The Biggest Man in Mendon

Rumor has it that in 1850, a child who was later to become the biggest man in Mendon's history was born at the home of Nathan C. Aldrich and his wife, Dianna. According to the census map, Nathan's brother, Scammell, lived close to the 140 acre homestead. Perhaps Dianna assisted her sister-in-law with the birth of Horace Scammell Aldrich, who reportedly weighed in at up to 500 pounds as an adult. The Town Crier featured a story about Horace in it's June 1996 issue. Despite his robust size, Horace lived to the age of 75, which, for the time, was considered a ripe old age.