Brief Life History of Capt. Isaac Jonathan
When Capt. Isaac Jonathan Alt was born on 5 January 1834, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, his father, Jacob Alt, was 38 and his mother, Mary M. Goodnight, was 32. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Johnson on 27 December 1860, in Smoke Hole, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Pendleton, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Mill Run District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 22 March 1898, in Smoke Hole, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Alt Family Cemetery, Upper Tract, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.
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- Isaac Alt in household of Jacob Alt, "United States Census, 1850"
- Isaac Ault, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Isaac Alt, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from alt ‘old’, typically applied as a distinguishing epithet to the older of two bearers of the same personal name. It is also found in some central European countries, for example in Czechia and Slovenia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic surnames.
English (East Midlands): variant of Allt, possibly a shortened form of Allott, from the Middle English female personal name Alot (Old French Aalot), a pet form of Alice, see Allis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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