Mattison Wells Alderman ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Mattison was Matt Alderman.¹

   FamilySearch ID: LHNW-NHQ

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Research Chemist in 1940 in New York, New York, NY. ²

2. Newspaper: Allentown Morning Call: Physician Takes Nurse as Wife, on 19 Sep 1940, in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ^{4 4} Betty Bury, Allentown, Weds Dr. Alderman at St. James Reformed Rites
Betty Marilyn Bury, R. N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry Bury of 26 N. West St., and Dr. Mattison Wells Alderman of New York City were married at noon yesterday in St. James Evangelical and Reformed church. Rev. Roland Rupp performed the ceremony and Mrs. Alexander Keech was at the organ.
The bride, whose three sisters were her attendants, was attired in white faille, designed with a high neckline, Peter Pan collar, lee-o-mutton sleeves, fitted bodice and full skirt terminating in a train. Her long veil was held in place by a crown of seed pearls. White orchids, sweetheart roses and pompons comprised her old-fashioned bouquet.
Mrs. William Behringer Jr., the matron of honor, wore drapery blue faille and a matching Mary Stuart cap. The bridesmaids, Adell and Isabel Bury, were attired in surf blue faille and matching caps. All of the dresses were identical in style to the bridal gown and the attendants carried similar Colonial bouquets.
Best man was Ben Alderman of Alcolu, S. C, brother of the bridegroom. Acting as ushers were Dr. Alfred Stuart and James Sargent, both of New York City; Robert Alderman of Florence, S. C., the bridegroom's cousin, and Hubert Bury of Allentown, brother of the bride.
Mrs. Bury, the bride's mother, wore a rust-colored dress with black accessories and a corsage of autumn flowers.
A reception for the immediate families was held at the Brookside Country club. The Aldermans are leaving for Florida and will take the Clipper to Havana. After Oct. 1, they will reside at 2 Horatio St., New York City.
Mrs. Alderman, a graduate of Allentown High school and the Fifth Avenue Hospital School of Nursing, New York City, has been doing private duty nursing in New York. Mr. Alderman, son of Mrs. R. J. Alderman of Alcolu, S. C. and the late Mr. Alderman, was graduated from Stony Brook Preparatory school, Long Island, and Davidson college. He received his Ph. D. in chemistry from the University of Virginia and is a research chemist for General Foods, Inc.

3. Occupation: head of the research department and later new products manager of Post Div., General Foods, Corp. from 1941 to 1958 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. ¹⁰

4. Occupation: Battle Creek City Directory: Alderman Mattison W (Betty) research chemist h291 Main in 1942 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. ¹¹

5. Newspaper: Battle Creek Enquirer: Births: Mr. and Mrs. Mattison W. Alderman of 76 Clinton Drive, a daughter at 1:29 p. m. yesterday at Community Hospital., 18 May 1953, Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. ¹²

6. Occupation: Battle Creek City Directory: Alderman Mattison W (Betty) with Post Cereals h76 W Clinton dr in 1956 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. ¹³

7. Book: Aldermans in America, 1957. ¹⁴
In many respects Robert J. Alderman was a reproduction of his father, showing the same business capacity and keen insight into men and affairs. On graduating from Furman University, his father called him to share in the responsibilities of a great and heavy business at Alcolu, S. C., where he had acquired a vast territory of heavily timbered land, enough to supply their great lumber mills for many years. They had their own railroads and equipment for moving the timber and lumber. The town of Alcolu, which David Wells established and named, was exclusively the property of the Alderman Lumber Company. They had their own handsome church building, hotel, school building, and other necessities for a well appointed community town. On the death of his father, Robert and his brother, Paul, assumed charge of the business and continued to operate it with the same vigor as before.
Robert married Mallie E., a native of Anderson County and a daughter of Solomon Geer, a well known scholar and manufacturer of Belton, S. C. Mallie was educated at the Greenville Woman's College. She possessed those rare gifts and graces that well fit one for presiding over such a happy family as theirs. They made their home in Alcolu where they were members of the Baptist Church, but he was buried at Belton, Mallie's native town.

Robert Joseph Alderman born Sep. 30, 1874 died Dec. 21, 1932 married Dec. 21, 1904 Mallie E. Geer born Jul. 28, 1875.
Issue:
Mary E. \emdash Born: Dec. 25, 1905 | Married: Aug. 31, 1929 to Howard D. Dobson
Ben Geer \emdash Born: Jun. 24, 1907 | Married: Dec. 10, 1935 to Mary W. Jones
Jennie T. \emdash Born: Nov. 14, 1908 | Married: X (Single)
Mattison Wells \emdash Born: Dec. 4, 1914 | Married: Sep. 18, 1940 to Betty Marilyn Bury
Robert Joseph \emdash Born: May 17, 1917 | Married: Jan. 11, 1938 to Sallie E. Dubrow.

