Joseph Alter and Margaret C. Dinsmore

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Husband Joseph Alter ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1800 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1861 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: David Alter (1775-1838) 3 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Mull (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret C. Dinsmore ^{1 2}

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         Father: Robert Dinsmore (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Margaret Curry (      -      ) 1 2

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Children

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1 M Dr. David Alter ¹

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           Born: 28 Dec 1829 - Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1882
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Anderson (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 31 Dec 1863 8 9

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2 M Robert D. Alter ^{1 2}

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           Died: Bet 1882 and 1890
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3 M Rev. Joseph Alter ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1882
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4 F Maria M. Alter ¹

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           Died: Aft 1882
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         Spouse: Martin Van Buren (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Alter

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He was a miller and a farmer. He was a famous athlete in his younger days, and in wrestling was unequaled in the region.
He is buried at the old Dugan graveyard on Puckety creek.
He and his wife had eleven children, three sons and eight daughters.

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

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 712.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 489.

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

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 364, 711.

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

7 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 73.

8 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 365.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 713.