Obit: Alton, Alfred Charles (1833 - 1900)

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Surnames: ALTON SMITH BORIGO CUMMINGS LIVESAY

----Sources: GREENWOOD GLEANER (Greenwood, Clark County, Wis.) Dec. 1900

Alton, Alfred Charles (30 Sept. 1833 - 13 Dec. 1900)

Alfred Charles Alton, whose death occurred Thursday morning, Dec. 13, and whose funeral took place the following Sunday, was born in New York state Sept. 30, 1833. He came to Wisconsin, to Eau Claire, in 1862 and to Greenwood in 1876.

Before coming West he married Miss Rosana Smith, who survives. Six children were born of this union, they being Charles Pl, Mrs. Mary Borigo, George, Mrs. Eugene Cummings, John and Mrs. Harry Livesay. Johnnie was drowned about five years ago. All living were present during the last illness except Mrs. Livesay who is away in Michigan.

Deceased was by trade a stone mason and plasterer, he having done about the first work of the kind in Greenwood. Most of the older and many of the more recently built houses were plastered by him. He also owned a good farm about six miles west of town where the widow and her son Chas. P. and his wife now reside.

1880 Federal Census, Warner, Clark, Wisconsin

Name: A. C. Aulton (Alton)
Age: 46 (1834)
Birthplace: New York
Head of Household
Spouse's name: Rosanna
Father's birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's birthplace: New York
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members
A. C. Aulton 46
Rosanna Aulton 39, (1841, Ireland)
Charles P. Aulton 16
Mary Aulton 14
George Aulton 13
Ellen Aulton 11
John Aulton 7
Katharine Aulton 4
Henry Brindleson 21

1900 Federal Census, Mead Twp., Clark Co., Wisconsin, 22 & 23 June

Name: Charles Alton, 67, Sep 1832, Head of house, farmer, owned property
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Spouse's name: Rosean
Marriage Year: 1861
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 39
Neighbors: Joseph? (Dec 1863), Minna (June 1863), Theodore (Jan 1888), Hilda (June 1889), Louisa (Dec 1890), Edwin (Aug 1892), Helana (March 1894), August (June 1896), Zilla (Apr 1897) & Lydia Kippenhan (Dec 1898) and Ambrose Bailey (March 1849)
Household Members
Charles Alton 67
Rosean Alton 62, Nov. 1837, b. Ireland as were both parents, mother of 7 children, ? living.
Kattie Alton 23, March 1877 (daughter), b. WI
Charles Borigo 8, Nov. 1891 (grandson), b. WI as were both parents
Arthur Borigo 7, Nov. 1892 (grandson), b. WI as were both parents
Marion Borigo 4, Dec. 1895 (grandson), b. WI as were both parents

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