I am not a descendant of Jacob ALYEA, but his second wife is one of my
grandmothers.
Margaret STEPHENS, dau. of Philander STEPHENS & Milred RICHARDS was
b. 1823; d. April 1898 Porter co., IN.
She married 1st in Will co., IL 1849 Cornelius Putnam VAN HORNE. They had two
children, Willard/William and Virginia.
The story is told that Cornelius went to Calif to look for gold and never
returned, died, etc.
Margaret m. 2nd Jacob ALYEA son of Isaac ALYEA and Keziah SMITH. He was
b. 1823 in Butler co., OH d. bef 13 Aug 1895 Porter co., IN. Jacob first wife
was Lucinda THATCHER and they had one child: Elmira who m. Nelson JACKSON.
Their children were:
Ada m. John Hollandsworth
Agnes m. Cyrus McCarthy
Harrison m. Marge Blanchard
Emma m. Jacob Wright
Ella m. Burl Pratt
I would like to correspond with others researching this family.
Lisa Smalley
INPORTER (Porter co., IN)
MORAY-CGA (Ray County, MO)