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John S. Alldredge, county commissioner, farmer and former merchant of Mt. Vernon, Ind., was born in Posey county December 9, 1860, son of Samuel S. Alldredge and Louisa (Allbright) Alldredge, natives of Posey county, where the family on both sides was engaged in farming and stock raising. John Alldredge was reared in Black township and after finishing the common schools he worked on the farm with his parents until twenty years of age, when he started out for himself, his father presenting him with a farm to begin on. He still lives on this same farm, but in the meantime he has branched out into other business. For two years Mr. Alldredge had an implement and buggy store in Mt. Vernon, firm style of Alldredge & Son, and previous to this, about 1895, opened a general merchandise store in Upton, and after opening the store in Mt. Vernon he managed the two, besides overseeing his three farms in Black township. He also bought grain for Fuhrer & Co. for two years and then for the hominy mill, and at present is buyer for the American Hominy Co. He has 300 acres of well-improved land, besides a fine home in Mt. Vernon. In 1910 Mr. Alldredge was elected county commissioner on the Democratic ticket. He is active in the Methodist Episcopal church and is a member of the Lion’s association. On March 13, 1880, Mr. Alldredge married Miss Sallie Wilborn, daughter of William and Elizabeth Wilborn, natives of Posey county, where subject’s wife was born and attended common school. They had three children: Herman, August 3, 1881; William J., November, 1885, and Delia, 1883. The first wife died in 1886. On September 18, 1887, Mr. Alldredge married Miss Mary L. Redman, daughter of George and Ann Redman, natives of Posey county, where their daughter was born and reared. Three children were born to this union, Elsie, 1888, who married Raymond Bray and lives in Posey county; Ethel, 1890, married Herbert Redman and lives in Mt. Vernon, where he is a barber in the Deitz shop, and Edith, deceased in infancy.