Jonathan Alder's grave photograph   Save
Log home of Jonathan Alder
Description: Photograph showing Jonathan Alder's grave in the shade of a tree, London, Ohio, ca. 1935. Alder was the first white settler of Madison County. The engraved headstone reads "Jonathan Alder, First White settler in Madison Co., Born Sept. 17, 1773. Taken by the Indians in 1781. Returned to his mother in 1805. Died Jan. 30, 1849, aged 76 yrs." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04488
Subjects: Pioneers--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Cemeteries--Ohio
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)