree from a few years ago had this William Aldridge as the son of a William Aldridge b 23 Nov 1730 the son of Thomas Aldridge of Frederick Co, MD b 17 March 1708/9 in Anne Arundel Co, MD and his wife Mary Hook; this Thomas being the son of Thomas Aldridge and Elizabeth Purdy, the son of Nicholas and Marha Besson Aldridge. I don't know if current research supports this or not, since this is not my Aldridge line and recent findings may have changed this tree. But hope this helps! All my best, Pam Pam Wilson Arledge Family History Project wilsonpam@mindspring.con http://www.geocities.com/wilson_pam > #7635: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th > ed., 1887, Kenton Co. GEORGE J. HUME, a native of Kenton County, Ky., was > born July 9, 1831. Rev. William Hume, his father, was born in Kenton (then > Campbell) Co., Ky., in 1786, and acquired an ordinary common-school > education in the common schools of Kenton County. He first embarked in > agricultural pursuits, which were his vocation during life, and in which he > was successful. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Aldridge, a daughter of > William and Elizabeth Aldridge, who were natives of Maryland, but > immigrated to Jefferson Co., Ky., settling at Louisville when it was only a > fort. William Aldridge, who was a farmer, removed from Louisville, on > account of the Indians, to Millersburg, Ky., and soon after to Verona, > Boone County, where he lived the life of a farmer, raising a family of > eight children. He served in the war of 1812, participating in the battle > of Blue Licks. Soon after his marriage William Hume was converted to > Christianity, and became a member of the Baptist Church at Bank Lick. His > religious zeal soon placed him in the lead as a teacher of Christianity, > and soon after he was ordained a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He > proclaimed the glad tidings during the last forty years of his life, having > charge during that time of the churches at Bank Lick and Crews Creek. He > also had charge of Dry Creek, Sardis and Mount Pleasant, in Boone County, > and was a faithful, zealous minister, converting many souls to Christ > Jesus. His forte lay especially in pastoral work, and he left the churches > under his care in a flourishing condition. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. > Hume were born ten children, viz: Lucy (McKenzie), Benjamin P., Drucilla > (Allegre), Thomas G., Mary (Record), Cassandra (Huffman), William, > Elizabeth (Stephens), Martha A. (Brown) and George J., all of whom lived to > maturity, and four of whom still survive. During the cholera epidemic, in > 1848, Rev. William Hume, on July 6, preached the funeral sermon of one who > died of the dread disease, and on the 8th of July, after filing an > appointment at Crews Creek Church, he was seized by the fatal malady, and > at 2 A.M., Sunday morning, July 9, he breathed his last. He was a man of > great zeal and energy in his chosen calling, accomplishing a great deal of > good in his field of labor, and leaving his family in good circumstances > financially. At the time of his death he was a member of Crews Creek Church > of which church his wife, who departed this life March 12, 1877, in the > eighty-sixth year of her age, was also a member. George Hume, grandfather > of George J. Hume, came from Maryland, and settled in Kenton County, where > he purchased land and farmed during life. He was the father of a large > family of children, whom he left in moderate circumstances, in the > possession of a small farm. He was a member of the Baptist Church. The Hume > family, one of the prominent and highly respected families in Kenton > County, is of Scotch origin, the Aldridges of Irish extraction. George J. > Hume received a common-school education in youth, and grew up a farmer, > which has been his lifelong vocation. He received thirty acres of land from > his father, worth $750, and from this small beginning has accumulated an > estate of 300 acres, worth $15,000. On September 16, 1851, he was united in > marriage to Miss Sarah M., daughter of Churchwell and Mildred (Osborn) > Osborn, both of Orange County, Va., and cousins. THe Osborn family > immigrated to Kentucky in 1810, when Churchwell was only six years old, and > settled in Kenton County, where St. Clair, father of Churchwell Osborn, was > a farmer in moderate circumstances, and the father of four sons and four > daughters. Churchwell Osborn, after reaching his majority, returned to > Virginia, and married his cousin Mildred, daughter of Robert and Sarah > Osborn, the latter of whom immigrated to Kentucky after her husband's > death. Only one child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hume, Robert Clinton, > who died May 17, 1885, in his thirty-second year, leaving a widow, Mrs. > Sydney (Poore) Hume, a daughter, Hattie Belle, by name, and a son, Charles > Roland. Mrs. Hume is a member of the Predestinarian Baptist Church, > worshiping at Crews Creek. Mr. Hume is not a member of any church; has > always been Democratic in politics, and has held the offices of county > commissioner and county treasurer of Kenton County.