This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Van Patten Alvord Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZB.2ACI/239.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy Van Patten b ca 1817/ 1819, NY: d 1895 San Diego, CA: m 3 april 1837, Centerville, MI to Christopher Columbus Alvord (1810/1894):Children: Eliz m Thomas Mcquire Brown, FrancesC m Edward Theodore Hopkins,,Mary, Albert,. Adelaide m Col Isaac Mitchell, Clara m John N Anderson, , Alfred, Eva M m David E. Somers, Laurence may be others' most were b Davenport,IA Christopher parents Elihu 1775 & Alice Morley Townsend 1780