Alton, Erasmus Joseph^{[1, 2]}

1767 - 1845  (78 years)

• Name	Alton, Erasmus Joseph
  Birth	28 Jan 1767	Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1293
  Residence	1800	German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
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  _FSFTID	KN1D-VD3
  _UID	D9A03F32669E4409B6BD63650BC51231896D
  Death	Oct 1845	German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Erasmus Alton,   b. 1665, New York, United States d. 1727, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, United States Maternal Line: Mary Buckley,   b. 1720, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. 1808, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Person ID	I1293	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Alton, Joseph,   b. Abt 1710, Westchester County, New York, United States d. 6 Aug 1766, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Buckley, Mary,   b. 1720, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. 1808, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1753	Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States   [3]
  Family ID	F372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Andrews, Agnes,   b. 2 Feb 1771, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1827, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1793	Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Children	1. Alton, Rezin,   b. 3 Nov 1793, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. UNKNOWN, Ohio, United States   2. Alton, Amy,   b. 10 May 1796, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1825, Ohio, United States (Age 28 years)   3. Alton, Rufus,   b. 27 Sep 1798   d. UNKNOWN   4. Alton, Huldah,   b. 28 Sep 1801, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. UNKNOWN   5. Alton, Lucy,   b. 27 Jun 1804, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. UNKNOWN   6. Alton, Rev Stephen D,   b. 6 Jan 1807, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 6 Apr 1886, Oakfield, Perry County, Ohio, United States (Age 79 years)   7. Alton, Joel Ross,   b. 30 Sep 1809, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 15 Apr 1896, Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio, United States (Age 86 years)   8. Alton, William Brownfield,   b. 19 Mar 1812, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1887, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 74 years)   9. Alton, Betsy,   b. 18 Dec 1814, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 21 Mar 1793 - Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1800 - German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States Death - Oct 1845 - German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  From maggie@aol.com via Ancestry.com: From Ellis, "Fayette County History," p. 598: "By an order of theRedstone Association, a church was organized near McClellandtown in 1828.The ministers appointed for the work were Revs. William Brownfield andFrances Downey. The church officers were: Deacons, Elias Parshall, Sr.,Erasmus Alton; Clerk, John Grove. In 1851, the congregation dissolved.The church grounds were donated by Elias Parshall who, with ErasmusAlton, contributed mainly to its support during the period of itsexistence." Erasmus was one of the founders of the Redstone Baptist Church. It wasknown as being an "old school" Baptist organization. Its records arepreserved at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburg. -------------------- Erasmus Joseph Alton was born on January 28, 1767, in Baltimore County, Maryland and died in 1845 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married Agnes Andrews in Fayette County on March 21, 1793. According to Ms. Margaret Ellis Miller of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a family Bible of Erasmus Joseph Alton was found in a bookstore in Uniontown, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania, by her grandfather visiting from Illinois. Margaret Ellis Miller is the daughter of Dorothy Marie Allton Ellis, granddaughter of Wilmer Austin Alton, great granddaughter of James Estep Alton, and great great granddaughter of William Brownfield Alton, who was born March 19, 1812, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the son of Erasmus Joseph Alton and Agnes Andrews.

  
  

• Sources

  [S250] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; S. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; S The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; S [S702] 1800 CHECKED United States Federal Census, German Twp, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; p530. 1800 US Census German Twp, Fayette County, Pennsylvania [S268] Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850.