1837 Mr David M Alter married Margaret Ritner, daughter of Governor Ritner, on April 20, at Zion German Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1860 David M Alter (age 49, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Brown, Washington County, Indiana, in a household with Margaret R Alter (age 44), William W Alter (age 19), Lucretia D Alter (age 17), Elias M Alter (age 16), Mary E Alter (age 14), Joseph A Alter (age 12), Abby J Alter (age 10), George D Alter (age 7), Margaret E Alter (age 5), David H Alter (age 2), and Susan F Alter (age 1). David M Alter's occupation was farmer. [2]
Research Notes:
David Alter married Mell and had son David, who married Margaret Ritner, his cousin. [3]
[1] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Dauphin, Harrisburg, Lutheran, Zion German Lutheran Church, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Third Series, Vol. 1 (Dauphin County)(1887), 288, [GoogleBooks].