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Elder Benjamin Alton Sr.

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Elder Benjamin Alton Sr.

Birth
Genesee County, New York, USA
Death
7 Apr 1847 (aged 48)
Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial
La Fontaine, Wabash County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Other children not listed:
Francis Alton Dash (abt 1848-1895)

Additional information:

*Occupation: He was a pastor for Church of Christ denomination. He traveled to Ohio and then to Indiana where he founded a church at Coburn Corners, near St. Joe. He donated land to St. Joe for a cemetery which was named after him.

*Spouse: Frances "Fanny" Hoyt (1800-1847), married 1819, at Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio – three daughters (Marilla, Candace, Francis) and four sons (Lorenzo, Benjamin Jr., Mark, Cyrus)

*See memorial for son, Cyrus Alton, (a pioneer preacher of the Restoration) for more information.
(Brown, John Thomas. Churches of Christ: A Historical, Biographical, and Pictoral History of Churches of Christ. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company. 1904. Page 594.)
Other children not listed:
Francis Alton Dash (abt 1848-1895)

Additional information:

*Occupation: He was a pastor for Church of Christ denomination. He traveled to Ohio and then to Indiana where he founded a church at Coburn Corners, near St. Joe. He donated land to St. Joe for a cemetery which was named after him.

*Spouse: Frances "Fanny" Hoyt (1800-1847), married 1819, at Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio – three daughters (Marilla, Candace, Francis) and four sons (Lorenzo, Benjamin Jr., Mark, Cyrus)

*See memorial for son, Cyrus Alton, (a pioneer preacher of the Restoration) for more information.
(Brown, John Thomas. Churches of Christ: A Historical, Biographical, and Pictoral History of Churches of Christ. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company. 1904. Page 594.)


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  • Maintained by: amwj1
  • Originally Created by: v f
  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35358705/benjamin-alton: accessed ), memorial page for Elder Benjamin Alton Sr. (22 Feb 1799–7 Apr 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35358705, citing Old LaFontaine Cemetery, La Fontaine, Wabash County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by amwj1 (contributor 47874920).