A Mason
Same stone as Mary J
His parents, John and Charity (VAN ARSDEL) ALTER, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry, the former a son of John Alter, who served in the war of 1812, and the latter a daughter of Garnett VAN ARSDEL, upon whose farm the battle of Gettysburg was fought.
Our subject's parents, with their family, came to Indiana in 1836, and entered government land in Hancock county, near Greenfield, where Mrs. Alter died in 1841. Their family consisted of eight children: Helanor was for thirty years a minister in the Methodist Protestant church; John W. died from the effects of wounds received in the late Civil War; Isaac lives in Jasper county, Ind.; David and B. F. in Clinton county; Hester and Hatinah in Kansas; Jacob, the seventh child, died February 2, 1859.
The father came to Clinton county in 1849, locating in Warren township (of which Forest is now a part), where he married Lucinda BLACK, daughter of William BLACK. To this union were born two children -- Ibba Jane, wife of Capt. L. CHAMBERLAIN, of Kansas, and one who died in infancy, the mother dying shortly after.
Mr. Alter then moved to Jasper county, where he was married to Mary CHAMBERLAIN, a native of Maryland, and of the eight children born to this union five are living. John Alter was one of the early abolitionists, and was twice mobbed in Indiana for expressing his views on the slavery question. He, was a minister of the Methodist Protestant denomination, and was actively engaged in the work of the ministry for fifty-one years. He died in Jasper county, Ind.,1876.
David Alter, whose name heads this sketch, was twelve years of age when he came with his parents to Indiana. After the death of his mother he served an apprenticeship of six years at the cabinet-maker's trade, after which he worked two years as journeyman in Peru, Ind. With two brothers he came to Jasper county, Ind., where they took up a claim and made a home for their father. In 1848 David Alter came to Clinton county, where he married, December 25, of the same year, Miss Lavona SIMS, by whom he had nine children: John T., Viola (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), Mary Alvernon, Louise E., Sarah E. (deceased), Perry F., Martin W. and Emma.
Mrs. Alter having died, Mr. Alter was next married, December 2 1872, to Miss Rebecca SHOEMAKER, a daughter of Eli SHOEMAKER, of Clinton county, and to this union were born three children: Christena May, who died December 11, 1893; David I. (deceased), and Leander C.
Mr. Alter was again bereaved by the death of his wife, which occurred November 18, 1881. For his present wife he married Mary Jane KING, November 27,1883, her father, James KING, being a resident of Kirklin township. To them were born two children (twins), both dying in infancy.
Mr. Alter has, of late years, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of a fine farm of 186 acres of highly cultivated land, on which are substantial and commodious farm buildings. His residence is comfortable and convenient, and he and his family are surrounded by the comforts of life.
He is one of the most esteemed citizens of Forest township, and is at present serving as township trustee with credit to himself and his constituents, having received a majority of fifty-two votes, while his predecessor, a democrat, had received a majority of forty-four votes. Mr. Alter has always affiliated with the republican party, while in religion he believes in the doctrine of the Universal church, and that the Bible teaches the universal salvation of the whole human family.
Same stone as Mary J
His parents, John and Charity (VAN ARSDEL) ALTER, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry, the former a son of John Alter, who served in the war of 1812, and the latter a daughter of Garnett VAN ARSDEL, upon whose farm the battle of Gettysburg was fought.
Our subject's parents, with their family, came to Indiana in 1836, and entered government land in Hancock county, near Greenfield, where Mrs. Alter died in 1841. Their family consisted of eight children: Helanor was for thirty years a minister in the Methodist Protestant church; John W. died from the effects of wounds received in the late Civil War; Isaac lives in Jasper county, Ind.; David and B. F. in Clinton county; Hester and Hatinah in Kansas; Jacob, the seventh child, died February 2, 1859.
The father came to Clinton county in 1849, locating in Warren township (of which Forest is now a part), where he married Lucinda BLACK, daughter of William BLACK. To this union were born two children -- Ibba Jane, wife of Capt. L. CHAMBERLAIN, of Kansas, and one who died in infancy, the mother dying shortly after.
