David Alter and Elizabeth Mell
Husband David Alter [3570]
Born: 7 Feb 1775 - , , Lancaster, PA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Christened:
Died: 1838 - , , Allegheny, PA 6 7 8
Buried: 1838 - Dugan Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Father: Jacob Johann Alter [3551] (Abt 1742-1815)
Mother: Margaret Landis [3552] (Abt 1743-1805/1806)
Married: 1 Sep 1797 2 3 7 8More records for this person:
Residence 9, 1775-1803 - , , Cumberland, PA
Residence 10, Alters Mills (founded 1803), 1803-1838 - , Puckety Creek, Westmoreland, PA
Military 9, War of 1812, Captain, 1812-1814
Biography 9 11 12, 1775-1838
Wife Elizabeth Mell [48] 13
Born: 1779 6
Christened:
Died: 1837 6 7
Buried: 1837 - Dugan Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Children
1 F Nancy Alter [59]
Born: 14 May 1799 6 14 15
Christened:
Died: 4 Nov 1885 6 16
Buried: 1885 - Dugan Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: George Dugan Major [78] (1784-1873)
2 M Joseph Alter [57]
Born: 15 Sep 1800 - , , , PA 6 9 18
Christened:
Died: 26 Jun 1861 6
Buried: 1861 - Dugan Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: Margaret Curry Dinsmore [60] (1805-1865)
3 M Jacob Alter [50] 1
Born: 27 Apr 1802 - , , Washington, PA 6 16 19
Christened:
Died: 7 Aug 1883 - , Plum, Allegheny, PA 6 16 19
Buried: 1883 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: Jane Bratton [52] (1802-1883)
4 F Elizabeth Alter [5145]
Born: 20 Jul 1803 - , , , PA 6 16
Christened:
Died: 1806 6 16
Buried: 1806 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Samuel C. Alter [55]
Born: 28 Mar 1806 - , Logans Ferry, Allegheny, PA 6 16 20
Christened:
Died: 1882 6 16 21
Buried: 1882 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6 22
Spouse: Ann Stotler [62] (Abt 1811-) 23
6 M John Alter [5146]
Born: 21 Jan 1808 - , , Allegheny, PA 6 16
Christened:
Died: 3 Mar 1891 6 16
Buried: 1891 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
7 F Margaret Alter [5147]
Born: 11 Jul 1810 - , , , PA 6 16
Christened:
Died: 1814 6
Buried: 1814 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M David Mell Alter [128]
Born: 15 Aug 1811 - , , Cumberland, PA 6 26 27
Christened:
Died: 2 Feb 1877 6 27 28
Buried: 1877 - Mithcell City Cem, Mitchell, Lawrence, IN 6
Spouse: Margaret Anna Ritner [129] (1816-1896) 1 Marr: 20 Apr 1837 - , Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA 1 27
9 M Henry M. Alter [5148]
Born: 27 Sep 1813 - , , , PA 6 16
Christened:
Died: 1860 6 16
Buried: 1860 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
10 M Daniel Alter [5149]
Born: 29 Sep 1815 - , , , PA 6 16
Christened:
Died: Jun 1885 6 16
Buried: 1885 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
11 M Jeremiah Murray Alter [56]
Born: 5 Dec 1817 - , , Allegheny, PA 6 7 16
Christened:
Died: 15 Aug 1889 - , Forest, Hardin/Wyandot, OH 7 16 29
Buried: 1889 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
12 M Elias Alter [5150]
Born: 27 May 1820 6 8 16
Christened:
Died: 1889 6 8 16
Buried: 1889 - Mount Hope Cemetery, , Westmoreland, PA 6
13 M Sampson Ritner Alter [49]
Born: 28 Dec 1821 - , , , PA 16 30 31 32
Christened:
Died: 11 Dec 1896 16 30 32
Buried: 1896 - Freeport Cem, Freeport, Armstrong, PA 32
Spouse: Hannah Beale [3988] (1825-1914) Marr: 28 Jan 1866
Sources:
1 B007. "The Family of Alter", Notes and Queries Relating to Pennsylvania, Series 3, V. 1, by Egle, William Henry, editor (Egle: Harrisburg PA, 1895), p. 521-524.
2 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906).
3 B264. A History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana, (The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago and New York, 1916); a scanned copy available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV4nAAAAYAAJ, p. 362.
4 B284. Old and New Westmoreland (PA), Vol. 4, by Boucher, John Newton (American Historical Society: NY, 1918); available on the internet at books.google.com/books?id=6s8wAQAAMAAJ, p. 1077 says b. in Cumberland Co, Pa.
5 John Newton Boucher, B285. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Volume 3 (Pittsburgh, PA: Lewis Publishing Co, 1908); available online at books.google.com/books?id=hfoMAAAAYAAJ
6 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.
7 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Henry Mell Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87563, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com.
8 John Newton Boucher, B285. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Volume 3 (Pittsburgh, PA: Lewis Publishing Co, 1908).
9 B284. Old and New Westmoreland (PA), Vol. 4, by Boucher, John Newton (American Historical Society: NY, 1918); available on the internet at books.google.com/books?id=6s8wAQAAMAAJ, p. 1077.
10 B284. Old and New Westmoreland (PA), Vol. 4, by Boucher, John Newton (American Historical Society: NY, 1918); available on the internet at books.google.com/books?id=6s8wAQAAMAAJ.
11 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 459.
12 John Newton Boucher, B285. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Volume 3 (Pittsburgh, PA: Lewis Publishing Co, 1908), p. 73.
13 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Henry Mell Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87563, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says b 1778.
14 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 398.
15 Alter Message Board at Genealogy.Com, message board (http://genforum.genealogy.com/alter/messages/84.html); Re: 'Samuel Alter, PA', posted by Janet Laurer, Oct. 28, 2000
16 Alter Message Board at Genealogy.Com, message board (http://genforum.genealogy.com/alter/messages/84.html).
17 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 368.
18 C85. United States Federal Census, year 1850.
19 B035. History of the Allegheny County, PA, (A. Warner & Co.: Chicago IL, 1889). A scanned copy is available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=CLVZITNwbzwC, p. 517-518.
20 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), b. "1804" p. 459-460.
21 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 459-460, 490.
22 B287. Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, by John Gresham (Dunlap & Clark, 1890); scanned copy available on the internet at http://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00gres/biographicalhist00gres_djvu.txt, p. 713 (says 1885).
23 B287. Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, by John Gresham (Dunlap & Clark, 1890); scanned copy available on the internet at http://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00gres/biographicalhist00gres_djvu.txt, p. 713-714.
24 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 490.
25 B287. Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, by John Gresham (Dunlap & Clark, 1890); scanned copy available on the internet at http://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00gres/biographicalhist00gres_djvu.txt, p. 714.
26 M009. International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
27 Janet and Robert Wolfe, Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy: Notes for Joseph Ritner and Susan Alter (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/WolfeGenealogy.htm).
28 M009. International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT, d. 1896.
29 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says d. 1888.
30 A096. Registration of Deaths, 1883 to 1905, Armstrong County, PA, kept by the Clerk of the Orphan's Court, Armstrong County, PA, film reproduction at LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
31 C86. United States Federal Census, year 1860.
32 CM064. Freeport Cemetery (Freeport, PA): Find-A-Grave, with Pictures and Memorials (cemetery records) published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com.
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