D. J. Aldrich was born in Worcester county, Mass., Oct. 3, 1802, and is the son of Jesse Aldrich, deceased. He was educated in the academy at Uxbridge, and after leaving school engaged in teaching at $8.50 per month in winter, and worked on a farm by the month in summer, receiving $40 per month. For two and a half years he traveled throughout the Middle and Western States, a distance of 13,000 miles, visiting many points of interest. In 1825 he visited Ann Arbor, Mich., and while there entered 160 acres of land eight miles north, in Dexter township. May 8, 1837, he married Eliza A. Taft and they had two children, – Adaline, deceased, and Augusta. Mr. A. came to Pike county in 1838 and settled on sec. 18, this township. Mrs. Aldrich died April 30, 1871. She was a woman of fine education and a worthy member of the M. E. Church.'

History of Pike County Chapman & Co. 1880 (People/ Towns / Religion/ )