Person:Josephine Cables (1)

Name	Josephine Bristol
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	12 Jun 1843	Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage		to Unknown
Marriage	15 Nov 1867	Connecticut, United Statesto James Cables (add)
Marriage	16 Apr 1889	[1st wife] to Rep. William Farrington Aldrich, from AL
Other		Adoptive child: Lillian Garland (1) with Rep. William Farrington Aldrich, from AL
Death^[1]	12 Aug 1917	Birmingham, Shelby, Alabama, United States
Burial^[1]		Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Josephine Cables Aldrich, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
includes sources, last accessed Jul 2025.

Josephine Cables Aldrich (June 12, 1843 – August 12, 1917) was an American spiritualist, Theosophist, editor, and publisher from the U.S. state of Connecticut. Married to the politician, William F. Aldrich, she was the editor of The Occult World and the publisher of Matilda Joslyn Gage's The Liberal Thinker. She was a co-founder of the Woman's National University and School of Useful and Ornamental Arts. ...
Josephine Bristol Aldrich, in Find A Grave.

includes info about her first marriage, her child, and her granddaughter and speculation that the granddaughter became her adopted daughter. The only sources cited for this are census records, but the information appears realistic.