The Annual Monitor for 1872: Or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the Year 187

Excerpt from The Annual Monitor for 1872: Or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the Year 1871

His parents, Richard and Mary Alderson, were members of the Society of Friends, and were desirous to train their children in a guarded manner.

When only eleven years of age, he was suddenly deprived of a father’s tender care and counsel. Singularly matured and thoughtful for his age, he seems to have felt, in pondering upon this affliction and bereavement, that the care and responsibility of his widowed parent and younger brothers and sisters would largely devolve upon him. Not long after this event he was sent to Ackworth School, where he remained until he was nearly fourteen. Of his school life but little is known, except that his conduct was thoroughly satisfactory to his teachers for whom his feelings of gratitude and affection ever remained warm and sincere.

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