George Elias Alter and Diana J. Swanton

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Husband George Elias Alter ¹

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           Born: 8 May 1868 - Springdale, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Elias Alter (1820-1889) 1 2 3
         Mother: Martha Ferson (1823-1906) 1

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       Marriage: 11 Sep 1902 - Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN 4

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Wife Diana J. Swanton ⁴

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         Father: Job B. Swanton (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Diana Swanton (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Kathleen Elisabeth Alter ⁴

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           Born: 9 Jan 1905 - Springdale, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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2 F Helen Martha Alter ⁴

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           Born: 15 Mar 1907 - Springdale, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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General Notes: Husband - George Elias Alter

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He was educated at the public schools, supplemented by private study. He early chose law as his profession and fitted himself for the occupation. He was admitted to the bar of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1893, and became a member of the law firm of Alter & Wright, formed January 1, 1907. He was painstaking and correct in his methods and built up a lucrative legal business. Aside from his business as an attorney-at-law he was one of the directors of the Springdale National Bank and held that position from the time the bank was organized.
He affiliated with the Republican party and was a member of the Republican county committee for Allegheny County, and was a delegate to the Republican state conventions of 1906 and 1907. He became president of the council of the borough of Springdale and was at one time a member of the Springdale school board, and was a candidate from his district for the Pennsylvania legislature. In his church relations he was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church and was so identified from 1880. He was a member of the official board beginning in 1887 and a trustee continuously from 1890. He also was superintendent of the Sunday-school beginning in January, 1902. Socially and fraternally Mr. Alter was connected with the following societies: The Pittsburg Young Men's Christian Association, being a member of the committee on evening classes; belonged to Friendship Conclave No. 3, Independent Order of Heptasophs, joining in 1892; Springdale Lodge No. 1052, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, from 1896, being a past grand and member of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania; and he was also a member of Pollock Lodge, F. and A. M.
In stature Mr. Alter was of somewhat exceptional size, being six feet four inches in height in his stockings and weighing two hundred and twenty-five pounds.

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General Notes: Wife - Diana J. Swanton

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She was educated in the public schools at Peabody, Massachusetts, and Springdale, Pennsylvania, also at the high school of Allegheny City and at Smith's College, at Northampton, Massachusetts.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 74.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 364.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1313.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 75.