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| | Descendants of Thomas Alton of Derbyshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Sarah Alton was born on July 19, 1826, in the village of Turnditch, Derbyshire, England, the daughter of George Alton (1783-) and Hannah Morrel (1789-). |
 | | By 1885, the Nebraska state census reported that she and her children tilled 140 acres, producing 6 tons of hay, 2,000 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of oats, 90 of wheat and 100 of potatoes. |
 | | Sarah Alton Houlgate sold her farm in 1890 and moved with her daughters and another son to Moscow, Latah Co, Idaho, seeking a more congenial climate. |
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