Her first American ancestor was Richard Addams, who emigrated to the colonies from Oxfordshire, England, in 1684 and settled on land which he purchased from William Penn.

In 1884, when Henry's health necessitated his retirement from active practice, he and his wife settled in Girard, Kansas, where he engaged in banking.

She was elected president of the Girard Board of Education in 1895 and during her ten years in office had a wide acquaintance among the children of the schools and an intimate knowledge of their needs.

Haldeman identified herself with the Presbyterian Church, leaving the impress of her strong personality upon its varied activities and for 28 years was treasurer of its board of trustees.

Her love for the foreign mission cause found expression in numerous material and spiritual ways, and many missionaries in distant lands were cheered by her unflagging, personal interest.

Beautiful pictures, fine laces, and basketry were among her enthusiasms and in her occasional exhibitions of the two latter she not only communicated her own careful information and appreciation concerning them, but evoked a real interest in their possibilities.

In 1905, at the death of her husband, whose business responsibilities she had long shared, Alice Haldeman became actively interested in local banking.