Hannah Isabella "Belle" THOMPSON ALTER (1845 - 16 Oct 1927)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 9/6/09 - Image Year: 1910
Hannah Isabella "Belle" ALTER
(Daughter of John P. and Hannah (Gilson) Thompson)
(Wife of David G. Alter)
1845 - 16 Oct 1927
Obituary:
MRS. BELLE THOMPSON ALTER, widow of the late D. G. Alter, died at her home on Market Street, Port Royal, Sunday evening October 16, [1927], after a lingering illness of several years duration. She was aged 82 years. Mrs. Alter was one of the few surviving Volunteer Nurses of the Civil War. She was a member of the Port Royal Presbyterian Church for many years and always a faithful and earnest worker. She is survived by her two sons and three daughters, James T. & D. Boyd Alter of New Bloomfield, Mrs. C. K. Comely of Port Royal; Mrs. Percival Hills of Nutley, NJ, and Mrs. Parker McMeen of Washington, DC. Funeral services were held from her late home Wednesday afternoon at 2 PM, conducted by her pastor Rev. J. L. Robinson, after which interment was made in the Church Hill Cemetery.