Mr. Alter then moved to Jasper county, where he was married to Mary CHAMBERLAIN, a native of Maryland, and of the eight children born to this union five are living. John Alter was one of the early abolitionists, and was twice mobbed in Indiana for expressing his views on the slavery question. He, was a minister of the Methodist Protestant denomination, and was actively engaged in the work of the ministry for fifty-one years. He died in Jasper county, Ind.,1876.
David Alter, whose name heads this sketch, was twelve years of age when he came with his parents to Indiana. After the death of his mother he served an apprenticeship of six years at the cabinet-maker's trade, after which he worked two years as journeyman in Peru, Ind. With two brothers he came to Jasper county, Ind., where they took up a claim and made a home for their father. In 1848 David Alter came to Clinton county, where he married, December 25, of the same year, Miss Lavona SIMS, by whom he had nine children: John T., Viola (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), Mary Alvernon, Louise E., Sarah E. (deceased), Perry F., Martin W. and Emma.
Mrs. Alter having died, Mr. Alter was next married, December 2 1872, to Miss Rebecca SHOEMAKER, a daughter of Eli SHOEMAKER, of Clinton county, and to this union were born three children: Christena May, who died December 11, 1893; David I. (deceased), and Leander C.
Mr. Alter was again bereaved by the death of his wife, which occurred November 18, 1881. For his present wife he married Mary Jane KING, November 27,1883, her father, James KING, being a resident of Kirklin township. To them were born two children (twins), both dying in infancy.
Mr. Alter has, of late years, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of a fine farm of 186 acres of highly cultivated land, on which are substantial and commodious farm buildings. His residence is comfortable and convenient, and he and his family are surrounded by the comforts of life.
He is one of the most esteemed citizens of Forest township, and is at present serving as township trustee with credit to himself and his constituents, having received a majority of fifty-two votes, while his predecessor, a democrat, had received a majority of forty-four votes. Mr. Alter has always affiliated with the republican party, while in religion he believes in the doctrine of the Universal church, and that the Bible teaches the universal salvation of the whole human family.
A Mason
Same stone as Mary J
His parents, John and Charity (VAN ARSDEL) ALTER, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry, the former a son of John Alter, who served in the war of 1812, and the latter a daughter of Garnett VAN ARSDEL, upon whose farm the battle of Gettysburg was fought.
Our subject's parents, with their family, came to Indiana in 1836, and entered government land in Hancock county, near Greenfield, where Mrs. Alter died in 1841. Their family consisted of eight children: Helanor was for thirty years a minister in the Methodist Protestant church; John W. died from the effects of wounds received in the late Civil War; Isaac lives in Jasper county, Ind.; David and B. F. in Clinton county; Hester and Hatinah in Kansas; Jacob, the seventh child, died February 2, 1859.
The father came to Clinton county in 1849, locating in Warren township (of which Forest is now a part), where he married Lucinda BLACK, daughter of William BLACK. To this union were born two children -- Ibba Jane, wife of Capt. L. CHAMBERLAIN, of Kansas, and one who died in infancy, the mother dying shortly after.
Mr. Alter then moved to Jasper county, where he was married to Mary CHAMBERLAIN, a native of Maryland, and of the eight children born to this union five are living. John Alter was one of the early abolitionists, and was twice mobbed in Indiana for expressing his views on the slavery question. He, was a minister of the Methodist Protestant denomination, and was actively engaged in the work of the ministry for fifty-one years. He died in Jasper county, Ind.,1876.
David Alter, whose name heads this sketch, was twelve years of age when he came with his parents to Indiana. After the death of his mother he served an apprenticeship of six years at the cabinet-maker's trade, after which he worked two years as journeyman in Peru, Ind. With two brothers he came to Jasper county, Ind., where they took up a claim and made a home for their father. In 1848 David Alter came to Clinton county, where he married, December 25, of the same year, Miss Lavona SIMS, by whom he had nine children: John T., Viola (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), Mary Alvernon, Louise E., Sarah E. (deceased), Perry F., Martin W. and Emma.
