NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11415 LOGAN CO STARLING PETERS ALDERSON, M. D. Alderson, Pitt, McCarty, Chappelle, Campbell, Hardwick, Burton 11415 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928. Logan Co. STARLING PETERS ALDERSON, M. D. Choosing a profession in which his father achieved prominence, Dr. Starling Peters Alderson has fully demonstrated his ability to cope with disease and his constantly expanding powers have placed him with the leading physicians and surgeons of Russellville and Logan County. He is a native of the town and comes of distinguished ancestry in the maternal line, being a direct descendant of Sir William Pitt of England. His paternal forebears were also natives of England and case in their lot with the American colonists. They settled in that section of the Old Dominion now constituting the state of West Virginia, becoming influential citizens of that region, and the town of Alderson was named in honor of the family. Benjamin and Mary Ann (McCarty) Alderson were the grandparents of the subject of this sketch and the latter was of Irish lineage. She was born in Logan county, Kentucky, and died in Russellville. Her husband was a native of Virginia and in 1822 migrated to Logan county, Kentucky. He was one of the pioneer merchants of Russellville, in which he spent the remainder of his life, conducting a retail grocery store. He was a stanch democrat and a faithful member of the Baptist church. He attained the age of seventy-six years, passing away in 18989, and his wifes death occurred in 1892. Their family numbered five children, three sons and two daughters. Their son, Madison Elden Alderson, was born February 27, 1852, in Russellville and supplements his public school education by attendance at Bethel College, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1871 and that of Master of Arts in 1874. He next matriculated in the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated with the class of 1878. He returned to Russellville well equipped for his profession, in which he attained high standing, building up the largest practice in the county. He was the local surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and for more than twenty years rendered expert service to that corporation. He was honored with the presidency of the Logan county and Southern Kentucky Medical Societies and in 1908 was one of the three delegates from this state to the national convention of the American Medical Association. He was also a personality in business and financial affairs, becoming a director of the National Deposit Bank, president of the Russellville Auditorium Company and the executive head of the Central City Ice& Cold Storage Company, which profited by his administrative power and rare judgment. He was allied with the democratic party and was chosen president of the Russellville board of health. He was president of the board of trustees of Bethel College and also of the Baptist church at Russellville, of which he was likewise a deacon. During the World War he acted as chairman of the local advisory board and was also a member of the draft board. He was married January 27, 1886, to Miss Rebecca Marie Chappelle, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a daughter of William Pitt and Jane (Campbell) Chappelle. The mother was born in St. Augustine, Florida and her demise occurred in Russellville, Kentucky. Mr. Chappelle was a native of Buffalo, New York, and became captain of a vessel plying the Great Lakes. He was a Mason and gave his political support to the democratic party, while in religious faith he was a Baptist. He was drowned in Lake Erie while en route to Buffalo to organize a company which was later taken over by the Standard Oil Corporation. Dr. Madison E. Alderson was a lifelong resident of Russellville and attained the age of sixty-seven years, passing away May 20, 1919, while his wife died in June, 1921, at Sioux City, Iowa. They were the parents of two children: Starling Peters; and Nelotine J., who was educated in the Logan Female College at Russellville, completing her course in 1911. Dr. Starling P. Alderson was graduated from the Fuqua high school in 1900 and in 1904 was awarded the B. S. degree by Bethel College. He next entered the University of Illinois, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1909, and for a year was house physician at Grant Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He has since followed his profession in Russellville and his pronounced ability is attested by his success in practice. He acts as district surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and is devoted to his patients, performing his duties with skill and thoroughness. Dr. Alderson was married April 10, 1912, to Miss Mary Morton Hardwick, a daughter of Clarence and Sarah Elizabeth (Burton) Hardwick. The mother was born in Kentucky and resides near Russellville. Mr. Hardwick was a native of Ohio county, this state, and passed away at Hartford, Kentucky. He was allied with the democratic party and served as clerk of Ohio county for many years, while his religious views were in according with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Alderson was born in November, 1886, and is a graduate of the Owensboro high school. Dr. and Mrs. Alderson have three children: Mary Lenore, who was born October 20, 1914; Starling Peters, Jr., whose natal day was July 11, 1922; and Sarah Elizabeth, born May 22, 1926. Dr. and Mrs. Alderson are Baptists and she belongs to the various societies of the church, while he is a member of the church choir. He is a stanch democrat and was elected mayor of Russellville, but resigned at the end of two years in order to enter the race for state senator, in which he was defeated. He was county physician for four years and during the World war was a member of the draft board of Logan county, was contract surgeon under special form No. 44-A and also made speeches throughout the county in behalf of the Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns. He is a past president of the local organization of Owls, past noble grand of Russellville Lodge, No. 29, I. O. O. F., and past grand master at arms of the Knights of Pythias of Kentucky. He is a past master of Russellville Lodge, No. 17, of the Masonic order and also a Noble of Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Louisville. He manifests a deep and helpful interest in matters touching the welfare and advancement of his community and is chairman of the executive committee of the Russellville Board of Trace. Dr. Alderson plays chess and billiards and motoring and fishing also afford him recreation. He enjoys life, maintaining an even balance in his interests and activities, and his record sustains the high reputation which he has been borne by the family. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx