Mygrants, Alton Semore
(1866-1943)



Birth: January 6, 1866, Markle (near), Wells County, IN
Death: March 10, 1943, Kokomo, Howard County, IN
Parents: Henry and Mary S. (Critchfield) Mygrants
Spouse: Mary I. Powell, married December 24, 1887
Known Children: Rola M. (female) b. 26 Mar 1894 in Greentown, Ind.; Scott C., Raymond H., Bruce R.
Family Photographers: first cousin Reuben C. Houser
Other Occupations While Photographer:
Other Occupations: rural mail carrier (1930), band leader (1902-1930s)
Individual Number: 3846


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1880s A. S. Mygrants Studio owner Warren, Huntington County, IN W. Side Wayne St.
1890 A. S. Mygrants Studio owner Warren, Huntington County, IN
October 1891*- Houser Photographer Michigan City, La Porte County, IN
1893 Unknown Photographer Michigan City, La Porte County, IN 115 W. Market St.


















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OriginalNotes: ancestry.com
Index to Marriage Records 1844-1920 Inclusive Volume II Letters H to O Inclusive 
Record Location:    Howard County, Indiana 
    W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Kokomo Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939 
Spouse 1:    Alton S. Mygrants 
Spouse 2:    Mary I. Powell  
Marriage Date:    24 Dec 1887  
County:    Howard  
Book:    C-5  
Original Source Page:    452

Index to Supplemental Record Marriage Applications 1882-1899 January 1882 - December 1899 Letters A - Z 
Record Location:    Howard County, Indiana 
    W. P. A. Oricinal Record Located: County Clerk's Office - Kokomo Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939 
Spouse 1:    Allan S. Mygrants 
Marriage Date:    24 Dec 1887  
County:    Howard  
Book:    C-35  
Original Source Page:    30  
Father:    Henry  
Mother:    S. Critchfiold  
Gender:    M  
Age:    22

children listed on ancestry.com by Rodger Smith, Sept. 2004, rdsmith@on-net.net; Alton's birthyear listed as 1872.

1870 Census, Wells County, Markle; 5-yr. Old Alton S. Mygrants, b. IN,  listed with family; father Henry Mygrants, mother Mary S., 4 older sisters
1930 Census, Howard County, Kokomo City
Alton S. Mygrant, age 64, b. IN, rural mail carrier; wife Mary, age 61 no occupation

http://www.kokomoparkband.org/history_pg.htm, "Kokomo Park Band History" viewed September 12, 2004
In 1902, Alton S. Mygrant became the local band master in Kokomo. Mygrant came to Kokomo from Elwood, Indiana, where he had served for two years as leader of a "factory band" called "The American Tin Plate Band." A cornet player, Mygrant was born near Markle in Wells County in 1866 and worked as a mail carrier, operated the Mygrant Band and Orchestra House beginning in 1931 and organized numerous educational opportunities in Kokomo and surrounding towns as "boys' bands." Active as a band master in surrounding communities as well, Mygrant also was leader of the Grace Methodist Church Sunday school orchestra and for a time was director of the church choir as well.

1900 Census, Madison County, Elwood
A. S. Mygrants, b. Jan. 1866 IN, tinner, tinplate (living with wife & children)

http://www.geocities.com/memygrant/ viewed Sept. 14, 2004
Mygrant Genealogy and Favorite Links Web Site, posted by mmygrant@adamswells.com; Mike Mygrant who lives near Markle, Indiana
17.  HENRY T.3 MYGRANTS (JOSEPH2, HEINRICH1 MAIKRANTZ) was born July 08, 1833 in Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas co. Ohio, and died September 22, 1914 
     in Markle, Indiana.  He married MARY SAMANTHA CRITCHFIELD Abt. 1853 in Shanesville, Ohio, daughter of LEWIS ABRAM CRITCHFIELD.  
     She was born August 09, 1836 in Ohio, and died May 29, 1904 in Markle, Indiana.
	
Children of HENRY MYGRANTS and MARY CRITCHFIELD are:
41.	i.	LOVINA CATHERINE4 MYGRANT, b. Abt. 1854, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas co. Ohio; d. WFT Est. 1875-1941, Huntington Co. Indiana.
42.	ii.	LUCINDA HELEN MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1856.
	iii.	MARY F. MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1858; m. HOWARD RECTOR, September 03, 1882, Huntington, Indiana.
	iv.	IDA MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1862.
	v.	KATHERINE MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1864.
43.	vi.	ALTON S. MYGRANTS, b. January 06, 1866, Wells Co., Indiana.
[Note: Henry Mygrants' sister Nancy Mygrants Houser was the mother of photographer Reuben C. Houser, making Alton and Reuben first cousins.]
43.  ALTON S.4 MYGRANTS (HENRY T.3, JOSEPH2, HEINRICH1 MAIKRANTZ) was born January 06, 1866 in Wells Co., Indiana.  He married MARY POWELL 
     December 24, 1887 in Howard Co., Ohio.  
	
Children of ALTON MYGRANTS and MARY POWELL are:
	i.	ROLA M.5 MYGRANT, b. March 26, 1893.
	ii.	SCOTT C. MYGRANT.
	iii.	RAYMOND H. MYGRANT.

Descendants of Heinrich Maikrantz aka Henry Mygrants (viewed Feb. 2, 2006)
http://www.geocities.com/memygrant/mygrant1.html
Children of HENRY MYGRANTS and MARY CRITCHFIELD are:
51.	i.	LOVINA CATHERINE4 MYGRANT, b. Abt. 1854, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas co. Ohio; d. WFT Est. 1875-1941, Huntington Co. Indiana.
52.	ii.	LUCINDA HELEN MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1856, Ohio.
	iii.	MARY FRANCES MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1858, Ohio; m. HOWARD RECTOR, September 03, 1882, Huntington, Indiana.
	iv.	IDA C. MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1862; m. AUTHOR FOX, February 14, 1895, Belleville, St Clair, Illinois; b. Senosee, Wisconsin.
	v.	KATHERINE MYGRANTS, b. Abt. 1864.
53.	vi.	ALTON SEMORE MYGRANTS, b. January 06, 1866, Wells Co., Indiana; d. March 10, 1943, Kokomo, Howard Co., Indiana.
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