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JACOB2 ALT (MICHAEL1)1 was born Abt. 1797 in Hardy Co., VA1, and died Dec 10, 1869 in Grant Co., WV1. He married MARY M. GOODNIGHT1 1827 in Pendleton Co., VA. She was born Oct 08, 1801 in Pendleton Co., VA1, and died Feb 08, 1885 in Grant Co., WV1.

 

Notes for JACOB ALT:

  • "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425] by Clyde S. Boots, pp. 623-624: vital statistics, with exact marriage date (only source);

  • "Genealogies of the Kimble & Alt Families" (in Hardy Co., VA) by H. A. Alt [1937] p. 39;

  • Clara Mae Ross "Chapter XV: Michael Alt Family" ‘Children of Michael and Mary (Boot)s Alt’ manuscript: 2001]: of Michael Alt’s 12 children, only first 8 are certainly those of Mary Boots; remaining 4 likely a second marriage to a Mary after presumed death of Mary Boots: ‘circa 1797 — 10 Dec 1869’;

  • Family group chart (Mrs. Julia A. Thompson, Baltimore, MD): ‘named in will of Adam Boots, 19 April 1802 & also a signatory to estate documents for 1824 and 1826 regarding his father’;

  • "A History of Pendleton County, WV" by Oren F. Morton, ‘Sketches’ p. 173: ‘Alt Family’;

  • "Pendleton Co., WV, Past & Present" [1991] p. 67: married ‘1827 in Pendleton Co.’;

  • 1850 Pendleton Co., VA census (50th district) p. 18: 53 years old’;

  • 1860 Pendleton Co., VA census (Bushy Run P. O.) p. 70: age 62; farmer; real estate valued at $2000, personal assets at $1130

More About JACOB ALT:

  • Religion: German Reformed1

Notes for MARY M. GOODNIGHT:

  • "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425] by Clyde S. Boots, pp. 623-624: vital statistics;

  • Family group chart (Mrs. Julia A. Thompson, Baltimore, MD): per father’s-in-law estate documents, alive in 1826;

  • "Genealogies of the Kimble & Alt Families" (in Hardy Co., VA) by H. A. Alt [1937] p. 39;

  • "A History of Pendleton County, WV" by Oren F. Morton, ‘Sketches’ p. 173: ‘Alt Family’;

  • "Pendleton Co., WV, Past & Present" [1991] p. 67: married ‘1827 in Pendleton Co.’ — also gives dates ‘born 1801, died 1855’ — death date seems refuted by following census information;

  • ‘1850 Pendleton Co., VA census (50th district) p. 18: 48 years old’;

  • 1860 Pendleton Co., VA census (Bushy Run P. O.) p. 70: age 59;

  • 1870 Pendleton Co., WV census (Mill Run township) p. 419: age 68, living with her daughter, Lutitia J. Alt, at the farm of her son-in-law, Henry C. Hedrick, and daughter, Christina (Alt) Hedrick — her personal assets are valued at $100;

  • 1880 Pendleton Co., WV census (Mill Run district) p. 13: ‘Henry C. Hedrick, age 35; farmer; with his

  • wife, Christina, 43 — with by ‘Ault’ neighbors, and household members, including ‘Mary Ault, 78, mother-in-law’; Henry A. Ault, 11, nephew, ‘farm laborer’; and Emily S. Ault, 8, niece;

  • Pat Neal to L. Ellingham [4-III-2003]: ‘I have Mary’s parents as Christopher (born abt 1775/6, died 19 Jan 1854 @ Ritchie Co., VA) and Diana Watson (married 1810, Hardy Co., VA). Christopher's parents were Christian (born 22 Jan 1722 @ Germany, died 26 Dec 1795 @ Germantown, PA) & Maria Magdalena.

  • Christian’s parents were Michael Goodnight & unknown [wife].’

More About JACOB ALT and MARY GOODNIGHT:

  • Marriage: 1827, Pendleton Co., VA

 

Children of JACOB ALT and MARY GOODNIGHT are:

          i. HANNAH ALT1, b. 1828, Pendleton Co., VA; d. 1900, ?Grant Co., WV; m. GEORGE W. BORRER1, 1849, Pendleton Co., VA; b. Abt. 1817, VA (?Hardy Co.)1; d. Aft. 1880, ?Grant Co., WV1.

           

          ii. MICHAEL ALT1, b. Oct 1831, Hardy Co., VA; d. 1902, ?Pendleton Co., WV; m. MARTHA JOHNSON, 1860, ?Pendleton Co., WV; b. Abt. 1842, VA (?Pendleton Co.); d. Bef. 1900, ?Pendleton Co., WV.

           

          iii. (CAPT.) ISAAC JNO. ALT1, b. 1834, Hardy Co., VA; d. 1898, ?Pendleton Co., WV; m. REBECCA JOHNSON, 1860, Pendleton Co., WV; b. Abt. 1842, VA; d. Aft. 1920, ?Pendleton Co., WV.

