Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob A. Alter and Jane Hamilton




Husband Jacob A. Alter 1 2

           Born: Jun 1844 - Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Alter (1802-1883) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Bratton (1802-1880) 2 4


       Marriage: 20 Jun 1883 1



Wife Jane Hamilton 2

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         Father: Samuel Hamilton (1809-1864/1865) 5
         Mother: Mary Patterson (      -Aft 1889) 5




Children
1 M Jacob Hamilton Alter 1

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2 M Howard Russell Alter 1

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3 F Marie Alter 1

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob A. Alter


He received a common-school education in Plum township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and always lived on the farm and took care of the family.

He enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. G, 136th P. V. I., Col. Bayne, and was discharged in January, on account of sickness.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 517.

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

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

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 413, 422, 575.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 448, 517.


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