- Sex: M
- Born: 15 SEP 1822 Holton Co., Ontario, Canada
- Resided: 1860 Residence Post Office: Flat RiverVergennes, Kent, Michigan, USA
- Resided: 1870 Residence Post Office: VergennesVergennes, Kent, Michigan, USA
- Resided: 1880 Marital Status: Widower; Relation to Head: SelfVergennes, Kent, Michigan, USA
- Notes:
Data source was the Muma Family Tree website which is no longer active.
Title: History of Kent Co., MI ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... biographies of representative citizens. History of Michigan
Vergennes Township, p. 1373
Lewis alger
VERGENNES TOWNSHIP.
Page 1373
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PERSONAL HISTORY.
The biographical history of this township is contained in the following pages:
Lewis Alger, a representative pioneer of Vergennes, was born in Holton Co. Ont., Sept. 15, 1822. He is a son of John Alger, an old Revolutionary patriot. Mr. Alger was reared on a farm and has always pursued that vocation. June --, 1840, he came to Vergennes and purchased 191 3/4 acres on sec. 27. Comparatively few settlements had yet been effected within the limits of Vergennes, which comprised all of Lowell tp. But two houses marked the site of the now prosperous village of Lowell. Mr. Alger has cleared and well improved a good portion of his farm Dec. 25, 1844, Mr. Alger was married to Miss Lovenia Mum a, a native of Holton Co., Ont., and a daughter of Christian and Anna Muma. This, union was bountifully blest, seven children being added. Their names are as follows: Esther A. (wife of Geo. Williams), Louisa J. (wife of Geo, Carbin), Margaret (wife of Charles A. Pratt), Edmund M., and Fred. L. and Frank C. (twins). Mr. Alger is a member of the Masonic fraternity and in politics is Democratic.
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Spouse 1: Lavenia MUMA (b. 1826, Holton Co., Ontario, Canada)
Children:
1.
Louisa J. ALGER (b. 21 MAY 1849, Michigan, USA - d. 3 MAR 1911, Rockford, Kent, Michigan, USA)
2.
Edmund M. ALGER (b. ABT 1853, Michigan, USA)
3.
Frederick L. ALGER (b. ABT 1856, Michigan)
4.
Maggie ALGER (b. ABT 1852, Michigan)
5.
Esther A. ALGER
6.
Margaret ALGER
7.
Frank C. ALGER
Unknown Spouse
Children:
No children listed
Sources:
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