Was born in downtown Oklahoma City, at the old Mercy Hospital. Gary is an architectural draftsman, having been in that line of work since 1977. He also has a B.A. in graphic design from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. He is a landscape painter and is also a computer artist, as well as an amateur musician and genealogist.
Was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. According to a family tradition, Elizabeth left a barrel of fresh beer at her door during the Revolution in the summer for passing soldiers. His son, John Jr., born 1757, was a trooper in the Revolutionary War and served in the War of 1812. The line of John Jr. has been updated by Mr. Robert R. Blend. John died in Killingly, Connecticut, in 1780 and Elizabeth died in 1816 at age 94.
The genealogy of William Alton of Marblehead, Massachusetts was published by Clarence Winthrop Bowen in The History of Woodstock, Connecticut, in 1930 and presents eleven generations beginning with William Alton. A copy of this work may be found in the DAR Library in Washington, DC. It has since been updated with contributions from Mr. Ted Bogert of Orlando, FL; Mr. Robert R. Blend of Green Valley, AZ; Mr. Richard N. Larsen of Oregon, WI; and Edward R. Tomblin of Monett, MO.
William moved to Thompson, Connecticut, in 1738 and thence to Oxford, Massachusetts in 1747. In 1754 he headed a petition to have the town of Oxford divided so as to form the new town of Charlton. In 1755 William was the treasurer of the new town of Charlton.
Was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. According to a family tradition, Elizabeth left a barrel of fresh beer at her door during the Revolution in the summer for passing soldiers. His son, John Jr., born 1757, was a trooper in the Revolutionary War and served in the War of 1812. The line of John Jr. has been updated by Mr. Robert R. Blend. John died in Killingly, Connecticut, in 1780 and Elizabeth died in 1816 at age 94.
Was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. According to a family tradition, Elizabeth left a barrel of fresh beer at her door during the Revolution in the summer for passing soldiers. His son, John Jr., born 1757, was a trooper in the Revolutionary War and served in the War of 1812. The line of John Jr. has been updated by Mr. Robert R. Blend. John died in Killingly, Connecticut, in 1780 and Elizabeth died in 1816 at age 94.