Rev. John Alter II and Lucinda J. Black

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Husband Rev. John Alter II [3561]

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      Born: 1 Jul 1801 - , , Westmoreland, PA ^{1 2 3 4}
 Christened:
      Died: 15 Oct 1876 - homestead farm, Carpenter, Jasper, IN ^{2 4 5 6}
     Buried: 1876 - Old Family Cemetery, Carpenter, Jasper, IN ⁶

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Father: John Alter [3491] (1771-1834)
Mother: Eleanor Sheetz [3492] (1776-1841) ⁷

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    Married: 23 Sep 1843 - , , Clinton, IA ^{1 3 5 8}

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Other
Spouse: Charity Vanarsdale [3567] (Abt 1795-1835) - 16 Jul 1826 - Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland, PA ^{1 3 9}

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Other
Spouse: Mary Ann Chamberlain [3569] (1825-1889) ² - 4 Jan 1849 ^{1 3}

More records for this person:
Land Records ¹⁰ - Brandywine Creek, Center, Hancock, IN
Land Records ^{11 12 13 14} - , Center, Hancock, IN
Other references ^{5 6 15 16}
Biography ¹⁷

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Wife Lucinda J. Black [3568]

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      Born: Bef 1835
 Christened:
      Died: 1847 ¹
     Buried:

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Children

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1 F Isabel J. Alter [4488] ³

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      Born: Abt 1845 - , of Jordan, Jasper, IN ¹⁸
 Christened:
      Died: Bef 1916 ³
     Buried:

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2 F Nancy J. Alter [4489] ^{3 6}

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      Born: Bef 1848 - , , , IN
 Christened:
      Died: Bef 1850 ¹⁸
     Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry

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 B034. History of Warren, Benton, Jasper, Newton, (IN), (FA Baltey: Chicago IL, 1883), p. 542, "Town of Remington and Carpenter Township."

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. 363.

4 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1966 - Hally Orval Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 94292, year 1966. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com.

5 M218. "A Small Work, The Story of Methodism's First Ordained Woman, Helenor Alter Davisson," (white paper) by Rev. Christopher M. Shoemaker, copyright 2002.

6 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.

7 B012. Dictionary of American Biography, First Volumes, by Johnson, Allen, editor, 1964; Supplement Four by Garraty, John and James, Edward, Editors (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, NY, 1974), p. 230.

8 M284. Indiana Marriages, Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850, (database) published by Indiana State Library on the internet at http://199.8.200.229/db/Marriages_results.asp.

9 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1966 - Hally Orval Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 94292, year 1966. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says b Apr 4, 1822.

10 A200. "Hancock County, Indiana Deeds" (LDS Film, at the San Jose Public Library, Film #6150), 1837 Jul 1.

11 A069. Tax Duplicates by Township (Hancock County, IN), kept by the Indiana Hancock County Courthouse, Treasurer's Office, 1840.

12 A070. Mortgager/Mortgager Record Indexes, 1840-1850, kept by the Indiana Hancock County Courthouse, Recorders Office, 1837.

13 "A071. Hancock County Tract Book, 1828-1840" (kept by the Indiana Hancock County Courthouse, Recorders Office.), 1837.

14 A200. "Hancock County, Indiana Deeds" (LDS Film, at the San Jose Public Library, Film #6150), 1837.

15 B034. History of Warren, Benton, Jasper, Newton, (IN), (FA Baltey: Chicago IL, 1883), p. 473.

16 M179. "Little Pest or the Lady Preacher," (biographical paper) by Helenor (Alter) Davidson and her sisters and brothers, an unpublished manuscript, 30 pages double spaced. (She began as an autobiography, and 45 years after her death it was finished by an un-named brother and sister. This paper is a detailed account of travel routes the Rowleys and Alters took between Indiana and Pennsylvania, and their lives in Greenfield, IA, 1830s-1840s.)

17 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. 363-364.

18 C85. United States Federal Census, year 1850.

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