Alvin married Lillian Alice Bradford on 25 Dec 1929. Lillian (daughter of Bradford and Hansen) was born on 3 Jun 1909 in Utah; died on 18 Jul 1991 in Sacramento County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James McCuistion
2. Donald Dean McCuistion was born on 13 Feb 1932 in Wells, Elko County, Nevada; died on 13 Apr 2014 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.
3. Norma J. McCuistion
4. Alta McCuistion
5. Glenn McCuistion was born on 8 Jun 1939 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California; died on 6 Jul 2017 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.

Notes:

Birth:
Carson City was later known as Ft. Genoa, and then just Genoa.

Alvin married Mary Eliza Kirk on 1 Oct 1891 in Tooele, Tooele County, Utah. Mary (daughter of James Kirk and Mary Peasnall) was born on 17 Sep 1870 in Tooele, Tooele County, Utah; died on 28 Nov 1928 in Montello, Elko County, Nevada; was buried on 1 Dec 1928 in Tooele, Tooele County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alan writes, "...it is thought by some that his [Oliver's] father is John, Samuel or Thomas of Bedford County, Tenn, or James of Jefferson County, Tenn. Hancock City is where Nauvoo is - the site of the Mormon exodus headed for the west and eventually Utah. OP could have been Morman."

Birth:
Oliver's great-grandson, Alan, provides the birth date; but, then adds "nothing is known of his birth, parents, etc." The Autobiography of his son Alvin James indicates Oliver was born in Tennessee.

Died:
In a letter to his wife Betsy dated 25 Sep 1864, "I was up to Placerville last summer and I saw ... Mr files ... and he told me that Porter was dead and had been dead one year when I saw him He told me that he died not far from there he had been sick for some time.

Oliver married Elizabeth Robbins Cranson on 28 May 1854 in White Oak Township, El Dorado County, California. Elizabeth (daughter of Alvin Cranson and Sylvia) was born on 20 Dec 1825 in Lennox, Madison County, New York; died on 3 Jul 1883 in Tooele, Tooele County, Utah; was buried on 5 Jul 1883 in Tooele, Tooele County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alan L. McCuistion indicates Betsy Cranson was married to Oliver Porter McCuistion in 1854 while in California. The Gollaher Family History indicates Betsy Cranston was the widow of A. H. McCustion.

Notes:

Married:
Oliver and Betsy probably married in California. Oliver P. is reported to have gone to the gold mines near Sutter's Fort, California, in 1856--in the spring. He is reported to have a brother, Robert. He is reported to have married a woman who had been married before, and who had a small daughter. He is supposed to have left his wife in the summer of 1856 and was not seen by her again; she crossed the mountains to Carson City, where Alvin James was born.

James married Mary Peasnall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alvin married Sylvia. Sylvia was born about 1803 in Lennox, Madison County, New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]