Daniel Alstott was the fifth child of John and Margaret Altstatt. He was born in Rockingham Co., Virginia. His grandfather, Nicholas Alstott, had moved from Berks County, Pennsylvania to Rockingham County in the 1780s, right after the Revolutionary War. John and Margaret moved with their family to Tennessee around 1794 and into the Northwest Territory around 1814, settling in Clark County, IN.

Daniel Alstott married Sarah Campbell on May 5, 1831, in Clark County, Indiana. He was a farmer by occupation. Daniel died around 1839, leaving a wife and three small children.

John Alstott, the oldest son of Daniel and Sarah, was a cooper by trade and moved to Versailles, Illinois, while in his 20s. There he married Frances Bryam. John served in Co. G, 3rd Regiment of Illinois Cavalry in the Civil War. They moved to the Indian Territory, then to Colorado during the Colorado gold rush. Part of that family joined the settlers who moved to Cragmyle, Alberta, Canada, before World War I.

(Pictured above left, John Howard and James Frank Alstott, sons of John Alstott. John Howard moved his family to Alberta and his line still live in Canada. Frank's family moved from Colorado to Oregon)