John Aldous (abt. 1830 - bef. 1900)

Born about 1830 in England, United Kingdom

Husband of Nancy Elizabeth (Gordon) Aldous — married before 1860 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Died before 1900 before about age 70 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

The memories of an old citizen of Abbeville South Carolina (in 1912) recalled the names of those living there in 1859 when there were less than 800 white souls in the town. Among these was John Aldous, carriage and buggy painter. John worked first for Edwin J Taylor, a carriage maker, then later formed his own company with Thomas C Seal painting signs and carriages, SEAL and ALDOUS in the same shop once operated as the Taylor Carriage Company. When Seal and Aldous closed the shop, John and his brother-in-law, Robert T Gordon, operated the Centerville Gordon and Aldous shop.

John emigrated from England likely in the mid to late 1850s and eventually married Nancy Elizabeth Gordon, my guess is about 1858/9. They lived first with Mary Gordon, Nancy's mother, (1860 Census). And likely later moved or inherited the old home from her mother.

John entered the War, on 22 Oct 1861 in Abbeville as a private in Company A; 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles. He served most of the War in the Virginia Campaign. First, detached as a Steward in the Winder Hospital in Richmond and then later as Ward Master in the Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina

He and Nancy may have had as many as two children; Mary Aldous born about 1866 and perhaps another whom we have no record of to date. Neither seem to have survived childhood. We have no record of his death but he appears to have died sometime after 1880.

John was born about 1830. He passed away before 1900.

Sources

• 1860 Fed Census for Abbeville Co., SC in the HH of Mary Gordon
• 1870 Fed Census for Abbeville Co., SC in the HH of John Alelers (ALDOUS)
• The Abbeville Press And Banner: Various mentions of Nancy E and John Aldous from the 1860s through 1880s.
• US, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina, 1861-1865
• https://www.fold3.com/image/74816098?terms=john,aldous