Ingham-Ionia-Washtenaw County MI Archives Obituaries.....Alton, Mary M Streeter December 21, 1901
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Portland Observer, Portland, Michigan
LANSING PIONEER.
Dr. Alton's Mother Died Friday - Came From Germany When a Girl.
Mary M., relict of the late Frederick Alton, and mother of R.W. Alton of 
Portland, died at her home in Lansing last Saturday morning, aged 78 years. 
Pneumonia was the direct cause of her death, although her health had been poor 
for some time. The forepart of last week she started up-town at Lansing, missed 
the car and walked, and did the same thing returning. She contracted a cold 
which resulted in pneumonia.
Mrs. Alton was a native of Germany but came to Saline, Washtenaw county, Mich., 
when she was a girl. Here she married to Frederick Alton and moved to Lansing at 
such an early date that her oldest daughter was the first white child born in 
Lansing, the township in which the city of Lansing is situated, and resided 
there up to the time of her death. 
By the passing of his mother, Dr. Alton is the only surviving member of a once 
large family, the members of which have been well and favorably known in 
Lansing.
Mrs. Alton was a devout Presbyterian and when able was active in charitable work 
and a most estimable and much-loved lady.
Funeral services were conducted from her home on Monday afternoon last, Dr. and 
Miss Ethel Alton attending.  

Additional Comments:
Interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan. 

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