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Oscar was found in his comfortable home at the corner of Martin and Harrington streets. He is a venerable man, but though the frosts of nearly 80 winters have silvered his head, yet his eye is bright and his memory clear. It is never any trouble to induce an Alston to speak of the family and Oscar gave all the facts in his possession. In response to inquiries as to himself, he stated that he was born in 1800, and lived in Warren County until 1848, when he moved here. Being possessed of considerable means he bought a good deal of property here, both in the city and county. He owned quite a number of slaves up to the close of the war. He had always been a free man himself. He made several visits out to Georgia to visit the family in that State, and Col. Bob Alston, the elder came to see him several times. Oscar is of the Warren Alstons, and not of the Halifax portion of the now famous family.\" MORE on various white Alstons going far back. \n \nNews and Observer, October 14, 1881. 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