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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

   369-370

        SAMUEL ALYEA, native of Butler County, Ohio, was born September 21,
     1825, the fourth of the twelve children of ISAAC and KEZIAH (SMITH)
     ALYEA.  The father was born in Essex County, N.J., and the mother in
     Tennessee, and both were of German descent.  The paternal grandfather
     and great-grandfather of Mr. ALYEA were both soldiers in the war of
     the Revolution.  Mr. ALYEA was reared by his grandparents, and, in
     1835, came with them to La Porte County; a year later they moved to
     Boone Township, this county, and the year following were joined by
     ISAAC ALYEA, who afterward, moved to La Porte County, and there died.
     March 15, 1845, Mr. ALYEA married DEBORAH ALYEA, of Franklin County,
     this State.  In 1851, he returned to La Porte County, where he re-
     sided, with the exception of one year passed in Tazewell County, Ill.,
     until 1869, when he came back to this township, where he has resided
     ever since.  He has a fine farm of 640 acres, and gives much attention
     to dairying and stock raising.  Of the ten children born to him there
     are six living, viz., ORLANDO E., THEODORE, WASHINGTON, MARION, Mrs.
     MELISSA J. GUNDY, of Union Township, and SAMUEL E.  Mr. Alyea is a
     member of the I. O. O. F., is a Republican, and is one of the earliest
     settlers in the township now living, and one of its most substantial
     citizens.

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