Mrs. Alter having died, Mr. Alter was next married, December 2 1872, to Miss Rebecca SHOEMAKER, a daughter of Eli SHOEMAKER, of Clinton county, and to this union were born three children: Christena May, who died December 11, 1893; David I. (deceased), and Leander C.
Mr. Alter was again bereaved by the death of his wife, which occurred November 18, 1881. For his present wife he married Mary Jane KING, November 27,1883, her father, James KING, being a resident of Kirklin township. To them were born two children (twins), both dying in infancy.
Mr. Alter has, of late years, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of a fine farm of 186 acres of highly cultivated land, on which are substantial and commodious farm buildings. His residence is comfortable and convenient, and he and his family are surrounded by the comforts of life.
He is one of the most esteemed citizens of Forest township, and is at present serving as township trustee with credit to himself and his constituents, having received a majority of fifty-two votes, while his predecessor, a democrat, had received a majority of forty-four votes. Mr. Alter has always affiliated with the republican party, while in religion he believes in the doctrine of the Universal church, and that the Bible teaches the universal salvation of the whole human family.
Same stone as Mary J
His parents, John and Charity (VAN ARSDEL) ALTER, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry, the former a son of John Alter, who served in the war of 1812, and the latter a daughter of Garnett VAN ARSDEL, upon whose farm the battle of Gettysburg was fought.
Our subject's parents, with their family, came to Indiana in 1836, and entered government land in Hancock county, near Greenfield, where Mrs. Alter died in 1841. Their family consisted of eight children: Helanor was for thirty years a minister in the Methodist Protestant church; John W. died from the effects of wounds received in the late Civil War; Isaac lives in Jasper county, Ind.; David and B. F. in Clinton county; Hester and Hatinah in Kansas; Jacob, the seventh child, died February 2, 1859.
The father came to Clinton county in 1849, locating in Warren township (of which Forest is now a part), where he married Lucinda BLACK, daughter of William BLACK. To this union were born two children -- Ibba Jane, wife of Capt. L. CHAMBERLAIN, of Kansas, and one who died in infancy, the mother dying shortly after.
Mr. Alter then moved to Jasper county, where he was married to Mary CHAMBERLAIN, a native of Maryland, and of the eight children born to this union five are living. John Alter was one of the early abolitionists, and was twice mobbed in Indiana for expressing his views on the slavery question. He, was a minister of the Methodist Protestant denomination, and was actively engaged in the work of the ministry for fifty-one years. He died in Jasper county, Ind.,1876.
David Alter, whose name heads this sketch, was twelve years of age when he came with his parents to Indiana. After the death of his mother he served an apprenticeship of six years at the cabinet-maker's trade, after which he worked two years as journeyman in Peru, Ind. With two brothers he came to Jasper county, Ind., where they took up a claim and made a home for their father. In 1848 David Alter came to Clinton county, where he married, December 25, of the same year, Miss Lavona SIMS, by whom he had nine children: John T., Viola (deceased), Benjamin F. (deceased), Mary Alvernon, Louise E., Sarah E. (deceased), Perry F., Martin W. and Emma.
Mrs. Alter having died, Mr. Alter was next married, December 2 1872, to Miss Rebecca SHOEMAKER, a daughter of Eli SHOEMAKER, of Clinton county, and to this union were born three children: Christena May, who died December 11, 1893; David I. (deceased), and Leander C.
Mr. Alter was again bereaved by the death of his wife, which occurred November 18, 1881. For his present wife he married Mary Jane KING, November 27,1883, her father, James KING, being a resident of Kirklin township. To them were born two children (twins), both dying in infancy.
Mr. Alter has, of late years, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of a fine farm of 186 acres of highly cultivated land, on which are substantial and commodious farm buildings. His residence is comfortable and convenient, and he and his family are surrounded by the comforts of life.
He is one of the most esteemed citizens of Forest township, and is at present serving as township trustee with credit to himself and his constituents, having received a majority of fifty-two votes, while his predecessor, a democrat, had received a majority of forty-four votes. Mr. Alter has always affiliated with the republican party, while in religion he believes in the doctrine of the Universal church, and that the Bible teaches the universal salvation of the whole human family.
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