           

          iv. CHRISTINA ALT1, b. Aug 22, 1836, Brushy Run (Pendleton Co.) VA1; d. Jul 07, 1884, Pendleton Co., WV1; m. HENRY CLAY HEDRICK, Oct 21, 1868, Pendleton Co., WV1; b. Dec 29, 1844, Pendleton Co., VA1; d. Feb 23, 1897, Pendleton Co., WV1.

              Notes for CHRISTINA ALT:

                  "Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425] by

                      Clyde S. Boots, p. 623: vital statistics, with birthplace [used here],

                      though some  other sources give ‘Hardy Co., VA’;

                  "Genealogies of the Kimble & Alt Families" (in Hardy Co., VA) by H. A. Alt

                      [1937] p. 39;

                  "A History of Pendleton County, WV" by Oren F. Morton, ‘Sketches’ p. 173:

                      ‘Alt Family’;

                  "Pendleton Co., WV, Past & Present" [1991] p. 67: born ‘1836’ & died

                      ‘1884’;

                  Dale & Teresa Hedrick "Database" [Nov 2000]; ‘Christine Alt married Henry

                      Clay Hedrick, October 21, 1868’;

                  ‘1850 Pendleton Co., VA census (50th district) p. 18: 13 years old’;

                  1860 Pendleton Co., VA census (Bushy Run P. O.) p. 70: age 23;

                  1870 Pendleton Co., WV census (Mill Run township) p. 419: age 34; with

                      her husband, Henry C. Hedrick; her sister, Lutitia J. Alt, and her mother,

                      Mary Alt;

                  1880 Pendleton Co., WV census (Mill Run district) p. 13: ‘Henry C.

                      Hedrick,  age 35; farmer; with his wife, Christina, 43 — with by ‘Ault’

                      neighbors, and household members, including ‘Mary Ault, 78,

                      mother-in-law’; Henry A. Ault, 11, nephew, ‘farm laborer’; and Emily S.

                      Ault, 8, niece — these children those of Asher Alt and Mahala (McUlty)

                      Alt, who as widow lives next door, with a daughter, Rosa, age 3;

                  "Descendants of Henry Clay Hedrick" (by Dale Hedrick: Stow, OH, 2000

                      A.D.)

              Notes for HENRY CLAY HEDRICK:

                  "Genealogies of the Kimble & Alt Families" (in Hardy Co., VA) by H. A. Alt

                      [1937] p. 39;

                  "A History of Pendleton County, WV" by Oren F. Morton, ‘Sketches’ p. 173:

                      ‘Alt Family’;

                  Dale & Teresa Hedrick "Database" [Nov 2000]: ‘Christine Alt married Henry

                      Clay Hedrick, October 21, 1868’;

                  1870 Pendleton Co., WV census (Mill Run township) p. 419: age 25, born in

                      Virginia; farmer; real estate value, $600, personal assets, $455;

                  1880 Pendleton Co., WV census (Mill Run district) p. 13: ‘Henry C.

                      Hedrick, age 35; farmer; with his wife, Christina, 43 — with by ‘Ault’

                      neighbors, and household members, including ‘Mary Ault, 78,

                      mother-in-law’; Henry A. Ault, 11, nephew, ‘farm laborer’; and Emily S.

                      Ault, 8, niece — these children those of Asher Alt and Mahala (McUlty)

                      Alt, who as widow lives next door, with a daughter, Rosa, age 3;

                  Dale A. Hedrick ‘Family Group Chart’ [2 Dec 2000]: birthdate (29 Dec 1844)

                      varies from census indications;

                  "Descendants of Henry Clay Hedrick" (by Dale Hedrick: Stow, OH, 2000

                      A.D.): ‘Pvt./Sgt. in Pendleton Home Guard from Mill District under Capt.

                      Michael Mallow [1863, ‘4)

                  (source: Lewis Ellingham - )

              More About HENRY HEDRICK and CHRISTINA ALT:

                  Marriage: Oct 21, 1868, Pendleton Co., WV1

           

          v. ASHER ALT1, b. 1839, Pendleton Co., VA; d. 1876, Pendleton Co., WV; m. (1) EMILY JANE HEDRICK1, Mar 11, 1866, Pendleton Co., WV; b. Nov 12, 1842, VA1; d. Abt. 1873, ?Pendleton Co., WV1; m. (2) MAHALA MCULTY1, 1874, Pendleton Co., WV; b. Abt. 1842, VA (?Pendleton Co.)1; d. Aft. 1900, ?Pendleton Co., WV1.

           

          vi. LETITIA JANE ALT1, b. 1842, Pendleton Co., VA; d. Jun 18, 1895, Grant Co., WV1; m. JOHN WILLIAM HEDRICK1, Oct 26, 1875, WV (?Pendleton Co.)1; b. Jul 21, 1852, VA (?Grant Co.)1; d. Aft. 1896, ?Grant Co., WV1.

           

           

Endnotes

1. Lewis Ellingham < >, Date of Import: Oct 23, 2004.

 

Hannah Alt Michael Alt Isaac Jno. Alt Asher Alt Letitia Jane Alt

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