Captain
Alden
Partridge
Born in Norwich, Windsor County, Republic of Vermont
Ancestors 
Brother of
Aaron Partridge and Elizabeth (Partridge) Newton
Husband of
Ann Elizabeth (Swasey) Partridge
— married
Apr 1837 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Musalas Colvocoresses, George Musallah Colvocoresses Partridge and Henry V Partridge
Died
at age 68
in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
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Biography
Birth
Alden was born in 1785. He was the son of Samuel Partridge and Elizabeth Wright. [1][2][3]
Marriage
Alden Partridge and Ann Elizabeth Swasey were married before 1838. [3]
- George M C born 1838; died 1855
- Henry V born 1839; died 1920
Death
Alden died 17 Jan 1854, in Norwich, Vermont and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Norwich, Vermont. [4][2]
Career
Alden matriculated at Dartmouth in 1802, but transferred to and graduated from West Point in 1806, and remained as an instructor in engineering, and later appointed as Superintendent of West Point from 1806 to 1817. He then resigned his commission as Captain and left the Army under duress. He then founded the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Norwich, Vermont, which was renamed Norwich University in 1837. After retiring from the presidency of that institution, he engaged in establishing other schools around the country.
Captain Partridge also served as Surveyor-General of Vermont, and was chief of the the American contingent that, with a British counterpart, established the northeast boundary between the United States and what became the Dominion of Canada.
Sources
- ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.)' Birth Record
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find-a-Grave Memorial# 13500033
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States 1850 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: United States Census, 1850. FamilySearch, 2014.) 1850 Census
- ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Death Record
- Aldrich, Lewis C. and Frank R Holmes, History of Windsor County, Vermont (1891), Norwich, Vermont, USA.
- William Arba Ellis, ed., Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor (Montpelier, Vermont: The Capital City Press, 1911), 2:21-25.
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