8. Book: Aldermans in America, 1957. ¹⁴
Mattison Wells Alderman was born in Alcolu, S. C., and lived there until he had finished the 8th grade in school. He left the home village to complete the last two years of his secondary education at Stony Brook Preparatory School, Stony Brook, Long Island, N. Y. It was during those two years that he decided on a profession in chemistry. The next eight years of his life were devoted to preparation for this work. He completed a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Davidson College in North Carolina in June 1935. His education continued without interruption, culminating in receipt of a Ph.D. in chemistry from University of Virginia in June 1939. It was there that he made Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
Shortly after receipt of his doctor's degree, he went to work for General Foods Corporation in their then new Central Laboratories in Hoboken, N. J. After two years there he was transferred to the Post Cereals Division of General Foods in Battle Creek, Mich. He continued in his career as a chemist until the spring of 1953. Upon his request and with the consent of the management, he was transferred to the marketing side of the business.
During his two years in the metropolitan New York area, he met Betty, daughter of Frank Henry Bury of Allentown, Pa., in which city Betty was born and married. At the time they met, however, she was working in the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York, she being a registered nurse. She was living in an apartment building adjacent to that in which Mattison was living and they were introduced by mail through a mutual friend who was still attending the University of Virginia. That was in the fall of 1939 and they were married a year later.

Mattison Wells Alderman b. Dec. 4, 1914 married Sep. 18, 1940 Betty Marilyn Bury b. Jan. 26, 1915
Issue:
Kate Knerr \emdash Born: Oct. 21, 1942
Sarah Ann \emdash Born: Apr. 26, 1946
Mattison W., Jr. \emdash Born: Jul. 1, 1947
Mary Malvina \emdash Born: May 17, 1953.

9. Residence: 1962 Darien City Directory: Alderman Mattison W (Betty B) dir of new products NY h 74 Turtle Back Lane W, New Canaan in 1962 in New Canaan, Fairfield, CT. ¹⁵

10. Occupation: 1964 Darien City Directory: Alderman Mattison W (Betty B) dir of new products Sealtest Div of Nat Dairy NY h 74 Turtle Back Lane West, New Canaan in 1964 in New Canaan, Fairfield, CT. ¹⁶

11. Residence: on 10 Aug 1972 in Whispering Pines, Moore, NC. ⁶

12. Residence: on 19 Jan 1986 in Whispering Pines, Moore, NC. ⁷

13. Cause of Death: Matt died at Wake Medical Center from cardioplumonary arrest due to septic/sepsis due to cancer of prostate, 21 Dec 1986, Raleigh, Wake, NC. ⁸

14. Occupation: retired V.P. Marketing in national dairy products industry on 21 Dec 1986 in Whispering Pines, Moore, NC. ⁸

15. Residence: 5A Shadow Drive, Whispering Pines, NC on 21 Dec 1986 in Whispering Pines, Moore, NC. ⁸

16. Obituary: Battle Creek Enquirer: obituary of Mattison Alderman on 24 Dec 1986 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. ¹⁷ Mattison W. "Mat" Alderman, 73, of Whispering Pines, N.C., and formerly of Battle Creek, died Sunday in Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, N.C. He was born in Alcolu, S.C., attended Stony Brook Preparatory College and Davidson College and received his doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of Virginia. He began working for General Foods Corp. in 1939, moving to Battle Creek with the firm in 1941. He resigned his post as new products manager in 1958 to become an account executive with an advertising agency in Minneapolis, Minn. He later was manager of the new products division of National Dairy Corp., and also was a consultant to the packaged food industry. While in Battle Creek, he was active in civic affairs. He was a former president of the Community Hospital Association, was chairman of a fund-raising campaign for the Red Cross and was active in the old community Chest. His wife, the former Elizabeth Bury, died in January. He is survived by a son, Mattison W. Alderman Jr. of EndwelL N.Y.; daughters, Kate A. Ruby of Oakland, Calif., Sarah A. Gornstein of Glenside, Pa., and Mary A. Kozy of Toledo, Ohio; a brother, R.J. Alderman of Alcolu, S.C.; sisters, Mary A. Dobson and Jennie T. Alderman, both of Sumter, S.C.; and eight grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church in Southern Pines, N.C. Memorial donations may be made to any charitable organization. Arrangements are by Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

17. Obituary: The Item: obituary of Mattison Alderman on 24 Dec 1986 in Sumter, Sumter, SC. ¹⁸ Mattison W. Alderman
WHISPERING PINES, N.C. - Mattison Wells Alderman, 73, died Sunday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, N.C. Born in Alcolu, he was a son of the late Robert J. and Malvina Geer Alderman. He graduated from Stoney Preparatory College in Long Island, N.Y., Davidson College, and received his Ph.D in chemistry from the University of Virginia. He was a consultant to the Package Food Industry. He was a member of the First Baptist Church Southern Pines, N.C. Survivors include a son, Mattison W. Alderman Jr. of Endwell, N.Y.; three daughters, Kate A. Ruby of Oakland, Calif., Sarah A. Gornstein of Glenside, Pa., and Mary A. Kozy of Toledo. Ohio; a brother, R. J. Alderman of Alcolu; two sisters, Mary A. Dobson and Jennie T. Alderman, both of Sumter, and eight grandchildren. Memorial Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church, Southern Pines, N.C. Burial will be at Pinelawn Memorial Park, Southern Pines, N.C. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Powell Funeral Home of Southern Pines, N.C. is in charge of the arrangements.

Mattison married Elizabeth Marilyn Bury, daughter of Frank Henry Bury and Katie Isabelle Knerr, on 18 Sep 1940 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA.^{1 2} (Elizabeth Marilyn Bury was born on 26 Jan 1915 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States,^{1 3 19 20} died on 19 Jan 1986 in Carthage, Moore, NC ^{1 3 7 19} and was buried in Southern Pines: Pinelawn Memorial Park, Moore, NC ¹⁹.)