From the "History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885", page 703

Charles L. Alcott resides on section 6, Jackson Township, where his father, Michael Alcott, 
settled in 1839.  Michael Alcott was born in New Jersey about 1795, and removed thence to 
Marion County, Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Collins, a native of the State of Delaware.  
In 1837 they moved to Steuben County, and settled in Pleasant Township, about a mile west of 
Angola.  The following spring they moved to Jackson Township, where the father died in 1845.  
The mother afterward married Henry Spangle and died in 1873.  Charles L. Alcott was an only 
son.  He was born in Ohio Jan. 29, 1833.  He was married Jan. 5, 1860, to Ellen Powers, a 
native of Steuben County, born in 1841, daughter of Stephen A. Powers.  They have two children 
– Frank and Emma.  Mr. Alcott is one of the prominent and successful farmers of Jackson 
Township.


Submitted by:  David D. Masterson