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● Interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, MD. [1]
● Text of death notice: [2] [3]
"Mr. George Alter, of this county, was thrown from his horse and killed, on Friday last, between his residence and Funkstown, from which place he was returning with his wagon; he was in the 42d year of his age."
[Research Note: George and his wife Catherine were most likely reinterred in Rose Hill Cemetery at some point by their descendants. Rose Hill opened in 1866, well after the deaths of both of the Alters, and the 1857 death notice for Catherine states that she was interred in the "burial ground attached to the Lutheran Church of this town." The town would have been either Funkstown or Hagersown, but a history of Rose Hill published on the cemetery's web site [4] indicates that it was established as a public non-profit cemetery not affiliated with any particular church.]
● "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812 - 1815" (Alter, George). Private, 32 Regiment (Hood's) Maryland Militia. (Accessed 30 Mar 2023.) [5]
● Data base, "Maryland Marriages, 1666 - 1970." Marriage of George Alter, male, and Catherine Hogmire, female, Aug 1806, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. (Accessed 30 Mar 2023. Image available but not indexed.) [6]
● Data base, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658 - 1940." Event, Marriage Registration. George Alter and Catharine Hogmire, 06 Sep 1806, Washington County, Maryland, United States. (Accessed 30 Mar 2023. Image available at a FamilySearch center or affiliate library.) [7] [8]
● Data base, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650 - 1995" (George Alter). Sex, male. Birth, 18 Dec 1783, Hagerstown, Maryland. Christening, 25 Dec 1783, St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. Father, Christoph Alter. Mother, Susana. (Accessed 30 Mar 2023. Image available but not indexed.) [9]
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